On 4/1/2011 2:09 AM, Pandu Poluan wrote: > Hmmm... I've compiled VMXNET into the kernel, but can't get VMXNET to > perform; booting complained of inexistent network. > > Adding e1000 into the kernel works though. > > Could it be because the Cloud Provider has preconfigured my VMware > vSphere with non-VMXNET vNICs?
Yes. You need to specify the vmxnet3 device instead of e1000 in the virtual machine configuration. Same goes for the pvscsi device instead of lsi. In vSphere, there will be options to specify vmxnet3 and pvscsi when adding hardware to the VM. It may be necessary to run the "Upgrade Hardware" process if the VM doesn't already have the v7 hardware. You can at least ask your cloud provider if they're willing to switch. --Mike
