On Thu, Jul 17, 2025 at 8:55 AM hailinx <hailinx...@intel.com> wrote:
>
> Signed-off-by: hailinx <hailinx...@intel.com>
> ---
>  doc/guides/nics/ixgbe.rst | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 21 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/ixgbe.rst b/doc/guides/nics/ixgbe.rst
> index a03ec7a7e8..6380e18feb 100644
> --- a/doc/guides/nics/ixgbe.rst
> +++ b/doc/guides/nics/ixgbe.rst
> @@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ Supported Chipsets and NICs
>  - Intel Ethernet Converged Network Adapter X540-T2
>  - Intel Ethernet Converged Network Adapter X550-T1
>  - Intel Ethernet Converged Network Adapter X550-T2
> +- Intel Ethernet Network Adapter E610-XT2
> +- Intel Ethernet Network Adapter E610-XT4
>
>  Vector PMD for IXGBE
>  --------------------
> @@ -93,6 +95,25 @@ Windows Prerequisites and Pre-conditions
>  - Loading of private Dynamic Device Personalization (DDP) package
>    is not supported on Windows.
>
> +Kernel driver and Firmware Matching List
> +----------------------------------------
> +
> +It is highly recommended to upgrade the ixgbe kernel driver and firmware
> +to avoid the compatibility issues with ixgbe PMD.

We never recommended such things so far for ixgbe.
I think this is a wrong thing to advertise.
The same applies to other Intel nics, btw.

You may insist that you validated with such a setup, but most users
rely on in-tree drivers.


-- 
David Marchand

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