Re: NetBSD/amd64 boot fails inside VMware ESXi

[Martti Kuparinen <martti.kuparinen%iki.fi@localhost>]

Someone asked me how NetBSD works inside VMware ESXi and what is the network 
speed? The answers are "like on a real hardware" and "1 Gbps". Below some details:

# uname -srm
NetBSD 4.99.73 amd64

# ifconfig -a
wm0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500

capabilities=2bf80<TSO4,IP4CSUM_Rx,IP4CSUM_Tx,TCP4CSUM_Rx,TCP4CSUM_Tx,UDP4CSUM_Rx,UDP4CSUM_Tx,TCP6CSUM_Tx,UDP6CSUM_Tx>
        enabled=0
        address: 00:0c:29:ef:64:67
        media: Ethernet autoselect (1000baseT full-duplex,master)
        status: active

# dmesg
...
wm0 at pci0 dev 17 function 0: Intel i82545EM 1000BASE-T Ethernet, rev. 1
wm0: interrupting at ioapic0 pin 18
wm0: 32-bit 66MHz PCI bus
wm0: 256 word (8 address bits) MicroWire EEPROM
wm0: Ethernet address 00:0c:29:ef:64:67
makphy0 at wm0 phy 1: Marvell 88E1011 Gigabit PHY, rev. 3

# pcictl pci0 list
000:00:0: Intel 82443BX Host Bridge/Controller (host bridge, revision 0x01)
000:01:0: Intel 82443BX AGP Interface (PCI bridge, revision 0x01)
000:07:0: Intel 82371AB (PIIX4) PCI-ISA Bridge (ISA bridge, revision 0x08)
000:07:1: Intel 82371AB (PIIX4) IDE controller (IDE mass storage, interface 
0x8a, revision 0x01)
000:07:3: Intel 82371AB (PIIX4) Power Management Controller (miscellaneous 
bridge, revision 0x08)
000:15:0: VMware Virtual SVGA II (VGA display)
000:16:0: Symbios Logic 53c1020/53c1030 (SCSI mass storage, revision 0x01)
000:17:0: Intel i82545EM 1000baseT Ethernet (ethernet network, revision 0x01)