The new kernel in xenial-proposed fixes this issue, i40evf is included in linux-modules kernel version: 4.4.0-171
old in xenial-update: dpkg -L linux-modules-4.4.0-170-generic | grep 'i40e' /lib/modules/4.4.0-170-generic/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e /lib/modules/4.4.0-170-generic/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e.ko
new in xenial-proposed: dpkg -L linux-modules-4.4.0-171-generic | grep i40e /lib/modules/4.4.0-171-generic/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf /lib/modules/4.4.0-171-generic/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40evf.ko /lib/modules/4.4.0-171-generic/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e /lib/modules/4.4.0-171-generic/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e.ko
The new kernel in xenial-proposed fixes this issue, i40evf is included in linux-modules
kernel version: 4.4.0-171
old in xenial-update: 4.4.0-170- generic | grep 'i40e' 4.4.0-170- generic/ kernel/ drivers/ net/ethernet/ intel/i40e 4.4.0-170- generic/ kernel/ drivers/ net/ethernet/ intel/i40e/ i40e.ko
dpkg -L linux-modules-
/lib/modules/
/lib/modules/
new in xenial-proposed: 4.4.0-171- generic | grep i40e 4.4.0-171- generic/ kernel/ drivers/ net/ethernet/ intel/i40evf 4.4.0-171- generic/ kernel/ drivers/ net/ethernet/ intel/i40evf/ i40evf. ko 4.4.0-171- generic/ kernel/ drivers/ net/ethernet/ intel/i40e 4.4.0-171- generic/ kernel/ drivers/ net/ethernet/ intel/i40e/ i40e.ko
dpkg -L linux-modules-
/lib/modules/
/lib/modules/
/lib/modules/
/lib/modules/