2021-03-02 17:51, Vijayakumar Athithan: > Hi, > > I have been exploring DPDK 19.xx for a firewall use case demo. Over the > last few weeks I was able to understand how to run testpmd, dpdk-pdump, > basicfwd. I was able to build DPDK, compile examples and bind the DPDK > drivers to NIC interfaces as well using dpdk-setup.sh. > > I struggle to test DPDK applications as my laptop NIC is not supported by > DPDK. Then I used a VMware workstation player where host OS is Windows10 > and guest OS is Ubuntu 16.xx. In VM I get e1000 ( Intel Corporation 82540EM) > as ethernet controller. > > I get I/O error when I try to run DPDK applications as there is known > limitation on using Intel Corporation 82540EM based on one of the > references. > Is there way to change e1000-82540EM into other supported NIC in vm player ?
Hi Vijayakumar, You're looking for vmxnet3, VMWare-native paravirtualized device. There's a vmxnet3 PMD in DPDK. Adapter type should be configurable in VM properties.
