igbvf: add new driver to support 82576 virtual functions

This adds an igbvf driver to handle virtual functions provided by the
igb driver when SR-IOV has been enabled.  A virtual function is a
lightweight pci-e function that supports a single queue and shares
resources with the 82576 physical function contained within the igb
driver.

To spawn virtual functions from the igb driver all that is needed is to
enable CONFIG_PCI_IOV and have an 82576 Ethernet adapter on a system that
supports SR-IOV in the BIOS.  The virtual functions will appear after the
interface is loaded.

Signed-off-by: Alexander Duyck <alexander.h.duyck@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
This commit is contained in:
Alexander Duyck
2009-04-07 14:37:34 +00:00
committed by David S. Miller
parent 93889d7574
commit d4e0fe01a3
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@@ -2058,6 +2058,27 @@ config IGB_DCA
driver. DCA is a method for warming the CPU cache before data
is used, with the intent of lessening the impact of cache misses.
config IGBVF
tristate "Intel(R) 82576 Virtual Function Ethernet support"
depends on PCI
---help---
This driver supports Intel(R) 82576 virtual functions. For more
information on how to identify your adapter, go to the Adapter &
Driver ID Guide at:
<http://support.intel.com/support/network/adapter/pro100/21397.htm>
For general information and support, go to the Intel support
website at:
<http://support.intel.com>
More specific information on configuring the driver is in
<file:Documentation/networking/e1000.txt>.
To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
will be called igbvf.
source "drivers/net/ixp2000/Kconfig"
config MYRI_SBUS