aboutsummaryrefslogtreecommitdiffstats
path: root/docs/usecases/vmxnet3.rst
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
authorjdenisco <jdenisco@cisco.com>2019-01-30 10:43:43 -0500
committerDave Barach <openvpp@barachs.net>2019-01-31 19:56:13 +0000
commitf5de036c91505956d96590a5afe4e3cf1bc21b56 (patch)
treee0fe66beaecdc4395e9bd6a2b35772b6e09d0510 /docs/usecases/vmxnet3.rst
parent3a18f7b2bd1f374623d2a60e195f4447e1e37565 (diff)
docs: Instructions for using vmxnet3 on mac
Change-Id: Ie6770e3a3801a23a6eb64cf1699ef0018eab6445 Signed-off-by: jdenisco <jdenisco@cisco.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'docs/usecases/vmxnet3.rst')
-rw-r--r--docs/usecases/vmxnet3.rst22
1 files changed, 22 insertions, 0 deletions
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
~~~~~~~~~~~~