On Tue, Mar 2, 2021 at 10:44 PM Dmitry Kozlyuk <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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. > > Hi Dmitry, Thanks for your inputs. Let me try with your inputs and get back to you. Thanks, B.Vijayakumar Athithan
