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ixgbevf: Kconfig, Makefile and Documentation 



Modifications for the Kconfig and network device Makefile to add the ixgbevf
driver module to the kernel plus basic driver documentation.

Signed-off-by: default avatarGreg Rose <gregory.v.rose@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarJeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
parent 0d3592fa

Documentation/networking/ixgbevf.txt

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Linux* Base Driver for Intel(R) Network Connection

==================================================



November 24, 2009



Contents

========



- In This Release

- Identifying Your Adapter

- Known Issues/Troubleshooting

- Support



In This Release

===============



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/network/sb/CS-008441.htm



Known Issues/Troubleshooting

============================



  Unloading Physical Function (PF) Driver Causes System Reboots When VM is

  Running and VF is Loaded on the VM

  ------------------------------------------------------------------------

  Do not unload the PF driver (ixgbe) while VFs are assigned to guests.



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



License

=======



Intel 10 Gigabit Linux driver.

Copyright(c) 1999 - 2009 Intel Corporation.



This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it

under the terms and conditions of the GNU General Public License,

version 2, as published by the Free Software Foundation.



This program is distributed in the hope it will be useful, but WITHOUT

ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or

FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for

more details.



You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with

this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,

51 Franklin St - Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.



The full GNU General Public License is included in this distribution in

the file called "COPYING".



Trademarks

==========



Intel, Itanium, and Pentium are trademarks or registered trademarks of

Intel Corporation or its subsidiaries in the United States and other

countries.



* Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others.

drivers/net/Kconfig

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@@ -2618,6 +2618,28 @@ config IXGBE_DCB 


	  If unsure, say N.



config IXGBEVF

       tristate "Intel(R) 82599 Virtual Function Ethernet support"

       depends on PCI_MSI

       ---help---

         This driver supports Intel(R) 82599 virtual functions.  For more

         information on how to identify your adapter, go to the Adapter &

         Driver ID Guide at:



         <http://support.intel.com/support/network/sb/CS-008441.htm>



         For general information and support, go to the Intel support

         website at:



         <http://support.intel.com>



         More specific information on configuring the driver is in

         <file:Documentation/networking/ixgbevf.txt>.



         To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module

         will be called ixgbevf.  MSI-X interrupt support is required

         for this driver to work correctly.



config IXGB

	tristate "Intel(R) PRO/10GbE support"

	depends on PCI

drivers/net/Makefile

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@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_IBM_NEW_EMAC) += ibm_newemac/ 
obj-$(CONFIG_IGB) += igb/

obj-$(CONFIG_IGBVF) += igbvf/

obj-$(CONFIG_IXGBE) += ixgbe/

obj-$(CONFIG_IXGBEVF) += ixgbevf/

obj-$(CONFIG_IXGB) += ixgb/

obj-$(CONFIG_IP1000) += ipg.o

obj-$(CONFIG_CHELSIO_T1) += chelsio/