Date: Thu, 10 May 2007 09:37:03 -0400 From: "Greg Larkin" <glarkin@sourcehosting.net> To: "'Darren Reed'" <darrenr@hub.freebsd.org>, "'Robert Watson'" <rwatson@FreeBSD.org> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: RE: Experiences with 7.0-CURRENT and vmware. Message-ID: <001c01c79308$4fae8f90$0901a8c0@TWEETY> In-Reply-To: <20070510125445.GA5460@hub.freebsd.org>
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> -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org > [mailto:owner-freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Darren Reed > Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2007 8:55 AM > To: Robert Watson > Cc: current@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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