Re: Add VMXNET3 kernel module to debian kernels

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From	"Sergey V. Lobanov" <sergey@lobanov.in>
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Subject	Re: Add VMXNET3 kernel module to debian kernels
Date	Sat, 23 Oct 2021 20:50:01 +0200
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I can see the change. https://salsa.debian.org/kernel-team/linux/-/commit/68dbc89245a35b2c024a3e5eb2c7f0b073e9552f

Thank you

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Sergey


> On 23 Oct 2021, at 12:41, Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> On Sat, Oct 23, 2021 at 11:37:24AM +0300, Sergey V. Lobanov wrote:
>> Hello,
>> 
>> I’m using VMWare Fusion for Apple Silicon (M1) (build 18656771), it is working fine with vmxnet3 driver
>> 
>> I’ve built vanilla kernel with vmxnet3 driver and tested it that is why I’m suggesting to enable VMXNET3 driver. It will be useful for arm64 kernel builds.
>> 
>> root@deb11:~# uname -a
>> Linux deb11 5.15.0-rc6-custom #1 SMP Sat Oct 23 01:08:59 MSK 2021 aarch64 GNU/Linux
>> root@deb11:~# modinfo vmxnet3
>> filename:       /lib/modules/5.15.0-rc6-custom/kernel/drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3.ko
>> version:        1.6.0.0-k
>> license:        GPL v2
>> description:    VMware vmxnet3 virtual NIC driver
>> author:         VMware, Inc.
>> srcversion:     C6B42AF3D5CC6A614E2D6BC
>> alias:          pci:v000015ADd000007B0sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
>> depends:        
>> intree:         Y
>> name:           vmxnet3
>> vermagic:       5.15.0-rc6-custom SMP mod_unload modversions aarch64
>> root@deb11:~# cat /etc/issue
>> Debian GNU/Linux 11 \n \l
>> 
>> root@deb11:~# lspci | grep -i vmx
>> 02:00.0 Ethernet controller: VMware VMXNET3 Ethernet Controller (rev 01)
> 
> Thanks for confirming, I have enabled VMXNET3 as module on arm64 for
> the next experimental upload for now.
> 
> Regards,
> Salvatore

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Add VMXNET3 kernel module to debian kernels "Sergey V. Lobanov" <sergey@lobanov.in> - 2021-10-23 09:50 +0200
  Re: Add VMXNET3 kernel module to debian kernels Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org> - 2021-10-23 10:30 +0200
    Re: Add VMXNET3 kernel module to debian kernels "Sergey V. Lobanov" <sergey@lobanov.in> - 2021-10-23 10:40 +0200
      Re: Add VMXNET3 kernel module to debian kernels Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org> - 2021-10-23 11:50 +0200
        Re: Add VMXNET3 kernel module to debian kernels "Sergey V. Lobanov" <sergey@lobanov.in> - 2021-10-23 20:50 +0200

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