This is the most current release of the ixgbe driver for Linux, which
supports kernel versions 2.6.18 up through 4.12. It also has been tested on
the following distributions:

- RHEL 6.9
- RHEL 7.3
- SLES 11SP4
- SLES 12SP2

Changes in this release:

- Improved kcompat support for SLES12 SP3

Note that while we attempt to keep the driver version number (5.2.4) in sync
with its counterpart in the Linux kernel that has similar functionality this
is far from authoritative. If you are using a newer kernel.org kernel or
distro it is likely that its ixgbe driver is at least as up to date as the
out of tree (OOT) driver found here.

This is the most current release of the ixgbe driver for Linux, which
supports kernel versions 2.6.18 up through 4.12. It also has been tested on
the following distributions:

- RHEL 6.9
- RHEL 7.3
- SLES 11SP4
- SLES 12SP2

Changes in this release:

- Fix a possible crash in cases where the driver fails to initialize
  the PHY on X550 parts.

Note that while we attempt to keep the driver version number (5.2.3) in sync
with its counterpart in the Linux kernel that has similar functionality this
is far from authoritative. If you are using a newer kernel.org kernel or
distro it is likely that its ixgbe driver is at least as up to date as the
out of tree (OOT) driver found here.

This is the most current release of the ixgbe driver for Linux, which
supports kernel versions 2.6.18 up through 4.12. It also has been tested on
the following distributions:

- RHEL 6.9
- RHEL 7.3
- SLES 11SP4
- SLES 12PS2

Changes in this release:

- Make use of build_skb in Rx code path for kernels >= 4.10
- Improved firmware version reporting
- Added support for PF to set VF mac address to 0
- Resolved possible race condition in processing timestamp requests 
- Fixed error case to properly release resource bits
- Improved compat kernel support
- Various other bug fixes

Note that while we attempt to keep the driver version number (5.2.1) in sync
with its counterpart in the Linux kernel that has similar functionality this
is far from authoritative. If you are using a newer kernel.org kernel or
distro it is likely that its ixgbe driver is at least as up to date as the
out of tree (OOT) driver found here.

This is the most current release of the ixgbe driver for Linux, which
supports kernel versions 2.6.18 up through 4.11 It also has been tested on
the following distributions:

- RHEL 6.9
- RHEL 7.3
- SLES 11SP4
- SLES 12PS2

Changes in this release:

- VF promiscuous support for X540 and newer
- reintroduced legacy Rx code path which can be enabled at
  build time with CONFIG_IXGBE_DISABLE_PACKET_SPLIT
- 1GBase-T support for X552
- native busy poll support for kernels >= 4.11
- various other bug fixes

Note that while we attempt to keep the driver version number (5.1.3) in sync
with its counterpart in the Linux kernel that has similar functionality this
is far from authoritative. If you are using a newer kernel.org kernel or
distro it is likely that its ixgbe driver is at least as up to date as the
out of tree (OOT) driver found here.

This is the most current release of the ixgbe driver for Linux, which
supports kernel versions 2.6.18 up through 4.9.7 It also has been tested on
the following distributions:

- RHEL 6.9
- RHEL 7.3
- SLES 11SP4
- SLES 12PS2

Changes in this release:

- New X553 device support
- New distro support 
- GSO_PARITAIL support
- Assorted other bug fixes

Note that while we attempt to keep the driver version number (5.0.4) in sync
with its counterpart in the Linux kernel that has similar functionality this
is far from authoritative. If you are using a newer kernel.org kernel or
distro it is likely that its ixgbe driver is at least as up to date as the
out of tree (OOT) driver found here.

This is the most current release of the ixgbe driver for Linux, which
supports kernel versions 2.6.18 up through 4.9.6 It also has been tested on
the following distributions:

- RHEL 6.9
- RHEL 7.3
- SLES 11SP4
- SLES 12PS2

Changes in this release:

- New X550 device support
- Clean up Tx Hang due to incorrect SR_IOV and TC configuration
- New distro support (see table above)
- SR-IOV MDD fix
- Assorted other bug fixes

Note that while we attempt to keep the driver version number (4.6.4) in sync
with its counterpart in the Linux kernel that has similar functionality this
is far from authoritative. If you are using a newer kernel.org kernel or
distro it is likely that its ixgbe driver is at least as up to date as the
out of tree (OOT) driver found here.

This is the most current release of the ixgbe driver for Linux, which
supports kernel versions 2.6.18 up through 4.9 It also has been tested on
the following distributions:

- RHEL 6.9
- RHEL 7.3
- SLES 11SP4
- SLES 12PS2

Changes in this release:

- Support for some of the Atom based SoC's.
- New distro support (see table above)
- Clean up races in close/suppend
- Assorted other bug fixes

Note that while we attempt to keep the driver version number (4.5.4) in sync
with its counterpart in the Linux kernel that has similar functionality this
is far from authoritative. If you are using a newer kernel.org kernel or
distro it is likely that its ixgbe driver is at least as up to date as the
out of tree (OOT) driver found here.

This is the most current release of the ixgbe driver for Linux, which
supports kernel versions 2.6.18 up through 4.6.1. It also has been tested on
the following distributions:

- RHEL 6.8
- RHEL 7.2
- SLES 11SP4
- SLES 12PS1

Changes in this release:

- Fix for link crosstalk on some platforms
- Refactor configuration of RSS
- Initial SWFW semaphore on startup
- Module parameter for MDD disablement
- Assorted other bug fixes

Note that while we attempt to keep the driver version number (4.4.6) in sync
with its counterpart in the Linux kernel that has similar functionality this
is far from authoritative. If you are using a newer kernel.org kernel or
distro it is likely that its ixgbe driver is at least as up to date as the out
of tree (OOT) driver found here.

This is an update to the ixgbe 4.3.x branch. Only the following functionality
has been added to this driver:

• Support for 4.5 kernel.org kernel.

This is an update to the ixgbe 4.3.x branch. Only the following functionality
has been added to this driver:

• Support for VF MC Promisc mode assuming the VF is in trusted mode