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Description

In order to support ethtool in Kernel NIC Interface, the standard Linux kernel
drivers of ixgbe/igb are needed to be reused here. ixgbe-3.9.17 is the version
modified from in kernel NIC interface kernel module to support ixgbe NIC, and
igb-3.4.8 is the version modified from in kernel NIC interface kernel module to
support igb NIC.

The source code package of ixgbe can be downloaded from sourceforge.net as below.
http://sourceforge.net/projects/e1000/files/ixgbe%20stable/
Below source files are copied or modified from ixgbe.

ixgbe_82598.h
ixgbe_82599.c
ixgbe_82599.h
ixgbe_api.c
ixgbe_api.h
ixgbe_common.c
ixgbe_common.h
ixgbe_dcb.h
ixgbe_ethtool.c
ixgbe_fcoe.h
ixgbe.h
ixgbe_main.c
ixgbe_mbx.h
ixgbe_osdep.h
ixgbe_phy.c
ixgbe_phy.h
ixgbe_sriov.h
ixgbe_type.h
kcompat.c
kcompat.h

The source code package of igb can be downloaded from sourceforge.net as below.
http://sourceforge.net/projects/e1000/files/igb%20stable/
Below source files are copied or modified from igb.

e1000_82575.c
e1000_82575.h
e1000_api.c
e1000_api.h
e1000_defines.h
e1000_hw.h
e1000_mac.c
e1000_mac.h
e1000_manage.c
e1000_manage.h
e1000_mbx.c
e1000_mbx.h
e1000_nvm.c
e1000_nvm.h
e1000_osdep.h
e1000_phy.c
e1000_phy.h
e1000_regs.h
igb_ethtool.c
igb.h
igb_main.c
igb_param.c
igb_procfs.c
igb_regtest.h
igb_sysfs.c
igb_vmdq.c
igb_vmdq.h
kcompat.c
kcompat_ethtool.c
kcompat.h