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Title:
Upgrade i40e driver to support 6.01 Firmware - Intel XL710
Status in linux package in Ubuntu:
Incomplete
Bug description:
Intel released the 6.01 Firmware for the Intel XL710 network cards. As
stated in the feature support matrix [1] in the table 9 on page 18,
the minimum kernel driver version for the 6.01 Firmware i40e must be
2.1.26, the recent driver version is 2.4.10 [2]
The i40 driver version included in the 4.15.0-36 (Bionic, LTS) is
2.1.14-k.
$ uname -a
Linux ubuntu-bionic 4.15.0-36-generic #39-Ubuntu SMP Mon Sep 24 16:19:09 UTC
2018 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
$ modinfo i40e
filename:
/lib/modules/4.15.0-36-generic/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e.ko
version: 2.1.14-k
license: GPL
description: Intel(R) Ethernet Connection XL710 Network Driver
Release notes: [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]
The firmware 6.01 introduce better performance for DPDK and SR-IOV
applications for those cards, and NFV application workloads would
perform better.
[1] Intel® Ethernet Controller X710/ XXV710/XL710 Feature Support Matrix
https://www.intel.com/content/dam/www/public/us/en/documents/release-notes/xl710-ethernet-controller-feature-matrix.pdf
[2] Intel® Network Adapter Driver for PCIe* 40 Gigabit Ethernet Network
Connections Under Linux*
https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/24411/Intel-Network-Adapter-Driver-for-PCIe-40-Gigabit-Ethernet-Network-Connections-Under-Linux-?product=75021
[3] Intel(R) Network Connections Software Version 23.2 Release Notes
https://downloadmirror.intel.com/24411/eng/readme.txt
[4] Intel(R) Network Connections Software Version 23.1 Release Notes
https://downloadmirror.intel.com/27869/eng/readme.txt
[5] Intel(R) Network Connections Software Version 22.10 Release Notes
https://downloadmirror.intel.com/27547/eng/readme.txt
[6] Intel(R) Network Connections Software Version 22.9 Release Notes
https://downloadmirror.intel.com/27547/eng/readme.txt
[7] Intel(R) Network Connections Software Version 22.6 Release Notes
https://downloadmirror.intel.com/27189/eng/readme.txt
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