Intel Support ============= Accelerated packet capture and trasmission for Intel adapters is available on PF_RING ZC by means of specialised drivers as described in the `PF_RING ZC `_ section. Please also read `Installing from packages `_ for installation and configuration instructions. Supported Intel NICs Comparison ------------------------------- This table below helps you understanding what features are delivered by each Intel driver family and chipset model. +---------------------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+-----------+-----------+------------+-----------+ | | e1000e | igb | ixgbe | ixgbevf | i40e | iavf | fm10k | ice | +===========================+============+============+============+============+===========+===========+============+===========+ | Status | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | Deprecated | Supported | +---------------------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+-----------+-----------+------------+-----------+ | Max Port Speed (Gbit) | 1 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 40 | 40 | 100 | 100 | +---------------------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+-----------+-----------+------------+-----------+ | Symmetric RSS | No RSS | Yes | Yes | Yes | Dep on Fw | Dep on Fw | Yes | Yes | +---------------------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+-----------+-----------+------------+-----------+ | RX Hardware Timestamp | | 82580/i350 | | | | | | Yes | +---------------------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+-----------+-----------+------------+-----------+ | Read/Set Device Clock | | | | | | | | Yes | +---------------------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+-----------+-----------+------------+-----------+ | TX Timestamp | | | | | | | | Yes | +---------------------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+-----------+-----------+------------+-----------+ | Dual mode (Kernel and ZC) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | | Yes | Yes | +---------------------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+-----------+-----------+------------+-----------+ Note: - Symmetric RSS: on some adapters (e.g. i40e) this depends on the firmware version, a message is dmesg is printed to warn about this when no symmetric support is detected. - Dual mode: ZC drivers supporting this mode can run as standard kernel drivers when there is no ZC socket running for the specific interface.