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The SFC EFX PMD (**librte_pmd_sfc_efx**) provides poll mode driver support
-for **Solarflare SFN7xxx and SFN8xxx** family of 10/40 Gbps adapters and
-**Solarflare XtremeScale X2xxx** family of 10/25/40/50/100 Gbps adapters.
+for **Solarflare SFN7xxx and SFN8xxx** family of 10/40 Gbps adapters,
+**Solarflare XtremeScale X2xxx** family of 10/25/40/50/100 Gbps adapters and
+**Alveo SN1000 SmartNICs** family of 10/25/40/50/100 Gbps adapters.
SFC EFX PMD has support for the latest Linux and FreeBSD operating systems.
More information can be found at `Solarflare Communications website
Supported NICs
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+- Xilinx Adapters:
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+ - Alveo SN1022 SmartNIC
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- Solarflare XtremeScale Adapters:
- Solarflare X2522 Dual Port SFP28 10/25GbE Adapter
- ``fw_variant`` [dont-care|full-feature|ultra-low-latency|
capture-packed-stream|dpdk] (default **dont-care**)
- Choose the preferred firmware variant to use. In order for the selected
- option to have an effect, the **sfboot** utility must be configured with the
- **auto** firmware-variant option. The preferred firmware variant applies to
- all ports on the NIC.
+ Choose the preferred firmware variant to use.
+ The parameter is supported for SFN7xxX, SFN8xxx and X2xxx families only.
+ In order for the selected option to have an effect, the **sfboot** utility
+ must be configured with the **auto** firmware-variant option.
+ The preferred firmware variant applies to all ports on the NIC.
**dont-care** ensures that the driver can attach to an unprivileged function.
The datapath firmware type to use is controlled by the **sfboot**
utility.