From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Thu May 10 14:04:46 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: current@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 535CE16A402 for ; Thu, 10 May 2007 14:04:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from glarkin@sourcehosting.net) Received: from sourcehosting.net (sourcehosting.net [204.8.45.67]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EDABE13C44C for ; Thu, 10 May 2007 14:04:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from glarkin@sourcehosting.net) Received: (qmail 9934 invoked by uid 0); 10 May 2007 13:38:05 -0000 Received: from glarkin@sourcehosting.net by patches by uid 2033 with qmail-scanner-1.20rc1 ( Clear:RC:1:. Processed in 0.036887 secs); 10 May 2007 13:38:05 -0000 X-Qmail-Scanner-Mail-From: glarkin@sourcehosting.net via patches X-Qmail-Scanner: 1.20rc1 (Clear:RC:1:. Processed in 0.036887 secs) Received: from 68-189-244-97.dhcp.oxfr.ma.charter.com (HELO Gregory-Larkins-Computer.local) (68.189.244.97) by 192.168.1.4 with SMTP; 10 May 2007 13:38:05 -0000 Received: from TWEETY (tweety.entropy.prv [192.168.1.9]) by Gregory-Larkins-Computer.local (Postfix) with ESMTP id E9A84105F9F3; Thu, 10 May 2007 09:38:04 -0400 (EDT) From: "Greg Larkin" To: "'Darren Reed'" , "'Robert Watson'" Date: Thu, 10 May 2007 09:37:03 -0400 Organization: SourceHosting.net, LLC Message-ID: <001c01c79308$4fae8f90$0901a8c0@TWEETY> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.6822 Importance: Normal x-mimeole: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3028 Thread-Index: AceTBNSj9rOhSD43Qoev5An+/OgkpAAAophQ In-Reply-To: <20070510125445.GA5460@hub.freebsd.org> X-Mailman-Approved-At: Thu, 10 May 2007 14:43:55 +0000 Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: RE: Experiences with 7.0-CURRENT and vmware. X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: glarkin@sourcehosting.net List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 10 May 2007 14:04:46 -0000 > -----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