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[Bug 1532303] Re: [Ubuntu 16.04] SR-IOV optimized vNIC (new device driver for POWER8)

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** Tags added: bugnameltc-134639 severity-high

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Title:
  [Ubuntu 16.04] SR-IOV optimized vNIC (new device driver for POWER8)

Status in linux package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in linux source package in Xenial:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  This new device driver enables high performance virtual networking
  which combines the isolation, QoS, and shared resources benefits of
  SR-IOV with the Live LPAR Mobility capabilities of a virtual adapter.
  The SR-IOV VF will be attached to the VIOS partition and mapped
  directly to the Linux client for exclusive use; this is the device
  driver for this new virtual adapter.

  This is the kernel part for this feature request.

  The ibmvnic driver has recently been included in David Miller's net-
  next tree.  It should be included in Linux 4.5.

  git commit : http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-
  next.git/commit/?id=032c5e82847a2214c3196a90f0aeba0ce252de58

  This is a feature request to include this new driver in Ubuntu 16.04.

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