v1.4.9

• gve: defer interrupt enabling until NAPI registration
• gve: fix probe failure if clock read fails
• gve: Fix stats report corruption, rx_dropped calculation, and get_rx_ring_count callback.
• gve: Remove jumbo_remove step from TX path
• Bump driver version to 1.4.9

[Deprecated] v1.4.8

Caution

This version has been deprecated. On some VM shapes, this driver fails to load if ptp clock initialization fails.

• Enabled user configuration of rx_buf_len directly via ethtool.
• Fixed a race condition when updating tx->dropped_pkt counters.
• Prevented ethtool operations from executing after device shutdown to improve stability.
• Added support for handling unreadable netmem backing.

v1.4.7

• Update GVE documentation
• Fix semantic patches for older kernels with XDP support
• Fix semantic patches for newer versions of RHEL 9 and 10

[Deprecated] v1.4.6

Caution

This version is deprecated and not recommended for use. It does not compile on RHEL 9.6 and later, and XDP will not work on any kernel version before 6.7.

Features:

• Add XDP support on DQ queue format
• Add RX timestamping support on DQ queue format
• Add numa awareness support
• Add RSS support for non RSS device option scenario

Critical bug fixes:

• Fix stuck TX queue for DQ queue format

v1.4.5.1

• update dkms.conf to use yes instead of Y

v1.4.5

• Use netdev-genl interface to record the queue's irq and napi info
• Add page pool support
• Flow steering fix to handle the error correctly
• RSS related coccinelle patch fix

v1.4.4

• Fixes of Coccinelle patches for resolving several known driver compilation issue on different distros

v1.4.3

• Add support for RSS (Currently supported on A3 and C3+)
• Fix compilation issue on certain versions of ubuntu focal
• Minor bug fixes and improvements

v1.4.2

• Add support for flow steering (Currently available on A3 vm shapes).
• Fix XDP issues caused by overflowing counters
• Fix issue that could cause a TX queue stall under certain memory conditions
• Minor bug fixes and improvements

[Deprecated] v1.4.1

🚨 WARNING: This version is deprecated and not recommended for use. It contains a critical bug that can cause TX stall. Please upgrade to the latest version.

• Fix issue where certain backport patches would be applied incorrectly on older RHEL versions
• Add canonical build directory. This removes a dependency on very specific versions of coccinelle to generate canonical builds
• Minor bug fixes and improvements