[dpdk-dev] DPDK Support for the i217 ?

Thomas Monjalon thomas.monjalon at 6wind.com
Thu Jun 19 13:54:12 CEST 2014


2014-06-17 19:11, Palin, Francois:
> Just checking once more on a question I have asked back in January:
> 
> We would like to know if DPDK support for the i217 will be provided anytime
> soon.
> The Supported NICs list doesn't show the i217. Intel DPDK Release Notes
> don't mention the i217 either.
> 
> The answer I received back then was:
> 
> Support for the i217 will be available in the Intel DPDK version 1.7.  Not
> sure of the timeline, but next release.
> 
> Is this still in the plans for version 1.7, if that's the case, any idea
> about the time for release 1.7 ?

In version 1.7.0, there is a fix for i217 in the base driver but it's still 
not enabled in the PMD:
	http://dpdk.org/browse/dpdk/commit/?id=0dc47cca90a3aadef

I think you should try to enable it by yourself and send a patch if it's 
working.

Thanks
-- 
Thomas


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