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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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