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

[Vijayakumar Athithan]

On Tue, Mar 2, 2021 at 10:44 PM Dmitry Kozlyuk <dmitry.kozliuk at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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.
>
>
Hi  Dmitry,

Thanks for your inputs. Let me try with your inputs and get back to you.

Thanks,
B.Vijayakumar Athithan