From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mails.dpdk.org (mails.dpdk.org [217.70.189.124]) by inbox.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6172BA054F for ; Tue, 2 Mar 2021 18:14:52 +0100 (CET) Received: from [217.70.189.124] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 85FA54014E; Tue, 2 Mar 2021 18:14:50 +0100 (CET) Received: from mail-lf1-f47.google.com (mail-lf1-f47.google.com [209.85.167.47]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3E69440142 for ; Tue, 2 Mar 2021 18:14:49 +0100 (CET) Received: by mail-lf1-f47.google.com with SMTP id b1so21695551lfb.7 for ; Tue, 02 Mar 2021 09:14:49 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references :mime-version:content-transfer-encoding; bh=mV54vtySYeO/w2/N6QRpmZEJiaaR3S7876iNf37wocs=; b=II10dT2OoBWwUW754e4nYG7AYqrRRrYhNcKQ+0o7ZO6rtSTKhziaswWbPqbC8Szsdb /V6h4R0wZu+zNp7OdHZI7lKitTsnwywaXgU/E7NxTGtbUqmjUSjP3G6A4DZdAeJmG6be FCmmQomIc+CsAkAr+/IiTILjdYbjCrDEndaazrv5DyiBXH77clypM1Zj8o7j6YJCiAcb WApd0LJ41Me0XiVKHXZn3Hz1NCckF4IqSo51CUyu/1MSKxbtMX+OLf6YVdOPRyG76aJh K3sulfCT6eWoBVXf7LL905jbphtBCKevf04SnpCRhQVOXjXDzFJI+9/jkuH6xY9tZP8U eMAA== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:in-reply-to :references:mime-version:content-transfer-encoding; bh=mV54vtySYeO/w2/N6QRpmZEJiaaR3S7876iNf37wocs=; b=H4rqH3i8ePc6yE7GYMn0MeNWmq/3c17I34mJge5+DaHHfVQdegYM5afD109AOltGAu 4Exesx87PICiwh+FUDXWVBDjmceWON44ucWhLDEq7MKB0kIhWJ0LR+zWuprwjqX4VjcT fdf2iTywaf2LBHDDmnysHVgd8FThRquVk/RFfQ6VdcfnazKo9uqRtIyrNJmO+ctq0lIe f733fdvFhze/vpL4LMu/ICEzK+UkgZkUpQa048GNckb9wge2zREs66jlcNbUUPCnQNVz 7Qc4IVzb7QHA1p0CgeXqfuFO1e4h0aSrHqBYnFgCmRuCV9LWpfzRLJZ87rZnquG/I3lg pB1g== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM531posi1Po0UKRe2q1pml1iMZahZymCh93bdVKkk9IBJdRrE5wPB vhXsESljRNNkXgL5hLshn6g= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJyR/SEWag/KW+cRdSgE8BfouAlv7GRMzGc9ry5/4O+EqhChGIhSgF7tMBka/YaegsUdPgqDFA== X-Received: by 2002:a05:6512:3194:: with SMTP id i20mr13063891lfe.283.1614705287784; Tue, 02 Mar 2021 09:14:47 -0800 (PST) Received: from sovereign (broadband-37-110-65-23.ip.moscow.rt.ru. [37.110.65.23]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id c16sm2679518lfb.36.2021.03.02.09.14.46 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Tue, 02 Mar 2021 09:14:46 -0800 (PST) Date: Tue, 2 Mar 2021 20:14:45 +0300 From: Dmitry Kozlyuk To: Vijayakumar Athithan Cc: "users@dpdk.org" Message-ID: <20210302201445.40736980@sovereign> In-Reply-To: References: X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.17.6 (GTK+ 2.24.32; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [dpdk-users] How to test DPDK port in VM workstation player X-BeenThere: users@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: DPDK usage discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: users-bounces@dpdk.org Sender: "users" 2021-03-02 17:51, Vijayakumar Athithan: > Hi, > > I have been exploring DPDK 19.xx for a firewall use case demo. Over the > last few weeks I was able to understand how to run testpmd, dpdk-pdump, > basicfwd. I was able to build DPDK, compile examples and bind the DPDK > drivers to NIC interfaces as well using dpdk-setup.sh. > > I struggle to test DPDK applications as my laptop NIC is not supported by > DPDK. Then I used a VMware workstation player where host OS is Windows10 > and guest OS is Ubuntu 16.xx. In VM I get e1000 ( Intel Corporation 82540EM) > as ethernet controller. > > I get I/O error when I try to run DPDK applications as there is known > limitation on using Intel Corporation 82540EM based on one of the > references. > Is there way to change e1000-82540EM into other supported NIC in vm player ? Hi Vijayakumar, You're looking for vmxnet3, VMWare-native paravirtualized device. There's a vmxnet3 PMD in DPDK. Adapter type should be configurable in VM properties.