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Link-Capture™ Linux v12.16.9.1 – September 2026

This is a maintenance release in the 12.16 release series that includes specific support of Macronix MX66U1G45G 1G-BIT QSPI FLASH type for NT400D1x

We recommend using the latest version of these FPGA images due to various updates in 12.16.3:

• NT400D11:
  • 200-9583-67-17 – 2x100G (FM1)

• NT400D11:
  • 200-9567-67-17 – 2x100G (TM1)
  • 200-9570-67-17 – 2x40G (TM1)
  • 200-9571-67-17 – 8×10/25G (TM1)

Please refer to the documentation and release notes for details on the new features, bug fixes and which SmartNIC products the new features apply to

Link-Capture™ Linux v12.16.8.1 – September 2026

This is a maintenance release in the 12.16 release series that includes bug fixes for IPC buffer overflow handling and reading VPD data
There is a new testing release of the Napatech plugin for Suricata 8.0.6 available in this package that is compatible with this release of the nt_driver-3.29.46 package

We recommend using the latest version of these FPGA images due to various updates in 12.16.3:

• NT400D11:
  • 200-9583-67-17 – 2x100G (FM1)

• NT400D11:
  • 200-9567-67-17 – 2x100G (TM1)
  • 200-9570-67-17 – 2x40G (TM1)
  • 200-9571-67-17 – 8×10/25G (TM1)

Please refer to the documentation and release notes for details on the new features, bug fixes and which SmartNIC products the new features apply to

Link-Capture™ Linux v12.16.7.1 – August 2026

This is a maintenance release in the 12.16 release series that includes these features and bugfixes:

This is a maintenance release in the 12.16 release series that includes bug fixes for nt3gd_netdev, RPM module installation, ntstart.sh NTPL handling, and Adapter-to-OS time synchronization.

From ntanl_package_3gd-linux-12.16.7 onwards, the nt3gd_netdev.ko kernel module will no longer be included as it is a deprecated internal component. Users of the Napatech vendored libpcap should rebuild against the newer versions of libpcap vendored by this package

We recommend using the latest version of these FPGA images due to various updates in 12.16.3:

• NT400D11:
  • 200-9583-67-17 – 2x100G (FM1)

• NT400D11:
  • 200-9567-67-17 – 2x100G (TM1)
  • 200-9570-67-17 – 2x40G (TM1)
  • 200-9571-67-17 – 8×10/25G (TM1)

Please refer to the documentation and release notes for details on the new features, bug fixes and which SmartNIC products the new features apply to

Link-Capture™ Linux v12.16.6.2 – July 2026

This is a maintenance release in the 12.16 release series that includes these features and bugfixes:

• Support for Hisense QSFP28 100G BiDi RxOnly LMQ8511B PC2 added
• Support for Port featureMask to show RxOnly nims for NT400D1X and NT200A0X added
• Clearing HIF status RD and WR error after a positive read

We recommend using the latest version of these FPGA images due to various updates in 12.16.3:

• NT400D11:
  • 200-9583-67-17 – 2x100G (FM1)

• NT400D11:
  • 200-9567-67-17 – 2x100G (TM1)
  • 200-9570-67-17 – 2x40G (TM1)
  • 200-9571-67-17 – 8×10/25G (TM1)

Please refer to the documentation and release notes for details on the new features, bug fixes and which SmartNIC products the new features apply to

Link-Capture™ Linux v12.16.5.1 – June 2026

This is a maintenance release in the 12.16 release series that fixes an issue where an optical module was not being recognized on NT200A01 and another issue where the NTservice crashed

We recommend using the latest version of these FPGA images due to various updates in 12.16.3:

• NT400D11:
  • 200-9583-67-17 – 2x100G (FM1)

• NT400D11:
  • 200-9567-67-17 – 2x100G (TM1)
  • 200-9570-67-17 – 2x40G (TM1)
  • 200-9571-67-17 – 8×10/25G (TM1)

Please refer to the documentation and release notes for details on the new features, bug fixes and which SmartNIC products the new features apply to

Link-Capture™ Linux v12.16.4.2 – May 2026

This is a maintenance release in the 12.16 release series that resolves an issue with NT_ERROR_HOSTBUFFER_MERGE seen on merge of ports on different adapters

We recommend using the latest version of these FPGA images due to various updates in 12.16.3:

• NT400D11:
  • 200-9583-67-17 – 2x100G (FM1)

• NT400D11:
  • 200-9567-67-17 – 2x100G (TM1)
  • 200-9570-67-17 – 2x40G (TM1)
  • 200-9571-67-17 – 8×10/25G (TM1)

Please refer to the documentation and release notes for details on the new features, bug fixes and which SmartNIC products the new features apply to

Link-Capture™ Linux v12.16.3.2 – May 2026

This release is a maintenance release in the 12.16 series that introduces support for 256 host buffers on this FPGA image:

• NT400D11:
  • 200-9583-67-17 – 2x100G (FM1)

The release also resolves an issue that under specific traffic patterns caused CRC errors. This is resolved on these images:

• NT400D11:
  • 200-9567-67-17 – 2x100G (TM1)
  • 200-9570-67-17 – 2x40G (TM1)
  • 200-9571-67-17 – 8×10/25G (TM1)

Please refer to the documentation and release notes for details on the new features, bug fixes and which SmartNIC products the new features apply to

Link-Capture™ Linux v12.16.2.1 – Mar 2026

The Napatech Link-Capture™ Software release 12.16.2 introduces these features:

• Support for 256 host buffers on this FPGA image:
  • NT400D11:
    • 200-9567-67-16 – 2x100G (TM1)

Please refer to the documentation and release notes for details on the new features, bug fixes and which SmartNIC products the new features apply to

Link-Capture™ Linux v12.15.1.1 – Dec 2025

The Napatech Link-Capture™ Software release 12.15.1 introduces these features:

• Support for Capture Test & Measurement feature set for these FPGA images on NT400D13:
  • 200-9581-67-13 – 2x40G (CR1) (New)
  • 200-9582-67-13 – 8×10/25G (CR1) (New)

• Support of PTPv2 profile SMPTE 2059-2

Please refer to the documentation and release notes for details on the new features, bug fixes and which SmartNIC products the new features apply to

Link-Capture™ Linux v12.14.7.1 – Dec 2025

This release is a maintenance release in the 12.14 series that resolves an issue with compilation of nt-driver-3gd for RHEL 10.1

We recommend to use the latest version of these images due to updates in previous maintenance release::

• NT40A11:
  • 200-9565-66-15 – 4x10G (CR1) (Updated)
• NT50B01:
  • 200-9541-66-15 – 2×10/25G (TM1) (Updated)
  • 200-9561-66-15 – 2×1/10G (TM1) (Updated)
• NT100A01:
  • 200-9554-66-15 – 2×10/25G (TM1) (Updated)
  • 200-9560-66-15 – 2×1/10G (TM1) (Updated)
• NT200A02:
  • 200-9521-66-15 – 2x100G (CR1) (Updated)
  • 200-9526-66-15 – 2x40G (CR1) (Updated)
  • 200-9532-66-15 – 2×10/25G (CR1) (Updated)
  • 200-9533-66-15 – 8x10G (TM1) (Updated)
  • 200-9543-66-15 – 2x100G (TM1) (Updated)
  • 200-9546-66-15 – 2x40G (TM1) (Updated)
  • 200-9549-66-15 – 4×10/25G (CR1) (Updated)
  • 200-9555-66-15 – 2×1/10G (CR1) (Updated)
• NT400D11:
  • 200-9567-66-15 – 2x100G (TM1) (Updated)
  • 200-9570-66-15 – 2x40G (TM1) (Updated)
  • 200-9571-66-15 – 8×10/25G (TM1) (Updated)
• NT400D13:
  • 200-9576-66-15 – 2x200G (TM1) (Updated)
  • 200-9580-67-13 – 2x100G (TM1) (Updated)

Please refer to the documentation and release notes for details on the new features, bug fixes and which SmartNIC products the new features apply to

Link-Capture™ Linux v12.14.6.1 – Nov 2025

This release is a maintenance release in the 12.14 series that resolves an issue where local retransmit under some traffic scenarios may stop transmitting packets

We recommend to use the latest version of these images:

• NT40A11:
  • 200-9565-66-15 – 4x10G (CR1) (Updated)
• NT50B01:
  • 200-9541-66-15 – 2×10/25G (TM1) (Updated)
  • 200-9561-66-15 – 2×1/10G (TM1) (Updated)
• NT100A01:
  • 200-9554-66-15 – 2×10/25G (TM1) (Updated)
  • 200-9560-66-15 – 2×1/10G (TM1) (Updated)
• NT200A02:
  • 200-9521-66-15 – 2x100G (CR1) (Updated)
  • 200-9526-66-15 – 2x40G (CR1) (Updated)
  • 200-9532-66-15 – 2×10/25G (CR1) (Updated)
  • 200-9533-66-15 – 8x10G (TM1) (Updated)
  • 200-9543-66-15 – 2x100G (TM1) (Updated)
  • 200-9546-66-15 – 2x40G (TM1) (Updated)
  • 200-9549-66-15 – 4×10/25G (CR1) (Updated)
  • 200-9555-66-15 – 2×1/10G (CR1) (Updated)
• NT400D11:
  • 200-9567-66-15 – 2x100G (TM1) (Updated)
  • 200-9570-66-15 – 2x40G (TM1) (Updated)
  • 200-9571-66-15 – 8×10/25G (TM1) (Updated)
• NT400D13:
  • 200-9576-66-15 – 2x200G (TM1) (Updated)
  • 200-9580-67-13 – 2x100G (TM1) (Updated)

Please refer to the documentation and release notes for details on the new features, bug fixes and which SmartNIC products the new features apply to

Link-Capture™ Linux v12.14.5.3 – Oct 2025

This release is a maintenance release in the 12.14 series resolving issues with Tx path compensation and reporting, behaviour when setting Tx wirelength to zero. cell builder overflow and compiling nttun driver.

We recommend to use the latest version of these images:

• NT40A11:
  • 200-9565-66-13 – 4x10G (CR1) (Updated)
• NT50B01:
  • 200-9541-66-13 – 2×10/25G (TM1) (Updated)
  • 200-9561-66-13 – 2×1/10G (TM1) (Updated)
• NT100A01:
  • 200-9554-66-13 – 2×10/25G (TM1) (Updated)
  • 200-9560-66-13 – 2×1/10G (TM1) (Updated)
• NT200A02:
  • 200-9521-66-14 – 2x100G (CR1) (Updated)
  • 200-9526-66-13 – 2x40G (CR1) (Updated)
  • 200-9532-66-13 – 2×10/25G (CR1) (Updated)
  • 200-9533-66-13 – 8x10G (TM1) (Updated)
  • 200-9536-67-09 – 2x100G (FM1) (Updated)
  • 200-9543-66-13 – 2x100G (TM1) (Updated)
  • 200-9546-66-13 – 2x40G (TM1) (Updated)
  • 200-9549-66-13 – 4×10/25G (CR1) (Updated)
  • 200-9555-66-13 – 2×1/10G (CR1) (Updated)
• NT400D11:
  • 200-9567-66-13 – 2x100G (TM1) (Updated)
  • 200-9570-66-13 – 2x40G (TM1) (Updated)
  • 200-9571-66-13 – 8×10/25G (TM1) (Updated)
• NT400D13:
  • 200-9576-66-13 – 2x200G (TM1) (Updated)
  • 200-9580-67-12 – 2x100G (TM1) (Updated)

Please refer to the documentation and release notes for details on the new features, bug fixes and which SmartNIC products the new features apply to