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

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.