Am Freitag, 2. September 2016, 13:36:08 schrieb groups, freeman: > On 16/09/01 13:09, kp kirchdoerfer wrote: > > HI; > > > > Am Mittwoch, 31. August 2016, 19:49:43 schrieb groups, freeman: > >> I seem to need the an AMD 79C970 driver (which is fulfilled by PCnet32) > >> for my VMWare Player v5 testbed. > >> > >> [...] > > > > Yes you are right, and yes it will be added into next version. > > > > kp > > Super, thanks! > > I also discovered a workaround for the interim - by adding the > not-configurable-by-GUI line: > ethernet0.virtualDev = "e1000" > > to the VM's .vmx configfile. (Also valid, to VMware v5 anyway, are > 'vmxnet,' 'vmxnet3,' 'e1000e' and 'vlance' [the default and the source > of my need for the AMD driver] though IIRC none had drivers within LEAF). > > KP, might you consider also the addition of the vmxnet3 adapter? > (/drivers/net/vmxnet3 folder in the kernel tree.) Per VMware's KB > article "Choosing a network adapter for your virtual machine (1001805)" > ( > https://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=di > splayKC&externalId=1001805 ) it's billed as "the next generation of a > paravirtualized NIC designed for performance".
Ok, I've changed kernel config to build the module. Also changed the 4.4 kernel config of the upcoming 6.0.0-beta1 version to add the AMD and vmxnet3 modules to modules.sqfs. kp ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ leaf-user mailing list: leaf-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user Support Request -- http://leaf-project.org/
