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Date:      Mon, 19 Jun 2000 18:30:22 -0400
From:      "Vladimir N. Silyaev" <vsilyaev@mindspring.com>
To:        MIHIRA Sanpei Yoshiro <sanpei@sanpei.org>
Cc:        freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: New vmware port: testers required
Message-ID:  <20000619183022.B275@jupiter.delta.ny.us>
In-Reply-To: <200006191433.XAA13828@lavender.sanpei.org>; from sanpei@sanpei.org on Mon, Jun 19, 2000 at 11:33:31PM %2B0900
References:  <20000616084248.A3531@jupiter.delta.ny.us> <200006191433.XAA13828@lavender.sanpei.org>

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Hi,

1. This patches are for support not vmware bridging mode, but for _FreeBSD_
bridging for vmnetX interface. In vmware you are have to work in hostOnly
mode, but you are will be free from NAT/routing problems.

2. Bad news. If you were able to compile net vmnet module it means, that
you _don't_ required to have special support for bridging in vmnet code.

3. I'm not sure that _FreeBSD_ bridge work properly with vmnet (or vice
versa), I'm trying to start testing that stuff. 

With best regards,
Vladimir

On Mon, Jun 19, 2000 at 11:33:31PM +0900, MIHIRA Sanpei Yoshiro wrote:
>   Wao!, I tested Bridge supported vmnet with latest Vladimir's
> vmware.tar.gz and net.link.ether.bridge_refresh patch.
> 
>   But I can't use bridge mode.  May I tell me some tips about bridge
> mode?
> 
> My environment:
> 	5-current(cvsuped at June/18)
> 	My kernel configuration
> 		GENERIC with options BRIDGE
> 
> 	vmware version 2.0.1.546
> 
> 	I use de0 interface for external ethernet device.
> 
> 	ifconfig
> 
> vmnet1: flags=843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX> mtu 1500
>         inet 192.168.254.1 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.254.255
>         ether 00:50:56:ea:c1:a9 
> vmnet0: flags=802<BROADCAST,SIMPLEX> mtu 1500
>         ether 00:50:56:ea:c1:a8 
> 
> 	dmesg about bridge mode
> 	(after sysctl -w net.link.ether.bridge_refresh=1)
> 	BRIDGE 990810, have 12 interfaces
> 	-- index 1 de0:1 type 6 phy 0 addrl 6 addr 00.40.33.a6.56.29
> 	-- index 11 vmnet1:1 type 6 phy 0 addrl 6 addr 00.50.56.ea.c1.a9
> 	-- index 12 vmnet0:1 type 6 phy 0 addrl 6 addr 00.50.56.ea.c1.a8
> 	>> now de0 promisc ON if_flags 0xffff8943 bdg_flags 0x5
> 	>> now vmnet1 promisc ON if_flags 0x943 bdg_flags 0x5
> 	>> now vmnet0 promisc ON if_flags 0x903 bdg_flags 0x5
> 
> error message
> 	``Could not query bridging status on /dev/vmnet0: Invalid argument
> 	  Failed to configure ethernet0''
> 
> 	If I use hostOnlymode, it's fine.
> 
> ---
> MIHIRA Sanpei Yoshiro
> Yokohama, Japan.

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