.. SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
Copyright(c) 2010-2016 Intel Corporation.
+.. include:: <isonum.txt>
+
IXGBE Driver
============
RX Constraints
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-Prerequisites and Pre-conditions
-^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+Linux Prerequisites and Pre-conditions
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
The following prerequisites apply:
By default, IXGBE_MAX_RING_DESC is set to 4096 and RTE_PMD_IXGBE_RX_MAX_BURST is set to 32.
+Windows Prerequisites and Pre-conditions
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+- Follow the :doc:`guide for Windows <../windows_gsg/run_apps>`
+ to setup the basic DPDK environment.
+
+- Identify the Intel\ |reg| Ethernet adapter and get the latest NVM/FW version.
+
+- To access any Intel\ |reg| Ethernet hardware,
+ load the NetUIO driver in place of existing built-in (inbox) driver.
+
+- To load NetUIO driver, follow the steps mentioned in `dpdk-kmods repository
+ <https://git.dpdk.org/dpdk-kmods/tree/windows/netuio/README.rst>`_.
+
+- Loading of private Dynamic Device Personalization (DDP) package
+ is not supported on Windows.
+
+
Feature not Supported by RX Vector PMD
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^