Hi Thomas,

Thanks for the clarification and explanation. Much appreciated.
I guess it becomes a little hard for people who have just started working
with DPDK to figure that out.

Thanks for the help.
Best regards.

-
Farrukh Aftab Khan


On Fri, Jun 28, 2013 at 1:28 PM, Thomas Monjalon
<thomas.monjalon@6wind.com>wrote:

> 28/06/2013 08:39, dvr :
> >      I'm confused which type of ethernet card that DPDK require.
>
> OK. Since this type of question has already been asked and will probably be
> asked again and again, I will explain it on the website.
>
> For the record, here is how you should search for a supported NIC:
>
> # grep -r 'RTE_PCI_DEV_ID_DECL.*82575' lib
> RTE_PCI_DEV_ID_DECL(PCI_VENDOR_ID_INTEL, E1000_DEV_ID_82575EB_COPPER)
> RTE_PCI_DEV_ID_DECL(PCI_VENDOR_ID_INTEL,
>  E1000_DEV_ID_82575EB_FIBER_SERDES)
> RTE_PCI_DEV_ID_DECL(PCI_VENDOR_ID_INTEL, E1000_DEV_ID_82575GB_QUAD_COPPER)
>
> So your NIC 82575EB is supported.
>
> As you can see, the source code is a good documentation.
> To all users, please try to search in it before asking questions.
> --
> Thomas
>