Date: Wed, 07 Aug 2013 14:43:08 +0800 From: Julian Elischer <julian@freebsd.org> To: Bryan Venteicher <bryanv@daemoninthecloset.org> Cc: current@freebsd.org, Joel Dahl <joel@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: [CFT] VMware vmxnet3 ethernet driver Message-ID: <5201EC7C.4010209@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <1174186801.993.1375743121722.JavaMail.root@daemoninthecloset.org> References: <1050637258.686.1375660230986.JavaMail.root@daemoninthecloset.org> <601099152.721.1375661537866.JavaMail.root@daemoninthecloset.org> <20130805202039.GA18861@devbox.vnode.local> <1174186801.993.1375743121722.JavaMail.root@daemoninthecloset.org>
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On 8/6/13 6:52 AM, Bryan Venteicher wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- >> I have ~100 FreeBSD 8/9 VMs in my vSphere 5.1 environment, all using the >> VMware tools package from VMware. Everything has been running great for >> years. >> (we skipped vSphere 5.0). Why should I use this vmxnet driver instead of the >> VMware tools driver or the emulated e1000? >> > They are out of tree and subject to rotting. I had to use the patches > at [1] to even get them to compile on 9.1 and -current. I don't think > VMware puts much engineering resources behind it; there was a compiler > warning of a silly bug like: > if (foo) ; > do_something(); > > vmxnet3 has modern features LRO, IPv6 checksum offloading, etc that > the emulated e1000 lacks. In my test setup, e1000 tops out at 30MB/sec > but vmxnet3 goes to 50MB/sec. I'd like to hear other's experiences. it'd be nice if we could get vmware to just support the drivers in tree.. by which I mean, just submit patches.. why do they need to have it out of tree? > > [1] - http://ogris.de/vmware/ > >> -- >> Joel >> > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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