Yes, this is true. There is a internal Netronome project for upstreaming the netdev kernel driver along with a BSP driver. PMD support will be in the BSP.
There is a public github repo with current drivers: https://github.com/Netronome/nfp-drv-kmods On Thu, Nov 5, 2015 at 10:59 AM, Vincent JARDIN <vincent.jardin at 6wind.com> wrote: > > On 05/11/2015 11:43, Alejandro.Lucero wrote: > >> From: "Alejandro.Lucero" <alejandro.lucero at netronome.com> >> >> This patchset adds a new PMD for Netronome nfp-6xxx card. >> Just PCI Virtual Functions supported. >> Using this PMD requires previous Netronome BSP installation. >> >> > I understand that this PMD needs a kernel driver which is not upstream > yet. Am I correct? > > > https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next.git/tree/drivers/net/ethernet > > > Best regards, > Vincent > >