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

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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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------- Comment From <email address hidden> 2016-01-19 10:47 EDT-------
*** Bug 119743 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

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This bug was fixed in the package linux - 4.4.0-2.16

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linux (4.4.0-2.16) xenial; urgency=low

  [ Andy Whitcroft ]

  * Release Tracking Bug
    - LP: #1539090
  * SAUCE: hv: hv_set_ifconfig -- convert to python3
    - LP: #1506521
  * SAUCE: dm: introduce a target_ioctl op to allow target specific ioctls
    - LP: #1538618

  [ Colin Ian King ]

  * SAUCE: ACPI / tables: Add acpi_force_32bit_fadt_addr option to force 32
    bit FADT addresses (LP: #1529381)
    - LP: #1529381

  [ John Johansen ]

  * SAUCE: (no-up): apparmor: fix for failed mediation of socket that is
    being shutdown
    - LP: #1446906

  [ Mahesh Salgaonkar ]

  * SAUCE: Powernv: Remove the usage of PACAR1 from opal wrappers
    - LP: #1537881
  * SAUCE: powerpc/book3s: Fix TB corruption in guest exit path on HMI
    interrupt.
    - LP: #1537881
  * SAUCE: KVM: PPC: Book3S HV: Fix soft lockups in KVM on HMI for time
    base errors
    - LP: #1537881

  [ Paolo Pisati ]

  * SAUCE: arm64: errata: Add -mpc-relative-literal-loads to erratum
    #843419 build flags
    - LP: #1533009
  * [Config] MFD_TPS65217=y && REGULATOR_TPS65217=y
  * [Config] disable ARCH_ZX (ZTE ZX Soc)

  [ Tim Gardner ]

  * Revert "SAUCE: (noup) cxlflash: a couple off by one bugs"
  * SAUCE: (no-up) Update bnx2x firmware to 7.12.30.0
    - LP: #1536719
  * SAUCE: drop obsolete bnx2x firmware
  * SAUCE: i40e: Silence 'may be used uninitialized' warnings
    - LP: #1536474
  * [Config] CONFIG_ZONE_DMA=y for amd64 lowlatency
    - LP: #1534647
  * [Config] Add pvpanic to virtual flavour
    - LP: #1537923
  * [Config] CONFIG_INTEL_PUNIT_IPC=m, CONFIG_INTEL_TELEMETRY=m
    - LP: #1520457

  [ Upstream Kernel Changes ]

  * i40evf: fix compiler warning of unused variable
    - LP: #1536474
  * intel: i40e: fix confused code
    - LP: #1536474
  * i40e/i40evf: remove unused tunnel parameter
    - LP: #1536474
  * i40e: Change BUG_ON to WARN_ON in service event complete
    - LP: #1536474
  * i40e: remove BUG_ON from feature string building
    - LP: #1536474
  * i40e: remove BUG_ON from FCoE setup
    - LP: #1536474
  * i40e: Workaround fix for mss < 256 issue
    - LP: #1536474
  * i40e/i40evf: Add a stat to track how many times we have to do a force
    WB
    - LP: #1536474
  * i40e: Move the saving of old link info from handle_link_event to
    link_event
    - LP: #1536474
  * i40e/i40evf: Add comment to #endif
    - LP: #1536474
  * i40e/i40evf: clean up error messages
    - LP: #1536474
  * i40evf: handle many MAC filters correctly
    - LP: #1536474
  * i40e: return the number of enabled queues for ETHTOOL_GRXRINGS
    - LP: #1536474
  * i40e: rework the functions to configure RSS with similar parameters
    - LP: #1536474
  * i40e: create a generic configure rss function
    - LP: #1536474
  * i40e: Bump version to 1.4.2
    - LP: #1536474
  * i40e: add new fields to store user configuration
    - LP: #1536474
  * i40e: rename rss_size to alloc_rss_size in i40e_pf
    - LP: #1536474
  * i40e/i40evf: Fix RS bit update in Tx path and disable force WB
    workaround
    - LP: #1536474
  * i40e/i40evf: prefetch skb data on transmit
    - LP: #1536474
  * i40evf: rename VF adapter s...