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 I710
• 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 at the following locations:

• http://downloadcenter.intel.com
• https://github.com/intel/ethernet-linux-i40e

This release includes RPM packages that contain:

• Device driver signed with Intel's private key in precompiled kernel module form
• RDMA driver
• Complete source code for the drivers above
• Intel's public key

This release includes the Intel public key to allow you to authenticate the signed driver in secure boot mode. To authenticate the signed driver, you must place Intel's public key in the UEFI Secure Boot key database.

Note:

• The driver kernel module for a specific kernel version can be used with errata kernels within the same minor OS version, unless the errata kernel broke kABI. Whenever you update your kernel with an errata kernel, you must reinstall the driver RPM package.
• The RDMA driver will be installed if you reinstall the driver RPM package. If you want to remove the RDMA driver, you will have to do so every time you install the RPM package (for example, when you update your kernel with an errata kernel).
• If you decide to recompile the .ko module from the provided source files, the new .ko module will not be signed with any key. To use this .ko module in Secure Boot mode, you must sign it yourself with your own private key and add your public key to the UEFI Secure Boot key database.