On Mon, Oct 27, 2014 at 07:49:03PM +0200, Kevin Wilson wrote: > Poke! > Can anybody advice about this question ? > Kevin > > On Fri, Oct 24, 2014 at 12:54 PM, Kevin Wilson <wkevils at gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I am looking in the file hierarchy of dpdk, and I see that under > > /dpdk-1.7.1/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/ethtool > > we have: > > igb ixgbe README > > > > My question is: why the igb and ixgbe are on this path, under ethtool > > ? are they related > > to ethtool in any way ? > > > > > > The README does not explain it. > > > > Regards, > > Kevin
The code for igb and ixgbe are under that path to allow the kernel net devs created by the KNI to have ethtool support for manipulating the underlying NIC. /Bruce
