1 .. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+ 2 3 =========================================================== 4 Linux Base Virtual Function Driver for Intel(R) 1G Ethernet 5 =========================================================== 6 7 Intel Gigabit Virtual Function Linux driver. 8 Copyright(c) 1999-2018 Intel Corporation. 9 10 Contents 11 ======== 12 - Identifying Your Adapter 13 - Additional Configurations 14 - Support 15 16 This driver supports Intel 82576-based virtual function devices-based virtual 17 function devices that can only be activated on kernels that support SR-IOV. 18 19 SR-IOV requires the correct platform and OS support. 20 21 The guest OS loading this driver must support MSI-X interrupts. 22 23 For questions related to hardware requirements, refer to the documentation 24 supplied with your Intel adapter. All hardware requirements listed apply to use 25 with Linux. 26 27 Driver information can be obtained using ethtool, lspci, and ifconfig. 28 Instructions on updating ethtool can be found in the section Additional 29 Configurations later in this document. 30 31 NOTE: There is a limit of a total of 32 shared VLANs to 1 or more VFs. 32 33 34 Identifying Your Adapter 35 ======================== 36 For information on how to identify your adapter, and for the latest Intel 37 network drivers, refer to the Intel Support website: 38 https://www.intel.com/support 39 40 41 Additional Features and Configurations 42 ====================================== 43 44 ethtool 45 ------- 46 The driver utilizes the ethtool interface for driver configuration and 47 diagnostics, as well as displaying statistical information. The latest ethtool 48 version is required for this functionality. Download it at: 49 50 https://www.kernel.org/pub/software/network/ethtool/ 51 52 53 Support 54 ======= 55 For general information, go to the Intel support website at: 56 https://www.intel.com/support/ 57 58 If an issue is identified with the released source code on a supported kernel 59 with a supported adapter, email the specific information related to the issue 60 to intel-wired-lan@lists.osuosl.org.
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