[dpdk-users] How to test DPDK port in VM workstation player

[Dmitry Kozlyuk]

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.