From f5de036c91505956d96590a5afe4e3cf1bc21b56 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: jdenisco Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2019 10:43:43 -0500 Subject: docs: Instructions for using vmxnet3 on mac Change-Id: Ie6770e3a3801a23a6eb64cf1699ef0018eab6445 Signed-off-by: jdenisco --- docs/usecases/vmxnet3.rst | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+) (limited to 'docs/usecases') 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 interrupt + + System setup ~~~~~~~~~~~~ -- cgit 1.2.3-korg