VMWARE vmxnet3 device driver ============================ ##Overview This plugin provides native PCI driver support for VMWare vmxnet3. ##Prerequisites \* This code is tested with vfio-pci driver installed with Ubuntu 18.04 which has kernel version 4.15.0-33-generic. - This driver is tested with ESXi vSwitch version 6.5/6.7 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 must be used. On systems without IOMMU, vfio driver can still be used with 4.15.0-33-generic kernel (Ubuntu 18.04) which supports no-iommu mode. ##Known issues - VLAN filter Usage ----- System setup ~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1. load VFIO driver :: sudo modprobe vfio-pci 2. Make sure the interface is down :: sudo ifconfig down Steps 3 and 4 are optional. They can be accomplished by specifying the optional keyword “bind” when creating the vmxnet3 interface. 3. (systems without IOMMU only) enable unsafe NOIOMMU mode :: echo Y | sudo tee /sys/module/vfio/parameters/enable_unsafe_noiommu_mode 4. Bind interface to vfio-pci :: sudo dpdk-devbind.py --bind vfio-pci 0b:00.0 Interface Creation ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Interface can be dynamically created with following CLI, with or without the bind option. If step 3 and 4 were executed, bind can be omitted. :: create interface vmxnet3 0000:0b:00.0 bind set int state vmxnet3-0/b/0/0 up Interface Deletion ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Interface can be deleted with following CLI: :: delete interface vmxnet3 Interface Statistics ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Interface statistics can be displayed with ``show hardware-interface `` command. Show Interface CLI ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Interface and ring information can be obtained with ``show vmxnet3 [if-name] [desc]``