| Linux* Base Driver for Intel(R) Ethernet Network Connection | |
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| Intel Gigabit Linux driver. | |
| Copyright(c) 1999 - 2013 Intel Corporation. | |
| Contents | |
| ======== | |
| - Identifying Your Adapter | |
| - Known Issues/Troubleshooting | |
| - Support | |
| This file describes the ixgbevf Linux* Base Driver for Intel Network | |
| Connection. | |
| The ixgbevf driver supports 82599-based virtual function devices that can only | |
| be activated on kernels with CONFIG_PCI_IOV enabled. | |
| The ixgbevf driver supports virtual functions generated by the ixgbe driver | |
| with a max_vfs value of 1 or greater. | |
| The guest OS loading the ixgbevf driver must support MSI-X interrupts. | |
| VLANs: There is a limit of a total of 32 shared VLANs to 1 or more VFs. | |
| Identifying Your Adapter | |
| ======================== | |
| For more information on how to identify your adapter, go to the Adapter & | |
| Driver ID Guide at: | |
| http://support.intel.com/support/go/network/adapter/idguide.htm | |
| Known Issues/Troubleshooting | |
| ============================ | |
| Support | |
| ======= | |
| For general information, go to the Intel support website at: | |
| http://support.intel.com | |
| or the Intel Wired Networking project hosted by Sourceforge at: | |
| http://sourceforge.net/projects/e1000 | |
| If an issue is identified with the released source code on the supported | |
| kernel with a supported adapter, email the specific information related | |
| to the issue to e1000-devel@lists.sf.net |