Experiences with 7.0-CURRENT and vmware.
Greg Larkin
glarkin at sourcehosting.net
Thu May 10 14:04:46 UTC 2007
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-freebsd-hackers at freebsd.org
> [mailto:owner-freebsd-hackers at freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Darren Reed
> Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2007 8:55 AM
> To: Robert Watson
> Cc: current at freebsd.org
> Subject: Re: Experiences with 7.0-CURRENT and vmware.
>
> > Has VMware changed what network hardware they emulate,
> and/or does VMware
> > offer options about what virtual hardware to expose?
>
> I don't believe so. It still probes as pcn under NetBSD.
>
> > The if_em driver is
> > for Intel ethernet cards; historically VMware has exposed a
> Lance ethernet
> > device supported by the lnc(4) device driver; now that
> driver has indeed
> > been replaced with le(4).
>
> Right. I believe it still is lance, but somehow em is showing up.
>
> > But if if_em is probing, it suggests a VMware
> > change rather than a FreeBSD change, which you may be able
> to revert by
> > telling it to expose a Lance-style device as opposed to an
> Intel device.
>
> There's no way to choose the type of card vmware emulates.
Hi Darren,
Have you tried modifying the .vmx file after you've created the VM?
For instance, I want to use the em driver with my FreeBSD 6.2 VMs, so
my .vmx file contains these lines:
Ethernet0.virtualDev = "e1000"
Ethernet1.virtualDev = "e1000"
I had to change them manually from:
Ethernet0.virtualDev = "vlance"
Ethernet1.virtualDev = "vlance"
Perhaps you can force the virtual devices to vlance, if they are not
already configured that way.
Regards,
Greg Larkin
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