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| author |   jdenisco <jdenisco@cisco.com> | 2019-01-30 10:43:43 -0500 |
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| committer |   Dave Barach <openvpp@barachs.net> | 2019-01-31 19:56:13 +0000 |
| commit | f5de036c91505956d96590a5afe4e3cf1bc21b56 (patch) | |
| tree | e0fe66beaecdc4395e9bd6a2b35772b6e09d0510 /docs/usecases/vmxnet3.rst | |
| parent | 3a18f7b2bd1f374623d2a60e195f4447e1e37565 (diff) | |
docs: Instructions for using vmxnet3 on mac
Change-Id: Ie6770e3a3801a23a6eb64cf1699ef0018eab6445
Signed-off-by: jdenisco <jdenisco@cisco.com>
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diff --git a/docs/usecases/vmxnet3.rst b/docs/usecases/vmxnet3.rst index 7e7210f83fc..e556207158b 100644 --- a/docs/usecases/vmxnet3.rst +++ b/docs/usecases/vmxnet3.rst @@ -39,6 +39,28 @@ Prerequisites without IOMMU vfio driver can still be used with recent kernels which support no-iommu mode. +VMware Fusion for Mac +--------------------- + +VMware fusion does not have a menu option to change the default driver (e1000) +to the **vmxnet3** driver. VPP supports the **vmxnet3** driver. + +These instructions describe how to change the e100 driver for VMware fusion. + +* From the VMware Fusion menu bar select **Window** then **Virtual Machine Library**. +* From the Virtual Machine menu right click on the Virtual Machine you are using and select **Show in Finder** +* Find the name associated with the VM you are using, right click on it and select **Show Package Contents** +* Find the **.vmx** file and edit it. +* Find all the occurences of **e1000** and change them to **vmxnet3** + +If you are concerned more with configuration not performance the vmxnet3 driver can be set to +**interrupt** mode in VPP. This will save a great deal on battery usage. Do this with the following + +.. code-block:: console + + # vppctl set interface rx-mode <interface> interrupt + + System setup ~~~~~~~~~~~~ |