vDPA driver for ConnectX devices
modulename: mlx5_vdpa.ko
configname: CONFIG_MLX5_VDPA_NET
Linux Kernel Configuration
└─>Device Drivers
└─>vDPA drivers
└─>vDPA driver for ConnectX devices
In linux kernel since version 5.1 (release Date: 2019-05-05)
VDPA network driver for ConnectX6 and newer. Provides offloading
of virtio net datapath such that descriptors put on the ring will
be executed by the hardware. It also supports a variety of stateless
offloads depending on the actual device used and firmware version.
of virtio net datapath such that descriptors put on the ring will
be executed by the hardware. It also supports a variety of stateless
offloads depending on the actual device used and firmware version.