Intel® Network Adapter Driver for PCIe* 40 Gigabit Ethernet Network Connections under Linux*

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7/3/2020

Introduction

This download record includes the i40e Linux* base driver version 2.12.6 for the 700 series devices.

Available Downloads

  • Linux*
  • Size: 587.2 KB
  • SHA1: E1A28CDF7C122F177ED75B7615A0A0E221D21FF4

Detailed Description

Overview

This release includes i40e Linux* Base Drivers for Intel® Ethernet Network Connections.

The i40e driver supports devices based on the following controllers:

  • Intel® Ethernet Controller X710
  • Intel® Ethernet Controller XL710
  • Intel® Ethernet Network Connection X722
  • Intel® Ethernet Controller XXV710
  • Intel® Ethernet Controller V710

i40e-x.x.x.tar.gz

Due to the continuous development of the Linux kernel, the drivers are updated more often than the bundled releases. The latest driver can be found on http://e1000.sourceforge.net (and also on http://downloadcenter.intel.com.)

What's new?

  • Add supported coalescing parameters for kernels >= 5.7.0
  • Add err message when there is not enough space for vlan mirrors
  • Add messgage when EMP reset occurs
  • Add changing RS-Fec on FPK Backplane
  • Add allow any queue in cloud filter addition
  • Add return -ENOPKG when DDP package is not correct
  • Add fourth part of driver version as subbuild
  • Add VF-D allow_bcast parameter support
  • Add VF-D queue_type parameter support
  • Add check for queue allocation for the VF
  • Add support for custom cloud filters for tunneled and non-tunneled packets
  • Add reject cloud filters that don't set bit 62
  • Del RSS hash key in case of decreasing queue amount only if hash is default
  • Fix MAC address setting for a VF via Host/VM
  • Fix clearing sriov/mac_list on VF removal
  • Fix settings of RS-FEC and BaseR on FPK
  • Fix possibility of integer overflow
  • Fix issue when vlan 0 is added by VF
  • Fix ATR CPU locality after turning ntuple off
  • Fix the "ethtool -m" output for adapters without SFP cage
  • Fix queue count in tcs
  • Fix the limit more MACs are added than displayed
  • Fix restore VF MSI-X state during PCI reset
  • Fix issue when maximum queues is exceeded
  • Fix lear vf status when iavf driver is being unloaded
  • Fix wrong GFP flag in spin_lock section
  • Fix and improvements to outer IP filters
  • Fix mac_list is restored after iavf driver reset/reload
  • Fix limit of MacVlan resources for every trusted VF
  • Fix for sync VF driver reset
  • Fix for failed to init adminq while VF reset
  • Fix incorrect code in flow director implementation
  • Fix failed opcode appearing if handling messages from VF
  • Fix compilation issue on modern OSes and other minor bug fixes

See the readme for installation instructions, how to identify your adapter, command line parameters, additional features, and known issues.

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