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+..  SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+    Copyright(c) 2017 Intel Corporation.
+
+IGB Poll Mode Driver
+====================
+
+The IGB PMD (``librte_pmd_e1000``) provides poll mode driver
+support for Intel 1GbE nics.
+
+Features
+--------
+
+Features of the IGB PMD are:
+
+* Multiple queues for TX and RX
+* Receiver Side Scaling (RSS)
+* MAC/VLAN filtering
+* Packet type information
+* Double VLAN
+* IEEE 1588
+* TSO offload
+* Checksum offload
+* TCP segmentation offload
+* Jumbo frames supported
+
+
+Limitations or Known issues
+---------------------------
+
+
+Supported Chipsets and NICs
+---------------------------
+
+- Intel 82576EB 10 Gigabit Ethernet Controller
+- Intel 82580EB 10 Gigabit Ethernet Controller
+- Intel 82580DB 10 Gigabit Ethernet Controller
+- Intel Ethernet Controller I210
+- Intel Ethernet Controller I350