30. IGB Poll Mode Driver

The IGB PMD (librte_net_e1000) provides poll mode driver support for Intel 1GbE nics.

30.1. Supported Chipsets and NICs

  • Intel 82576EB 10 Gigabit Ethernet Controller

  • Intel 82580EB 10 Gigabit Ethernet Controller

  • Intel 82580DB 10 Gigabit Ethernet Controller

  • Intel Ethernet Controller I210

  • Intel Ethernet Controller I350

30.2. Features

Features of the IGB PMD are:

  • Multiple queues for TX and RX

  • Receiver Side Scaling (RSS)

  • MAC/VLAN filtering

  • Packet type information

  • Double VLAN

  • IEEE 1588

  • TSO offload

  • Checksum offload

  • TCP segmentation offload

  • Jumbo frames supported

30.3. Secondary Process Support

30.3.1. IGB Physical Function Driver

Control plane operations are currently not supported in secondary processes.

30.3.2. IGB Virtual Function Driver

Control plane operations are currently not supported in secondary processes.