1 .. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+ 2 3 ============================================================ 4 Linux Base Virtual Function Driver for Intel(R) 10G Ethernet 5 ============================================================ 6 7 Intel 10 Gigabit Virtual Function Linux driver. 8 Copyright(c) 1999-2018 Intel Corporation. 9 10 Contents 11 ======== 12 13 - Identifying Your Adapter 14 - Known Issues 15 - Support 16 17 This driver supports 82599, X540, X550, and X552-based virtual function devices 18 that can only be activated on kernels that support SR-IOV. 19 20 For questions related to hardware requirements, refer to the documentation 21 supplied with your Intel adapter. All hardware requirements listed apply to use 22 with Linux. 23 24 25 Identifying Your Adapter 26 ======================== 27 The driver is compatible with devices based on the following: 28 29 * Intel(R) Ethernet Controller 82598 30 * Intel(R) Ethernet Controller 82599 31 * Intel(R) Ethernet Controller X520 32 * Intel(R) Ethernet Controller X540 33 * Intel(R) Ethernet Controller x550 34 * Intel(R) Ethernet Controller X552 35 * Intel(R) Ethernet Controller X553 36 37 For information on how to identify your adapter, and for the latest Intel 38 network drivers, refer to the Intel Support website: 39 https://www.intel.com/support 40 41 Known Issues/Troubleshooting 42 ============================ 43 44 SR-IOV requires the correct platform and OS support. 45 46 The guest OS loading this driver must support MSI-X interrupts. 47 48 This driver is only supported as a loadable module at this time. Intel is not 49 supplying patches against the kernel source to allow for static linking of the 50 drivers. 51 52 VLANs: There is a limit of a total of 64 shared VLANs to 1 or more VFs. 53 54 55 Support 56 ======= 57 For general information, go to the Intel support website at: 58 https://www.intel.com/support/ 59 60 If an issue is identified with the released source code on a supported kernel 61 with a supported adapter, email the specific information related to the issue 62 to intel-wired-lan@lists.osuosl.org.
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