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From: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson@intel.com>
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Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] ethtool and igb/ixgbe (kni)
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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