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Bug#804283: RFS: igb/5.3.3.2-1 [ITP] -- out of tree Intel Gigabit Ethernet driver.



 ❦  7 novembre 2015 09:23 +0800, Paul Wise <pabs@debian.org> :

>> The package is needed because the in-tree driver doesn't have
>> advanced features such as interrupt throttle, multiqueue or Large
>> Receive Offload.
>
> Has Intel sent these features for inclusion in Linux mainline?

Intel also maintains the drivers for their wired cards in
mainline. However, for some reason (unknown for me), they have always
restricted the features of those drivers.
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