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Create nics guide by moving chapters about Intel and Mellanox NICs. Signed-off-by: Thomas Monjalon <thomas.monjalon@6wind.com> Acked-by: Siobhan Butler <siobhan.a.butler@intel.com>
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.. BSD LICENSE
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Network Interface Controller Drivers
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====================================
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**Contents**
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.. toctree::
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:maxdepth: 3
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:numbered:
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e1000em
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ixgbe
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intel_vf
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mlx4
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virtio
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vmxnet3
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pcap_ring
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**Figures**
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:ref:`Figure 1. Virtualization for a Single Port NIC in SR-IOV Mode <nic_figure_1>`
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:ref:`Figure 2. SR-IOV Performance Benchmark Setup <nic_figure_2>`
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:ref:`Figure 3. Fast Host-based Packet Processing <nic_figure_3>`
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:ref:`Figure 4. SR-IOV Inter-VM Communication <nic_figure_4>`
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:ref:`Figure 5. Virtio Host2VM Communication Example Using KNI vhost Back End <nic_figure_5>`
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:ref:`Figure 6. Virtio Host2VM Communication Example Using Qemu vhost Back End <nic_figure_6>`
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