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author | Greg Rose <gregory.v.rose@intel.com> | 2013-12-21 01:13:16 -0500 |
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committer | Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com> | 2013-12-31 19:27:49 -0500 |
commit | 105bf2fe6b320a10ab1a21a569ef6e8dd22525f3 (patch) | |
tree | 77ba249edf297c8011ea7e38f69c8e312cd95238 /Documentation | |
parent | d358aa9a7a2d5f91b1d33d5d4e27c2e46638d123 (diff) |
i40evf: add driver to kernel build system
Modify the existing Kconfig, Makefile, and MAINTAINERS to add the driver
to the kernel. Add a Makefile and a documentation
Signed-off-by: Mitch Williams <mitch.a.williams@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Rose <gregory.v.rose@intel.com>
Tested-by: Sibai Li <sibai.li@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/networking/i40evf.txt | 47 |
1 files changed, 47 insertions, 0 deletions
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1 | Linux* Base Driver for Intel(R) Network Connection | ||
2 | ================================================== | ||
3 | |||
4 | Intel XL710 X710 Virtual Function Linux driver. | ||
5 | Copyright(c) 2013 Intel Corporation. | ||
6 | |||
7 | Contents | ||
8 | ======== | ||
9 | |||
10 | - Identifying Your Adapter | ||
11 | - Known Issues/Troubleshooting | ||
12 | - Support | ||
13 | |||
14 | This file describes the i40evf Linux* Base Driver for the Intel(R) XL710 | ||
15 | X710 Virtual Function. | ||
16 | |||
17 | The i40evf driver supports XL710 and X710 virtual function devices that | ||
18 | can only be activated on kernels with CONFIG_PCI_IOV enabled. | ||
19 | |||
20 | The guest OS loading the i40evf driver must support MSI-X interrupts. | ||
21 | |||
22 | Identifying Your Adapter | ||
23 | ======================== | ||
24 | |||
25 | For more information on how to identify your adapter, go to the Adapter & | ||
26 | Driver ID Guide at: | ||
27 | |||
28 | http://support.intel.com/support/go/network/adapter/idguide.htm | ||
29 | |||
30 | Known Issues/Troubleshooting | ||
31 | ============================ | ||
32 | |||
33 | |||
34 | Support | ||
35 | ======= | ||
36 | |||
37 | For general information, go to the Intel support website at: | ||
38 | |||
39 | http://support.intel.com | ||
40 | |||
41 | or the Intel Wired Networking project hosted by Sourceforge at: | ||
42 | |||
43 | http://sourceforge.net/projects/e1000 | ||
44 | |||
45 | If an issue is identified with the released source code on the supported | ||
46 | kernel with a supported adapter, email the specific information related | ||
47 | to the issue to e1000-devel@lists.sf.net | ||