Linux Base Virtual Function Driver for Intel(R) 10G Ethernet¶

Contents¶

Identifying Your Adapter
Known Issues
Support

This driver supports 82599, X540, X550, and X552-based virtual function devices that can only be activated on kernels that support SR-IOV.

For questions related to hardware requirements, refer to the documentation supplied with your Intel adapter. All hardware requirements listed apply to use with Linux.

Identifying Your Adapter¶

The driver is compatible with devices based on the following:

Intel(R) Ethernet Controller 82598

Intel(R) Ethernet Controller 82599

Intel(R) Ethernet Controller X520

Intel(R) Ethernet Controller X540

Intel(R) Ethernet Controller x550

Intel(R) Ethernet Controller X552

Intel(R) Ethernet Controller X553

For information on how to identify your adapter, and for the latest Intel network drivers, refer to the Intel Support website: https://www.intel.com/support

Known Issues/Troubleshooting¶

SR-IOV requires the correct platform and OS support.

The guest OS loading this driver must support MSI-X interrupts.

This driver is only supported as a loadable module at this time. Intel is not supplying patches against the kernel source to allow for static linking of the drivers.

VLANs: There is a limit of a total of 64 shared VLANs to 1 or more VFs.

Support¶

For general information, go to the Intel support website at:

https://www.intel.com/support/

or the Intel Wired Networking project hosted by Sourceforge at:

https://sourceforge.net/projects/e1000

If an issue is identified with the released source code on a supported kernel with a supported adapter, email the specific information related to the issue to e1000-devel@lists.sf.net.