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From: Darren Reed <darrenr@hub.freebsd.org>
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Cc: 'Robert Watson' <rwatson@FreeBSD.org>, current@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: Experiences with 7.0-CURRENT and vmware.
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On Thu, May 10, 2007 at 09:37:03AM -0400, Greg Larkin wrote:
> > > 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.

I didn't know this existed in the .vmx file - there definately
isn't a knob in the GUI for it.

That said, this is of no help - the vlance device is not available
when you're using a 64bit environment (I am), so I'm just going to
need to wait for issues with the em driver to be worked out.

Thanks for mentioning this.

Cheers,
Darren