Re: Add VMXNET3 kernel module to debian kernels

[Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org>]

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