Date: Mon, 7 Oct 2013 07:12:46 -0700 From: Josh Paetzel <josh@tcbug.org> To: "freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org" <freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: vmnet FreeBSD 9.2 and ESXi 5.1 Message-ID: <B2D33A00-0815-4F96-AD85-D9340077E23E@tcbug.org> In-Reply-To: <6252AFF2-34BB-4B8B-BE48-835D50D2BE57@tcbug.org> References: <6252AFF2-34BB-4B8B-BE48-835D50D2BE57@tcbug.org>
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> On Oct 6, 2013, at 4:20 PM, Josh Paetzel <josh@tcbug.org> wrote: >=20 > I just installed an amd64 FreeBSD 9.2-RELEASE guest on to an ESXi 5.1 host= . I am getting kernel panics from ESXi when I try to use vmnet NICs, whether= from official vmware tools or from backporting vmnet from HEAD.=20 >=20 > I've been told vmware won't be fixing 5.1 for FreeBSD 9.2 issues, but I ha= ven't chased that down. >=20 > So for now, just a heads up I guess.=20 >=20 >=20 For what it's worth, I'm unable to reproduce the problem on ESXi 5.5. Howver= the scope of the problem is greater than I initially reported. ESXi 5.1 ker= nel panics when doing shutdown guest OS on a FreeBSD 9.2 AMD64 guest using t= he vmware supplied tools, regardless of whether the NIC is vmnet3 or e1000.=20= Thanks, Josh Paetzel=
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