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39 * Poll-mode driver support for an early release of the PCIE host interface of the Intel(R) Ethernet Switch FM10000.
41 * Basic Rx/Tx functions for PF/VF
43 * Interrupt handling support for PF/VF
45 * Per queue start/stop functions for PF/VF
47 * Support Mailbox handling between PF/VF and PF/Switch Manager
49 * Receive Side Scaling (RSS) for PF/VF
51 * Scatter receive function for PF/VF
53 * Reta update/query for PF/VF
55 * VLAN filter set for PF
57 * Link status query for PF/VF
59 .. note:: The software is intended to run on pre-release hardware and may contain unknown or unresolved defects or
60 issues related to functionality and performance.
61 The poll mode driver is also pre-release and will be updated to a released version post hardware and base driver release.
62 Should the official hardware release be made between DPDK releases an updated poll-mode driver will be made available.
66 * Support for adaptive load balancing (mode 6) to the link bonding library.
68 * Support for registration of link status change callbacks with link bonding devices.
70 * Support for slaves devices which do not support link status change interrupts in the link bonding library via a link status polling mechanism.
72 * PCI Hotplug with NULL PMD sample application
78 * Non-EAL Thread Support
80 * Multi-pthread Support
86 * Architecture Independent CRC Hash
88 * uio_pci_generic Support
94 * Virtio (link, vlan, mac, port IO, perf)
102 * Indirect Attached MBUF Flag
104 * Use default port configuration in TestPMD
106 * Tunnel offloading in TestPMD
108 * Poll Mode Driver - 40 GbE Controllers (librte_pmd_i40e)
110 * Support for Flow Director
112 * Support for ethertype filter
116 * Support configuring redirection table with different size from 1GbE and 10 GbE
118 - 128/512 entries of 40GbE PF
120 - 64 entries of 40GbE VF
122 * Support configuring hash functions
124 * Support for VXLAN packet on IntelĀ® 40GbE Controllers
126 * Poll Mode Driver for Mellanox ConnectX-3 EN adapters (mlx4)
128 .. note:: This PMD is only available for Linux and is disabled by default
129 due to external dependencies (libibverbs and libmlx4). Please
130 refer to the NIC drivers guide for more information.
132 * Packet Distributor Sample Application
134 * Job Stats library and Sample Application.
136 * Enhanced Jenkins hash (jhash) library
138 .. note:: The hash values returned by the new jhash library are different
139 from the ones returned by the previous library.