From d2bc8f4d45d7aae4ebed1104839946eea309da96 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Wei Zhao Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2018 11:29:32 +0800 Subject: [PATCH] doc: add igb guide This patch adds user guide specifically for igb NIC, like ixgbe, to list all the supported features and known issues. Signed-off-by: Wei Zhao Acked-by: John McNamara --- doc/guides/nics/igb.rst | 38 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ doc/guides/nics/index.rst | 1 + 2 files changed, 39 insertions(+) create mode 100644 doc/guides/nics/igb.rst diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/igb.rst b/doc/guides/nics/igb.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..0171622f45 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/guides/nics/igb.rst @@ -0,0 +1,38 @@ +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause + Copyright(c) 2017 Intel Corporation. + +IGB Poll Mode Driver +==================== + +The IGB PMD (``librte_pmd_e1000``) provides poll mode driver +support for Intel 1GbE nics. + +Features +-------- + +Features of the IGB PMD are: + +* Multiple queues for TX and RX +* Receiver Side Scaling (RSS) +* MAC/VLAN filtering +* Packet type information +* Double VLAN +* IEEE 1588 +* TSO offload +* Checksum offload +* TCP segmentation offload +* Jumbo frames supported + + +Limitations or Known issues +--------------------------- + + +Supported Chipsets and NICs +--------------------------- + +- Intel 82576EB 10 Gigabit Ethernet Controller +- Intel 82580EB 10 Gigabit Ethernet Controller +- Intel 82580DB 10 Gigabit Ethernet Controller +- Intel Ethernet Controller I210 +- Intel Ethernet Controller I350 diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/index.rst b/doc/guides/nics/index.rst index 12bb967369..59419f432c 100644 --- a/doc/guides/nics/index.rst +++ b/doc/guides/nics/index.rst @@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ Network Interface Controller Drivers enic fm10k i40e + igb ixgbe intel_vf kni -- 2.20.1