docs: Instructions for using vmxnet3 on mac

Change-Id: Ie6770e3a3801a23a6eb64cf1699ef0018eab6445
Signed-off-by: jdenisco <jdenisco@cisco.com>

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 About
 =====
 
-**VPP Version:** 19.01-rc0~497-g05ce4b8
+**VPP Version:** 19.04-rc0~102-g22c0ece
 
-**Built on:** Mon Dec 17 20:43:52 GMT 2018
+**Built on:** Wed Jan 30 15:37:57 GMT 2019

diff --git a/docs/usecases/vmxnet3.rst b/docs/usecases/vmxnet3.rst
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    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
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