Intel® Network Adapter Driver for 82575/6, 82580, I350, and I210/211-Based Gigabit Network Connections for Linux*

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7/14/2020

Introduction

Intel® Network Adapter Driver for 82575/6, 82580, I350, and I210/211-based Gigabit Network Connections for Linux*

Available Downloads

  • Linux*
  • Size: 342.3 KB
  • SHA1: C73767C5124CEDEFC6D8D2BF7AC43F3EBA88521F

Detailed Description

Overview

This release includes Linux* Base Drivers for Intel® Ethernet Network Connections.

  • igb driver supports all 82575-, 82576-, 82580-, I350-, I210-, I211- and
    I354-based gigabit network connections.
  • e1000e driver supports all PCI Express gigabit network connections, except
    those that are 82575-, 82576-, 82580-, and I350-, I210-, and I211-based*.

Notes

  • The Intel® PRO/1000 P Dual Port Server Adapter is supported by
    the e1000 driver, not the e1000e driver due to the 82546 part being used
    behind a PCI Express bridge.
  • Gigabit devices based on the Intel® Ethernet Controller X722 are
    supported by the i40e driver.

igb-x.x.x.tar.gz
e1000e-x.x.x.tar.gz

Due to the continuous development of the Linux kernel, the drivers are updated more often than the bundled releases. The latest driver can be found on http://e1000.sourceforge.net (and also on http://downloadcenter.intel.com.)

Upgrading

If you currently have the e1000 driver installed and need to install e1000e,
perform the following:

  • If your version of e1000 is 7.6.15.5 or less, upgrade to e1000 version
    8.x, using the instructions in the e1000 README.
  • Install the e1000e driver using the instructions in the Building and
    Installation section below.
  • Modify /etc/modprobe.conf to point your PCIe devices to use the new e1000e
    driver using alias e1000e, or use your distribution's specific method
    for configuring network adapters like RedHat's setup/system-config-network
    or SuSE's yast2.