The Netvsc Poll Mode driver (PMD) provides support for the paravirtualized
network device for Microsoft Hyper-V. It can be used with
-Window Server 2008/2012/2016, Windows 10 and Azure cloud.
+Window Server 2008/2012/2016, Windows 10.
The device offers multi-queue support (if kernel and host support it),
checksum and segmentation offloads.
* The PMD supports multicast packets and promiscuous mode subject to restrictions on the host.
In order to this to work, the guest network configuration on Hyper-V must be configured to allow MAC address
- spoofing. This option is not available on Azure.
+ spoofing.
* The device has only a single MAC address.
Hyper-V driver does not support MAC or VLAN filtering because the Hyper-V host does not support it.
* The maximum number of queues is limited by the host (currently 64).
When used with 4.16 kernel only a single queue is available.
-* This driver is intended for use with synthetic path only.
- Accelerated Networking (SR-IOV) acceleration is not supported yet.
- Use the VDEV_NETVSC device for accelerated networking instead.
+.. note::
+ This driver is intended for use with **Hyper-V only** and is
+ not recommended for use on Azure because accelerated Networking
+ (SR-IOV) is not supported.
+
+ On Azure, use the :doc:`vdev_netvsc` which
+ automatically configures the necessary TAP and failsave drivers.
Installation
.. Note::
- The dpkd-devbind.py script should not be used. It only handles PCI devices.
+ The dpkd-devbind.py script can not be used since it only handles PCI devices.
Prerequisites