- Interrupt mode
- Adaptive mode
-- TSO/LRO mode
+- LRO/TSO mode
Does not support
----------------
This driver does yet support the following features.
-- NUMA support
-- RSS/multiple queues
- VLAN filter
Prerequisites
- This code is tested with vfio-pci driver installed with Ubuntu 18.04
which has kernel version 4.15.0-33-generic.
-- This code is tested with ESXi vSwitch version 6.0, release build
- 3620759.
+- This code is tested with ESXi vSwitch version 6.5 and 6.7 for LRO/TSO support,
+ VMware Workstation 15 Pro (no LRO/TSO), and VMware Fusion 11 Pro (no LRO/TSO).
- Driver requires MSI-X interrupt support, which is not supported by
uio_pci_generic driver, so vfio-pci needs to be used. On systems
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.
+These instructions describe how to change the e1000 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**
+* 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**
+* Find all the occurrences 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
+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
+
+VMware Workstation PRO 15 for Linux
+-----------------------------------
+
+VMware Workstation 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 e1000 driver for VMware
+Workstation PRO 15 Linux. You may need to be a superuser for performing these
+steps.
+
+* Shut down the VM you are about to change.
+* From the vmware folder where vmware creates and stores the VM's, change the
+ directory to the specific VM which you want to modify, and use your favorite
+ text editor to open the corresponding VM's .vmx file. By default, it is
+ $HOME/vmware/<vm-name>/<vm-name>.vmx
+* Locate the line for the interface which you want to modify. For example, if it
+ is ethernet1, then change the line **ethernet1.virtualDev = "e1000"** to
+ **ethernet1.virtualDev = "vmxnet3"**
+* Save the file and power on the VM.
+
+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
+ $ sudo vppctl set interface rx-mode <interface> interrupt
System setup
$ sudo modprobe vfio-pci
+Make sure the interface is down
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+ $ sudo ifconfig <if-name> down
+
+The next 2 steps are optional and may be accomplished by specifying the optional
+"bind" keyword when creating the vmxnet3 interface.
+
For systems without IOMMU only, enable unsafe NOIOMMU mode
.. code-block:: console
$ echo Y | sudo tee /sys/module/vfio/parameters/enable_unsafe_noiommu_mode
-To bind interface to vfio-pci first install the :ref:`configutil`. This will download
-the dpdk_devbind.py script. It is located in */usr/vpp/vpp-config/scripts* with Centos
-and */usr/local/vpp/vpp-config/scripts* with Ubuntu.
+To bind interface to vfio-pci first install get the dpdk_devbind.py script.
Bind the driver with the following commands:
Network devices using DPDK-compatible driver
============================================
<none>
-
+
Network devices using kernel driver
===================================
- 0000:03:00.0 'VMXNET3 Ethernet Controller' if=ens160 drv=vmxnet3 unused=vfio-pci,uio_pci_generic
+ 0000:03:00.0 'VMXNET3 Ethernet Controller' if=ens160 drv=vmxnet3 unused=vfio-pci,uio_pci_generic
0000:0b:00.0 'VMXNET3 Ethernet Controller' drv=vfio-pci unused=vmxnet3,uio_pci_generic
0000:13:00.0 'VMXNET3 Ethernet Controller' drv=vfio-pci unused=vmxnet3,uio_pci_generic
.....
Interface Creation
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-Now create the interface dynamically with following:
+Now create the interface dynamically with following. The bind option must be
+specified if pci is not already bound manually by above steps.
.. code-block:: console
- $ sudo vppctl create interface vmxnet3 0000:0b:00.0
- $ sudo set int state vmxnet3-0/b/0/0 up
+ $ sudo vppctl create interface vmxnet3 0000:0b:00.0 bind
+ $ sudo vppctl set interface state vmxnet3-0/b/0/0 up
Interface Deletion
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
.. code-block:: console
- $ sudo delete interface vmxnet3 <if-name>
+ $ sudo vppctl delete interface vmxnet3 <if-name>
Show vmxnet3
~~~~~~~~~~~~
.. code-block:: console
- $ sudo vppctl show vmxnet
+ $ sudo vppctl show vmxnet3
Interface: vmxnet3-0/b/0/0 (ifindex 1)
Version: 1
PCI Address: 0000:0b:00.0
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