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    SOLVED! - RC2 amd64 on Esx4.1 - VMXNET2 Drivers

    Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved 2.0-RC Snapshot Feedback and Problems - RETIRED
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      photonman
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      2.0-RC2 (amd64) built on Thu May 12 17:58:58 EDT 2011

      I had the VMXNET2 (enhanced) drivers working on the last build before RC2.

      Invoked auto update today and now the VMXNET2 drivers do not work.  If I add those nics in the vm, no adapters
      are detected on boot up.

      I see a quick glimpse of a syntax error that says something like below but it goes too quick for me to see…

      load driver vmxnet = "yes"

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        sullrich
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        This should be fixed.  Sorry about that.

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          photonman
          last edited by

          I just auto updated to latest build.  Will add the vmxnet2 nics on monday.

          thanks

          If this works, I am done updating until the RTM version as I got everything I need now.

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            photonman
            last edited by

            Just Attempted this with:

            RC2 (amd64) built on Sun May 15 04:20:20 EDT 2011

            Got same syntax error message and no network  interfaces detected when selecting VMXNET2 in the vm setup.  Back to E1000

            vm_driver load = "yes"    vm_block load = "yes"

            EDIT:  Just attempted with latest i386 build with Open VM Tools 3 and I have the same issue.

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              cmb
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              the packages hadn't been updated to sync from the new git repo until this afternoon so that change didn't come over until then, try again.

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                photonman
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                Updated tonight and tried the i386 package and still no network adapters detected.

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                  photonman
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                  I have tried various i386 and amd64 packages and this is the the one I can get to work

                  2.0-RC1 (i386) - built on Tue May 10 07:59:35 EDT 2011

                  Open VM Tools 3.x

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                    photonman
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                    /BOOT/LOADER.CONF

                    once I compared the good loader.conf from my i386 build to the bad amd64 file and made the changes…it all worked perfect

                    BAD loader.conf

                    autoboot_delay="3"
                    vm.kmem_size="435544320"
                    vm.kmem_size_max="535544320"
                    kern.ipc.nmbclusters="0"
                    kern.hz=100
                    vmblock_load="YES"
                    vmmemct_load="YES"
                    vmhgfs_load="YES"
                    vmxnet_load="YES"vmblock_load="YES"
                    vmmemct_load="YES"
                    vmhgfs_load="YES"
                    vmxnet_load="YES"
                    vmxnet_load="YES"vmblock_load="YES"
                    vmmemct_load="YES"
                    vmhgfs_load="YES"
                    vmxnet_load="YES"
                    vmxnet_load="YES"vmblock_load="YES"
                    vmmemct_load="YES"
                    vmhgfs_load="YES"
                    vmxnet_load="YES"

                    GOOD loader.conf

                    autoboot_delay="3"
                    vm.kmem_size="435544320"
                    vm.kmem_size_max="535544320"
                    kern.ipc.nmbclusters="0"
                    kern.hz=100
                    vmblock_load="YES"
                    vmmemct_load="YES"
                    vmhgfs_load="YES"
                    vmxnet_load="YES"

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