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Why does the Intel 82576 require MSI-X for SR-IOV

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To all SR-IOV experts,

 

I want to use the SR-IOV functionality of Intel's PCI Express 82576 Ethernet NIC on a platform which does not support MSI-X interrupts but only MSI and legacy interrupts types of PCI.

 

Why are both igb and igbvf drivers requiring MSI-X for I/O virtualization?

 

In the PCI Express "Single Root I/O Virtualization and Sharing Specification" from PCI-SIG is mentioned, that MSI should be sufficient to use SR-IOV in general.

 

Any reason Intel decided to only use MSI-X?

 

Thanks,

 

Mr. Isfort



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