vmxnet - vmware kernel module
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Description
This is a Linux kernel device driver module that drives VMware's fast networking device. As it is backed
by real (virtual) hardware, it should be automatically loaded by hotplug or udev as needed. For best
performance, it is recommended to enable TSO on all interfaces driven by vmxnet using ethtool.
The shell code to do this might look like this:
if which ethtool >/dev/null 2>&1; then
for ethif in `ifconfig -a | grep ^eth | cut -d' ' -f1`; do
ethtool -K $ethif tso on >/dev/null 2>&1
done fi
The VMware backend may present the fast networking device as an AMD vlance device instead of the actual
vmxnet device.
Homepage
More information about vmxnet and the Open VM Tools can be found at
<http://open-vm-tools.sourceforge.net/>.
Name
vmxnet - vmware kernel module
See Also
vmware-checkvm(1) vmware-toolbox(1) vmware-toolbox-cmd(1) vmware-user(1) vmware-xferlogs(1) libguestlib(3) libvmtools(3) vmware-guestd(8) vmware-user-suid-wrapper(1) vmblock(9) vmci(9) vmmemctl(9) vmsock(9) vmsync(9) vmxnet3(9)
Synopsis
modprobe vmxnet
