Hi Tom we will patch latest ixgbe driver soon (btw, latest Intel driver is 4.4.6), however this is not high priority for us atm because we support LTS kernels.
Alfredo > On 09 Jun 2016, at 09:35, Tom Ghyselinck <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi all, > > We need to compile (at least) the ixgbe and i40e drivers > from PF_RING 6.4.0 for kernel 4.6.1 (with RT patches rt3). > > The compilation process shows warnings about incompatible pointers > for e.g. '.ndo_setup_tc'. This is correct! > > The current version of the ixgbe drivers in PF_RING is 4.1.5 > which is rather old. > They officially support kernel version 2.6.x and 3.x (see https://downl > oadcenter.intel.com/download/25722/Network-Adapter-Driver-for-PCI-E- > Intel-10-Gigabit-Ethernet-Network-Connections-under-Linux- ) > > The latest version is 4.3.15 (release date 4/5/2016). See https://downl > oadcenter.intel.com/download/14687/Network-Adapter-Driver-for-PCI-E- > Intel-10-Gigabit-Ethernet-Network-Connections-under-Linux- . > I checked the source code. It still uses the incorrect "traffic class" > setup function pointer. > > The ixgbe driver in the 4.6.1 kernel source provides an additional > function for the ixgbe driver, called '__ixgbe_setup_tc'. It performs > some extra steps and requires some additional functions too. > > Has someone verified support for the 4.6 kernel already? > What is the best way to continue here? > > Thank you in advance! > > With best regards, > Tom. > > -- > > > > > > > > > > > > | [email protected] > > | > > | Tom Ghyselinck > > | Senior Engineer > > | Excentis N.V. > > | Gildestraat 8 B-9000 Ghent, Belgium > > | Tel: +32 9 269 22 91 - Fax: +32 9 329 31 74 > > > > > > >
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