From: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson@intel.com>
To: Kevin Wilson <wkevils@gmail.com>
Cc: dev@dpdk.org
Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] ethtool and igb/ixgbe (kni)
Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2014 10:01:53 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20141028100153.GA12148@BRICHA3-MOBL> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAGXs5wWMMzGkJF6V1E5w1eeO2FZ_zgfWvoeRWt+G75ScU0Z=qA@mail.gmail.com>
On Mon, Oct 27, 2014 at 07:49:03PM +0200, Kevin Wilson wrote:
> Poke!
> Can anybody advice about this question ?
> Kevin
>
> On Fri, Oct 24, 2014 at 12:54 PM, Kevin Wilson <wkevils@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I am looking in the file hierarchy of dpdk, and I see that under
> > /dpdk-1.7.1/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/ethtool
> > we have:
> > igb ixgbe README
> >
> > My question is: why the igb and ixgbe are on this path, under ethtool
> > ? are they related
> > to ethtool in any way ?
> >
> >
> > The README does not explain it.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Kevin
The code for igb and ixgbe are under that path to allow the kernel net devs
created by the KNI to have ethtool support for manipulating the underlying
NIC.
/Bruce
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2014-10-24 10:54 Kevin Wilson
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