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+Linux* Base Driver for Intel(R) Network Connection
+==================================================
+
+Intel Ethernet Adaptive Virtual Function Linux driver.
+Copyright(c) 2013-2017 Intel Corporation.
+
+Contents
+========
+
+- Identifying Your Adapter
+- Known Issues/Troubleshooting
+- Support
+
+This file describes the i40evf Linux* Base Driver.
+
+The i40evf driver supports the below mentioned virtual function
+devices and can only be activated on kernels running the i40e or
+newer Physical Function (PF) driver compiled with CONFIG_PCI_IOV.
+The i40evf driver requires CONFIG_PCI_MSI to be enabled.
+
+The guest OS loading the i40evf driver must support MSI-X interrupts.
+
+Supported Hardware
+==================
+Intel XL710 X710 Virtual Function
+Intel Ethernet Adaptive Virtual Function
+Intel X722 Virtual Function
+
+Identifying Your Adapter
+========================
+
+For more information on how to identify your adapter, go to the
+Adapter & Driver ID Guide at:
+
+ http://support.intel.com/support/go/network/adapter/idguide.htm
+
+Known Issues/Troubleshooting
+============================
+
+
+Support
+=======
+
+For general information, go to the Intel support website at:
+
+ http://support.intel.com
+
+or the Intel Wired Networking project hosted by Sourceforge at:
+
+ http://sourceforge.net/projects/e1000
+
+If an issue is identified with the released source code on the supported
+kernel with a supported adapter, email the specific information related
+to the issue to e1000-devel@lists.sf.net