Don, thanks for the reply! I'll take your advice and start with the in-kernel driver. I had a suspicion about the version numbers - I had a very similar experience with Ubuntu's openssl driver when the heartbleed vulnerability came out. :)
Mike [image: Clutch Holdings, LLC] <http://www.clutch.com> Mike James | Manager of Infrastructure 267.419.6400, ext 204 | mike.ja...@clutch.com 201 S Maple St. | Suite 250 | Ambler, PA 19002 Clutch.com <http://www.clutch.com> | Twitter <https://twitter.com/clutchsuccess> | LinkedIn <https://www.linkedin.com/company/2837209> | YouTube <https://www.youtube.com/user/clutchsuccess> | Clutch Support Center <http://clientsupport.clutch.com/> The only end to end consumer management platform that empowers consumer-focused businesses to identify, target, message, and engage their best customers. On Thu, Sep 22, 2016 at 12:23 PM, Skidmore, Donald C < donald.c.skidm...@intel.com> wrote: > Hey Mike, > > Driver versions from in-distro drivers are kind of black magic at best. > The norm seems to be to start with the version of the driver that was in > the initial pull from kernel.org. And although they back port > fixes/enhancements to the code base they don't change the driver version. > So it is really hard to tell exactly what features are included in the > Ubuntu driver vs. the latest OoT (out of tree) SourceForge driver, which by > the way is up to version 3.2.2. > > Intel isn't directly involved (at least I'm not and I own the ixgbe/vf > drivers :) with what they do or do not back port so I can't really tell you > in any detail. Couldn't you just try the in kernel driver and see if you > get all the features you require and if not upgrade? > > Thanks, > -Don Skidmore <donald.c.skidm...@intel.com> > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Mike James [mailto:mike.ja...@clutch.com] > > Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2016 8:09 AM > > To: e1000-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > > Subject: [E1000-devel] AWS enhanced networking need for clarification > > > > Hi all. I checked the list archive and there's a thread about a year ago > > regarding the AWS recommendations for enhanced networking ( > > http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/sriov- > > networking.html#enhanced-networking-ubuntu) > > I'm still confused as to whether the ixgbevf driver in the ubuntu distro > has at > > least the same feature set / bug fixes as the 2.16.4 version that the > docs > > recommend. Any help appreciated and if I need to take this to some ubuntu > > list, let me know. > > > > My head tells me 2.11.3-k != 2.16.4, but then again maybe they still > have the > > same features/bugfixes and the version number was not updated, because > > that's the way Canonical does things. I'd like to know before I install > the out-of- > > tree ixgbevf driver and waste my time, break something, or fix something > that > > isn't broken. > > > > I launched an instance of Ubuntu 14.04, using ami-2d39803a, then ran > ```apt- > > get update && apt-get upgrade && apt-get dist-upgrade``` Following that, > I > > see: > > > > ubuntu@ip-10-0-60-159:~$ ethtool -i eth0 > > driver: ixgbevf > > version: 2.11.3-k > > firmware-version: > > bus-info: 0000:00:03.0 > > supports-statistics: yes > > supports-test: yes > > supports-eeprom-access: no > > supports-register-dump: yes > > supports-priv-flags: no > > > > ubuntu@ip-10-0-60-159:~$ modinfo ixgbevf > > filename: > > /lib/modules/3.13.0-96- > > generic/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf.ko > > version: 2.11.3-k > > license: GPL > > description: Intel(R) 82599 Virtual Function Driver > > author: Intel Corporation, <linux.n...@intel.com> > > srcversion: AE2D8A25951B508611E943D > > alias: pci:v00008086d00001515sv*sd*bc*sc*i* > > alias: pci:v00008086d000010EDsv*sd*bc*sc*i* > > depends: > > intree: Y > > vermagic: 3.13.0-96-generic SMP mod_unload modversions > > signer: Magrathea: Glacier signing key > > sig_key: 5C:E9:1A:5F:5A:60:3A:31:2B:28: > B6:E0:22:CB:56:18:E5:DC:44:ED > > sig_hashalgo: sha512 > > parm: debug:Debug level (0=none,...,16=all) (int) > > > > > > [image: Clutch Holdings, LLC] <http://www.clutch.com> Mike James | > > Manager of Infrastructure > > 267.419.6400, ext 204 | mike.ja...@clutch.com > > 201 S Maple St. | Suite 250 | Ambler, PA 19002 Clutch.com > > <http://www.clutch.com> | Twitter <https://twitter.com/clutchsuccess> | > > LinkedIn <https://www.linkedin.com/company/2837209> | YouTube > > <https://www.youtube.com/user/clutchsuccess> | Clutch Support Center > > <http://clientsupport.clutch.com/> > > > > The only end to end consumer management platform that empowers > > consumer-focused businesses to identify, target, message, and engage > their > > best customers. >
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