Hi Alfredo, Thank you very much for the prompt reply! We will check if we can use the LTS kernel then for now. With best regards, Tom.
-- | [email protected] | | Tom Ghyselinck | Senior Engineer | Excentis N.V. | Gildestraat 8 B-9000 Ghent, Belgium | Tel: +32 9 269 22 91 - Fax: +32 9 329 31 74 On do, 2016-06-09 at 09:52 +0200, Alfredo Cardigliano wrote: > Hi Tom > we will patch latest ixgbe driver soon (btw, latest Intel driver is > 4.4.6), however this is not high priority for us atm because we > support LTS kernels. > > Alfredo > > > > > On 09 Jun 2016, at 09:35, Tom Ghyselinck > > om> wrote: > > > > Hi all, > > > > We need to compile (at least) the ixgbe and i40e drivers > > from PF_RING 6.4.0 for kernel 4.6.1 (with RT patches rt3). > > > > The compilation process shows warnings about incompatible pointers > > for e.g. '.ndo_setup_tc'. This is correct! > > > > The current version of the ixgbe drivers in PF_RING is 4.1.5 > > which is rather old. > > They officially support kernel version 2.6.x and 3.x (see https://d > > ownl > > oadcenter.intel.com/download/25722/Network-Adapter-Driver-for-PCI- > > E- > > Intel-10-Gigabit-Ethernet-Network-Connections-under-Linux- ) > > > > The latest version is 4.3.15 (release date 4/5/2016). See https://d > > ownl > > oadcenter.intel.com/download/14687/Network-Adapter-Driver-for-PCI- > > E- > > Intel-10-Gigabit-Ethernet-Network-Connections-under-Linux- . > > I checked the source code. It still uses the incorrect "traffic > > class" > > setup function pointer. > > > > The ixgbe driver in the 4.6.1 kernel source provides an additional > > function for the ixgbe driver, called '__ixgbe_setup_tc'. It > > performs > > some extra steps and requires some additional functions too. > > > > Has someone verified support for the 4.6 kernel already? > > What is the best way to continue here? > > > > Thank you in advance! > > > > With best regards, > > Tom. > > > > -- > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > [email protected] > > > > > > > > > > > > Tom Ghyselinck > > > > > > Senior Engineer > > > > > > Excentis N.V. > > > > > > Gildestraat 8 B-9000 Ghent, Belgium > > > > > > Tel: +32 9 269 22 91 - Fax: +32 9 329 31 74 > > > > > > > > > > > >
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