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Bug#864642: vmxnet3: Reports suspect GRO implementation on vSphere hosts / one VM crashes



On 10.08.2017 15:09, Andrew Moore wrote:

> Both of those reports were me. I suspect the issue may be isolated to
> the HPE custom implementation of the ESXi 6.5u1 build. I haven't seen
> any similar reports of people using the vanilla 6.5u1 build.

Not surprising. It wouldn't be the first time HPE horribly botched their
ESX custom ISOs. (Which is the prime reason I don't *ever* use custom
vendor ISOs from any vendor in the first place.)

> Interestingly none of the fixes that have been discussed work with this
> build either. This includes disabling the rx-mini buffer (# ethtool -G
> <interface> rx-mini 0) and adding vmxnet3.rev.30 = FALSE to the VMs vmx
> file.

Very strange, indeed.

> The only way I've managed to restore stability is by removing vmxnet3
> out of the equation completely and changing to the e1000 NIC type.

Using a HW version lower than 13 should also help.


Unfortunately the sample size of people reporting failure or success is
very small at the time, a conclusive result can't be drawn, I am afraid.

Grüße,
Sven.

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