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.. SPDX-License-Identifier: (BSD-3-Clause OR GPL-2.0)
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Copyright(c) 2018-2020 Pensando Systems, Inc. All rights reserved.
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IONIC Driver
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The ionic driver provides support for Pensando server adapters.
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It currently supports the below models:
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- DSC-25 dual-port 25G Distributed Services Card `(pdf) <https://pensando.io/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Pensando-DSC-25-Product-Brief.pdf>`__
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- DSC-100 dual-port 100G Distributed Services Card `(pdf) <https://pensando.io/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Pensando-DSC-100-Product-Brief.pdf>`__
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Please visit the Pensando web site at https://pensando.io for more information.
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The `Documents <https://pensando.io/documents/>`_ page contains Product Briefs and other product information.
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Identifying the Adapter
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To determine if one or more Pensando DSC Ethernet devices are installed
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on the host, check for the PCI devices:
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.. code-block:: console
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lspci -d 1dd8:
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b5:00.0 Ethernet controller: Device 1dd8:1002
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b6:00.0 Ethernet controller: Device 1dd8:1002
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Firmware Support
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The ionic PMD requires firmware which supports 16 segment transmit SGLs.
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This support was added prior to version 1.0. For help upgrading older versions,
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please contact Pensando support.
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Building DPDK
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The ionic PMD supports UIO and VFIO. Please refer to the
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:ref:`DPDK documentation that comes with the DPDK suite <linux_gsg>`
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for instructions on how to build DPDK.
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