Date: Mon, 5 Aug 2013 22:20:40 +0200 From: Joel Dahl <joel@freebsd.org> To: Bryan Venteicher <bryanv@daemoninthecloset.org> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [CFT] VMware vmxnet3 ethernet driver Message-ID: <20130805202039.GA18861@devbox.vnode.local> In-Reply-To: <601099152.721.1375661537866.JavaMail.root@daemoninthecloset.org> References: <1050637258.686.1375660230986.JavaMail.root@daemoninthecloset.org> <601099152.721.1375661537866.JavaMail.root@daemoninthecloset.org>
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On Sun, Aug 04, 2013 at 07:12:17PM -0500, Bryan Venteicher wrote: > Hi, > > I've ported the OpenBSD vmxnet3 ethernet driver to FreeBSD. I did a > lot of cleanup, bug fixes, new features, etc (+2000 new lines) along > the way so there is not much of a resemblance left. > > The driver is in good enough shape I'd like additional testers. A patch > against -CURRENT is at [1]. Alternatively, the driver and a Makefile is > at [2]; this should compile at least as far back as 9.1. I can look at > 8-STABLE if there is interest. > > Obviously, besides reports of 'it works', I'm interested performance vs > the emulated e1000, and (for those using it) the VMware tools vmxnet3 > driver. Hopefully it is no worse :) I have ~100 FreeBSD 8/9 VMs in my vSphere 5.1 environment, all using the VMware tools package from VMware. Everything has been running great for years. (we skipped vSphere 5.0). Why should I use this vmxnet driver instead of the VMware tools driver or the emulated e1000? -- Joel
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