Add an overview of the e1000 driver for Intel 1G devices. Signed-off-by: Talluri Chaitanyababu <[email protected]> ---
v5: * Aligned PMD names with code. * Fixed wording for clarity. v4: * Fixed RST structure, single top-level title. * Used ASCII "PCIe". * Adjusted commit message to match content. v3: Resolved apply patch failure. v2: Addressed review comments. --- doc/guides/nics/e1000em.rst | 15 ++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/e1000em.rst b/doc/guides/nics/e1000em.rst index ed4f57e9c6..a101b54020 100644 --- a/doc/guides/nics/e1000em.rst +++ b/doc/guides/nics/e1000em.rst @@ -4,7 +4,20 @@ Driver for VM Emulated Devices ============================== -The DPDK EM poll mode driver supports the following emulated devices: +E1000 Poll Mode Driver +---------------------- + +DPDK provides several poll mode drivers (PMDs) supporting Intel 1 Gigabit ethernet controller families. +These include: + +* e1000_em – Intel 8254x family devices, including QEMU ``e1000`` emulation. +* e1000_igb – Intel PRO/1000 PCIe family. + +.. note:: + + The ``igb`` and ``igc`` PMDs are built from the same driver binary but are documented in separate sections for clarity. + +The e1000_em poll mode driver supports the following emulated devices: * qemu-kvm emulated Intel® 82540EM Gigabit Ethernet Controller (qemu e1000 device) -- 2.43.0
