On Tue, 2018-04-24 at 16:33 +0000, Dan Zulaica wrote: > Yes, > > I see what you mean. Using lspci -nn -v I see 8086:1502.
Don has already explained the difference in the different drivers, thanks Don. I also wanted to mention that the big green download button will always go to the last driver that was uploaded. So if we post an update to e1000e next, it will be the driver that the big green button will link to. It is best to generally ignore that big green download button and go to the 'Files' link to see all the drivers available to download. Once you have found and selected the driver you need and want, the most recent and up-to-date will be at the top of the list of versions. > > On Tue, Apr 24, 2018, 11:35 AM Buchholz, Donald <donald.buchholz@inte > l.com> > wrote: > > > Hi Dan, > > > > You can identify the hardware a driver is able to support > > with the modinfo(8) command. For example, > > > > $ modinfo fm10k > > filename: > > /lib/modules/4.4.14- > > 200.fc22.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/fm10k/fm10k.ko.xz > > version: 0.15.2-k > > license: GPL > > description: Intel(R) Ethernet Switch Host Interface Driver > > author: Intel Corporation, <linux.n...@intel.com> > > srcversion: 21FB5F03E90C1AE16837B51 > > alias: pci:v00008086d000015A5sv*sd*bc*sc*i* > > alias: pci:v00008086d000015A4sv*sd*bc*sc*i* > > depends: ptp > > intree: Y > > vermagic: 4.4.14-200.fc22.x86_64 SMP mod_unload > > > > (I use 'fm10k' because the hardware support list is short.) > > See the lines which begin with "alias:". They show the PCI > > IDs [http://pciids.sourceforge.net/] of the hardware that > > this driver can drive. There is probably a 'pci.ids' file > > somewhere under /usr/share in your distro, too. This file > > is used to map the numeric PCI ID info to human-readable > > strings. > > > > So, the 'fm10k' driver will manage a device from Vendor > > "8086" (Intel), with Device ID of "0x15a5" or "0x15a4". > > Some drivers will also use the SubVendorID (sv) and Sub- > > VendorDeviceID (sd), but we see this driver doesn't care, > > as it displays the "*" wildcard match. > > > > You will see that the 'e1000e' and 'igb' drivers are > > (generally) for 1Gbps NICs, 'ixgbe' is for 10Gbps, and > > 'i40e' is for 25/40Gbps hardware. Intel drivers with > > names ending in "...vf" are virtual-function drivers > > used with SR-IOV virtualization. (Typically supporting > > virtual machines running on a host virtualization platform.) > > > > Use the lscpi(8) command to find the actual numeric values > > for Vendor and Device IDs on your adapter. You should read > > the man page and experiment with the different options to > > find all of the information it will display and also how > > to limit the output to what is useful for your purposes. > > > > For my RHEL-7.x and SLES-12.x systems, I find > > # lspci -nn -v | grep net > > to be extremely useful in identifying my Intel Ethernet > > devices. > > > > - Don > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Dan Zulaica [mailto:dan.zulaica...@gmail.com] > > > Sent: Monday, April 23, 2018 11:37 PM > > > To: Fujinaka, Todd <todd.fujin...@intel.com> > > > Cc: e1000-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > > > Subject: Re: [E1000-devel] e1000 driver compile > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > The driver got compiled, but did not work. I went back to the > > > 10.04 > > > kernel download from kernel.org. It compiled and I got the > > > environment > > > setup based on the README instructions. Then compiled the exgbe > > > driver, which I though was the latest? Anyway that did not work, > > > and I > > > tried a e1000e download. That one compiled and worked. I can also > > > use > > > the vendor's Eclipse IDE. > > > > > > Is ixgbe the latest update to e1000e. It is the green download > > > icon, > > > e1000e appear to be older version numbers. > > > > > > Anyway, thanks for the help. Greatly appreciated. > > > Dan > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > ----------- > Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most > engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot > _______________________________________________ > E1000-devel mailing list > E1000-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/e1000-devel > To learn more about Intel® Ethernet, visit http://communities.in > tel.com/community/wired
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