Intel released Intel® Ethernet Adapter Complete Driver Pack v29.1 WHQL on May 7, 2024
Download Page:
www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/download...ete-driver-pack.html
Direct Download:
downloadmirror.intel.com/822488/Release_29.1.zip
(Size: 786 MB)
Release Notes:
downloadmirror.intel.com/822488/Release_Notes.pdf
Changelog for v29.1:
New Hardware Support
• None for this release. Although Intel® 800 Series Ethernet Driver (AArch64) v4.2.34 option is presented in the BootUtil tool, ARM Servers are not supported in this release.
New Software Support
• Azure Stack HCI 23H2 OS support.
• RX Timestamp support on E810.
• Traffic Mirroring via tc-mirred on E810.
• Control FW debug logs level via debugfs on E810.
• Flexible VF loopback pacing configuration on E810.
• SyncE4L NIC chaining improvements on E810.
• PHY Statistics Dumps on E810.
• Devlink health support for Tx hang debugging on E810.
• HII VLAN function configuration support for E810 OEMGen devices.
• DMA_buf w/o ODP support for Linux RDMA.
• FreeBSD E810 - Count packets larger than RX MAX as Rx Oversize packets.
• Print NIC FW version on E810.
• FreeBSD X710 - Count packets larger than RX MAX as Rx Oversize packets.
• Log FW Failure Critical Data in Recovery Mode.
• NVMUpdate option to use FW Version to determine if update is upgrade or downgrade.
• Driver can provide debug log when TX unit hang occurs on E810.
• Set E810 debug level and UART option when driver is working.
• Enable E810 GPUDirect community solution: DMA_BUF without ODP.
New Firmware Support
• Enable E700 X722 Tx signal to “always on”.
• Enable E700 to store events details on the NVM in Recovery Mode.When entering the Recovery Mode, X710 will
store the details of the event in the NVM.
• Added native support for BIDI 100G PAM4 Compliance Code Modules (CAUI4 with No FEC).
• Added native support for 10GBaseT 80m module (SFP).
• Added to E810-CQDA2T adapters, 6 ports Mixed Mode 10G/25G.
• Added RDE properties for PortMetrics.Transceivers.
• Disable Optical Module Laser when Link/Port is disabled on E820.
• Allow I2C 2 byte write access for PHY control on E820.
Cheers
Tom
Intel® Ethernet Adapter Complete Driver Pack
