svn commit: r209611 - head/sys/dev/e1000
Julian Elischer
julian at elischer.org
Wed Jun 30 21:50:03 UTC 2010
On 6/30/10 10:26 AM, Jack F Vogel wrote:
> Author: jfv
> Date: Wed Jun 30 17:26:47 2010
> New Revision: 209611
> URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/209611
>
> Log:
> SR-IOV support added to igb
>
> What this provides is support for the 'virtual function'
> interface that a FreeBSD VM may be assigned from a host
> like KVM on Linux, or newer versions of Xen with such
> support.
>
> When the guest is set up with the capability, a special
> limited function 82576 PCI device is present in its virtual
> PCI space, so with this driver installed in the guest that
> device will be detected and function nearly like the bare
> metal, as it were.
>
> The interface is only allowed a single queue in this configuration
> however initial performance tests have looked very good.
>
> Enjoy!!
>
do these extra devices turn up in a standard ifconfig output?
in other words, can we assign them to jails using vimage?
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