Date: Thu, 10 May 2007 09:27:56 -0500 (CDT) From: Mike Silbersack <silby@silby.com> To: Darren Reed <darrenr@hub.freebsd.org> Cc: Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org>, current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Experiences with 7.0-CURRENT and vmware. Message-ID: <20070510092634.Y25200@odysseus.silby.com> In-Reply-To: <20070510125445.GA5460@hub.freebsd.org> References: <20070510111326.GA94093@hub.freebsd.org> <20070510132153.A91312@fledge.watson.org> <20070510125445.GA5460@hub.freebsd.org>
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On Thu, 10 May 2007, Darren Reed wrote: >> But if if_em is probing, it suggests a VMware >> change rather than a FreeBSD change, which you may be able to revert by >> telling it to expose a Lance-style device as opposed to an Intel device. > > There's no way to choose the type of card vmware emulates. I don't have any 64-bit guest capable processors, but at least with 32-bit guests you can switch between lance and em emulation just by editing the vmware config file. Google around, you'll find the setting. Mike "Silby" Silbersack
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