# changelog

author: HP Linux SW Deliverables <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 1.3.46-5
changelog:
  - Added support for SLES12SP1
   - Added support for RHEL 7.2
   - This driver addresses an issue where firmware version information reporting is incorrect and inconsistent.
   - This driver now correctly sets the default value of the Flow Control setting after a device reset.


author:
  HP Linux SW Deliverables <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 2.0.19-2[rhel6u9], 2.0.19-1[For other OSs]

changelog:
  - Fix for configuration of RSS table with DCB
  - Enabled VF trust on RHEL 7.3
  - Added support for HPE Ethernet 10Gb 2-port 568i Adapter
  - Added SLES12SP2 support
  - Added RHEL7.3 support
  - Feature implementation for speading out interrupts and to use all rx queues and all cpus
  - Fix for NVM update process hangs on Linux at 88%


author: HP Linux SW Deliverables <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 2.0.29-3
changelog:
  - Added support for HPE Ethernet 1Gb 2-port 368i Adapter
  - Added support for HPE Ethernet 1Gb 4-port 369i Adapter
  - Added support for HPE Ethernet 1Gb 2-port 368FLR-MMT Adapter
  - Added support for HPE Ethernet 10Gb 2-port 568FLR-MMT Adapter
  - Added support for HPE Ethernet 10Gb 2-port 568FLR-MMSFP+ Adapter
  - Added SLES12SP3 support
  - Added RHEL7.4 support


author: HP Linux SW Deliverables <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 2.3.6-1.all
changelog:
  - This driver addresses an issue with branding string in RHEL7.4
  - This driver now fix the issue of LIS prevents switching back to the VF path in RHEL 7.3 guest
  - This driver now alllows to use ethtool -m on DAC with or without NPAR
  - This driver fixes the supported autoneg for devices with CRT_RETIMER
  - This driver now ignores locality when spreading vectors over CPUs
  - This driver now allows to change VLAN Tag Stripping
  - This driver now throws an error after attempt to advertise unsupported link mode
  - This driver now allows to set MTU value to more than 1500 in SLES12SP3 with Intel NICs
  - This driver fixes the issue of ethtool not showing up dual-speed modules advertisements
  - This driver fixes the issue of memory leak related to filter programming status
  - This driver fixes the issue of Flow Director Sideband rules do not update as expected
  - This driver fixes the issue of Could not change device features with Adapter Type SR-IOV passthrough and VSwitch VLAN Tagging Mode
  - This driver fixes the issue of VxLAN checksum offload counter increments without VxLAN tunnels present
  - This driver fixes the issue of kdump failure
  - Feature implemention for split PCI error reset handler
  - Feature implementation to return an error message when module that does not meet thermal requirements is plugged.
  - Feature implementation to add some hw_csum rx offload counters
  - Feature implementation to add wrap recovery mode.
  - Feature implementation to add ethtool_intersect_link_masks.


author: HP Linux SW Deliverables <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 1.2.33-1
changelog:
  - Initial release of i40evf driver to support Intel(R) 40 Gigabit Adapters based virtual function devices that can only be activated on kernels that support SR-IOV.


author: HP Linux SW Deliverables <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 1.3.33.2-7
changelog:
  - Added support for SLES12SP1
   - Added support for RHEL 7.2
   - This driver addresses an issue where Virtual Function (VF) VLAN stops working if the device Physical Function (PF) is changed to Promiscuous Mode.


author:
  HP Linux SW Deliverables <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 2.0.16-2[rhel6u9], 2.0.16-1[For other OSs]

changelog:
  - Added support for HPE Ethernet 10Gb 2-port 568i Adapter
  - Added SLES12SP2 support
  - Added RHEL7.3 support
  - Feature implementation for speading out interrupts and to use all rx queues and all cpus
  - Fix for NVM update process hangs on Linux at 88%


author: HP Linux SW Deliverables <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 3.2.5-1.all
changelog:
  - This driver now alllows to use ethtool -m on DAC with or without NPAR
  - This driver now alllows to pass traffic from bond/VF in RHEL 7.3 guest using IovQueuePairsRequested setting above 1 with "MCP" XXV710-2 on WS 2016
  - This driver fixes the supported autoneg for devices with CRT_RETIMER
  - This driver now ignores locality when spreading vectors over CPUs
  - This driver now allows to change VLAN Tag Stripping
  - This driver now allows to set MTU value to more than 1500 in SLES12SP3 with Intel NICs
  - This driver fixes the issue of enabling support for VF VLAN tag stripping control
  - This driver fixes the issue of mac filter removal timing issue
  - This driver fixes the issue of ethtool not showing up dual-speed modules advertisements
  - This driver fixes the issue of supported link modes/PHY types does not report correctly
  - This driver now supports Ethtool -m command on QSFP+ SR optical module
  - This driver fixes the issue of FVL-6 MCP-25G Fails to Survive RSS Queue Resize During Stress Test
  - This driver now does not miss dual-speed advertisements on 25G ethtool link_ksettings
  - This driver now fixes the issue of "ethtool -p" cause traffic to be interrupted and all port LED to blink
  - This driver addresses an issue with branding string in RHEL7.4
  - This driver now fix the issue of LIS prevents switching back to the VF path in RHEL 7.3 guest
  - This driver addresses the Kernel panic on SLES12SP2  when changing Jumbo Frames on the PF
  - This driver fixes the issue of could not change device features with Adapter Type SR-IOV passthrough and VSwitch VLAN Tagging Mode.
  - This driver fixes the issue of Flow Director Sideband rules do not update quite as expected.
  - This driver fixes the issue of VxLAN checksum offload counter increments without VxLAN tunnels present.
  - This driver fixes the issue of memory leak related to filter programming status.
  - Feature implemention for split PCI error reset handler
  - Feature implementation to return an error message when module that does not meet thermal requirements is plugged.
  - ture implementation to add wrap recovery mode.
  - Feature implementation to add ethtool_intersect_link_masks
  - Feature implementation to add some hw_csum rx offload counters


author: HP Linux SW Deliverables <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 5.0.7-10
changelog:
  * Wed Nov 27 2013 HP Linux SW Deliverables <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 5.0.7-4
   - Fixed igb compilation issues with upstream 3.10 Linux Kernel
   - Changed how driver update rx packet stats, to include additional packet types
   - Add support for freeing q_vectors via RCU

   - Add support for OEM Powerville-based SKUs (Severity: Medium)


author: HP Linux SW Deliverables <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 5.2.17-2
changelog:
  - Added RHEL 7.1 support
   - Fixes a Tx Unit Hang on Network Adapters based on Intel 82576 chipset(NC362i) with RSS > 1


author: HP Linux SW Deliverables <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 5.3.3.2-7
changelog:
  - Added SLES12SP1 support
   - Added RHEL 7.2 support
   - Fix queue allocation method to accomodate changing during runtime
   - Use skb_vlan_tag_* functions instead of old name vlan_tx_tag
   - This driver addresses an issue where the link speed reported by the HPE Active Health System (AHS) is incorrect.
   - This driver can now correctly change the queue allocation method during runtime.


author: HP Linux SW Deliverables <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 5.3.5.3-1
changelog:
  - Added RHEL 6.8 support
  - Fix the issue of getting crash dump when loading igb module(modprobe igb)
  - Fix unable to disable the offload property in rhel6u6


changelog:
  - Added SLES12SP2 support
  - Added RHEL 7.3 support

author:
  HP Linux SW Deliverables <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 5.3.5.7-8[rhel6u9], 5.3.5.7-1[For other OSs]


author: HP Linux SW Deliverables <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 3.22.0.2-10
changelog:
  - Added support for Live Error Recovery(LER)
   - Fixes issue of driver getting hang while using netconsole with busy poll


author: HP Linux SW Deliverables <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 3.23.0.79
changelog:
  - Added SLES 12 support
   - Added RHEL 6.6 support
   - Fixes the issue of TX Unit hang which occurs when re-plugging of  network cable while passing traffic on VMs(using VFs)
   - Fixes incorrect reporting of sriov values under sysfs
   - Fixes the issue ixgbe driver causing keyboard delay when DAC Cables are used


author: HP Linux SW Deliverables <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 4.0.3-1
changelog:
  - Added RHEL 7.1 support
   - Added SLES11SP4 support
   - Fixed the issue of VXLAN offload tx-udp_tnl-segmenation not getting enabled
   - Made changes to use dma_rmb when accessing RX descriptors.


author: HP Linux SW Deliverables <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 4.1.5-6
changelog:
  - Added SLES12SP1 support
   - Added RHEL 7.2 support
   - Used new skb_vlan_tag_* functions instead of old vlan_tx_tag_* functions.
   - This driver addresses an issue where the link speed reported by the HPE Active Health System (AHS) is incorrect.


author: HP Linux SW Deliverables <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups
changelog:
  .hp.com> 4.3.13-2
   - Fix the issue of First Virtual Function(VF) receiving a copy of Physical Function(PF)'s traffic
   - Added support for Multicast promiscous mode for trusted Virtual Functions


author: HP Linux SW Deliverables <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 4.4.6-1
changelog:
  - Added RHEL 6.8 support
  - Fix the issue of unable to dynamically detect SFP module
  - Added support for Marvell PHY devices
  - Added new netdev operation to trust the Virtual Function
  - Added support to check and set the RSS hash and indirection table via ethtool -x/-X parameters	
  - Added new netdev op to allow user to enable/disable the ability of a specific VF to query its RSS Indirection Table and an RSS Hash Key
  - Fix the issue of packets being dropped as spoofed packets in SR-IOV mode
  - Fix the issue of macvlan interfaces not being able to get link, ixgbevf parent loses link
  - Fix the issue of ixgbe installation getting corrupted the system's ability to boot from SLES11SP4


author:
  HP Linux SW Deliverables <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 5.0.7-2[rhel6u9], 5.0.7-1[For other OSs]

changelog:
  - Added SLES12SP2 support
  - Added RHEL 7.3 support
  - Fix the issue of Vlan interface in RHEL 6.8 VM on RHEL6.8 host fails to get IP
  - Fix the issue of PHY stack trace and OS crash creating / allocating VFs.
  - Fix the issue of Transmit queue stuck [DCB enabled]
  - Fix the issue of NULL pointer dereference when enabling SRIOV
  - Fix the issue of cannot set MACVLAN if MAC is set by PF, when VF is trusted


author: HP Linux SW Deliverables <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 5.2.1-4.rhel7u4
changelog:
  - Added support for HPE Ethernet 10Gb 2-port 562FLR-T Adapter
  - Added support for HPE Ethernet 10Gb 2-port 562T Adapter
  - Added SLES12SP3 support
  - Added RHEL 7.4 support
  - Fix the issue of sriov_totalvfs reporting incorrect number of supported VFs
  - Fix the issue of RHEL6.9 64 bit is not able to create Virtual Functions with the sysfs command


author: HP Linux SW Deliverables <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 5.3.3-1.all
changelog:
  - This driver updated branding strings from HP to HPE for legacy adapters 
  - This driver fixes the issue of Unable to automatically get link after swapping SFP+ modules of different speeds 
  - This driver fixes the issue of IPV6 magic packet can't wake up
  - This driver fixes the issue of unable to set MTU value more than 1500 in SUSE12SP3 with Intel NICs
  - This driver fixes linux Kernel panic occurs when assigning an IP address on HVL system with non existing PHY


author: HP Linux SW Deliverables <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 2.12.0.38-10
changelog:
  * Wed Nov 27 2013 HP Linux SW Deliverables <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 2.12.0.38-4
   - Fixed the issue of SLES 11 SP2 VM guest unable to change hardware offload settings for VF interface
   - Correct support for NDO features in VF
   - Correct build if HAVE_LVAN_RX_REGISTER not defined
   - Fixed the driver hang issue when rmmod is done on RHEL 5.9 Guest opearting systems
   - Support for bus poll sockets


author: HP Linux SW Deliverables <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 2.16.0.43
changelog:
  - Added SLES 12 support
   - Added RHEL 6.6 support
   - Added netconsole/netpoll support for Virtual Function interface
   - Fixed vlan support issues on linux kernels >= 3.10 which was broken due to recent kernel changes
   - Fixed issue of ifconfig TX stats incrementing without traffic present on VF interface
   - Fixes the issue of TX Unit hang which occurs when re-plugging of  network cable while passing traffic on VMs(using VFs)


author: HP Linux SW Deliverables <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 3.1.2-2
changelog:
  - Fix the issue of packet loss in Virtual Functions(VF) in cases where Physical Function(PF) interface is brought up after VF.
   - Added support for Multicast promiscous mode for trusted Virtual Functions


author:
  HP Linux SW Deliverables <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 4.0.5-2[rhel6u9], 4.0.5-1[For other OSs]

changelog:
  - Added SLES12SP2 support
  - Added RHEL 7.3 support
  - Fixed the issue of installing ixgbevf corrupts ability of virtual machine to boot from SLES 11 SP4

   Tue Jun 21 2016 HP Linux SW Deliverables <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 3.2.2-1
  - Added RHEL 6.8 support
  - Fix the issue of setting of invalid MTU
  - Added support for ethtool RSS get/set functionality
  - Fix the issue of No error generated if untrusted VM user tries to set user defined VF MAC address


author: HP Linux SW Deliverables <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 4.2.1-4.rhel7u4
changelog:
  - Added support for HPE Ethernet 10Gb 2-port 562FLR-T Adapter
  - Added support for HPE Ethernet 10Gb 2-port 562T Adapter
  - Added SLES12SP3 support
  - Added RHEL 7.4 support
  - Fix the issue of sriov_totalvfs reporting incorrect number of supported VFs


author: HP Linux SW Deliverables <Linux_SWdeliverables@external.groups.hp.com> 4.3.2-1.all
changelog:
  - This driver fixes the issue of unable to set MTU value more than 1500 in SUSE12SP3 with Intel NICs


