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, DarrenReceived on Thu May 10 2007 - 18:38:40 UTC
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