Hi,
After updating a instance of SLES 10 SP1 x86 VM running under ESX 3.0.2 build 90892, and updating/rebuilding vmtools the ethernet module begins to send the following messages to virtual machine (SLES 10 SP1) /var/log/messages log file:
vmxnet: module not supported by Novell, setting U taint flag.
VMware vmxnet virtual NIC driver release 3.1.0 build-3070
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:11.0[A] -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 177
Found vmxnet/PCI at 0x1424, irq 177.
vmxnet: numRxBuffers=(10024) numTxBuffers=(10064) driverDataSize=9000
eth0: vmxnet ether at 0x1424 assigned IRQ 177.
ACPI: PCI interrupt for device 0000:00:11.0 disabled
mtrr: your processor doesn't support write-combining
vmmemctl: module not supported by Novell, setting U taint flag.
VMware memory control driver initialized
vmmemctl: started kernel thread pid=13830
vmxnet: module not supported by Novell, setting U taint flag.
VMware vmxnet virtual NIC driver release 3.1.0 build-3070
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:11.0[A] -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 177
Found vmxnet/PCI at 0x1424, irq 177.
vmxnet: numRxBuffers=(10024) numTxBuffers=(10064) driverDataSize=9000
eth0: vmxnet ether at 0x1424 assigned IRQ 177.
ethtool operation 31 not supported
ethtool operation 20 not supported
ethtool operation 22 not supported
ethtool operation 24 not supported
ethtool operation 30 not supported
vmxnet_init_ring: offset=9000 length=9000
ethtool operation 20 not supported
ethtool operation 22 not supported
ethtool operation 24 not supported
ethtool operation 30 not supported
ethtool operation 20 not supported
ethtool operation 22 not supported
ethtool operation 24 not supported
ethtool operation 30 not supported
ethtool operation 20 not supported
ethtool operation 22 not supported
ethtool operation 24 not supported
ethtool operation 30 not supported
ethtool operation 3 not supported
ethtool operation 5 not supported
ethtool operation 7 not supported
ethtool operation 3 not supported
ethtool operation 3 not supported
ethtool operation 3 not supported
ethtool operation 3 not supported
lxalem01:/ # uname -a
Linux lxalem01 2.6.16.60-0.23-smp #1 SMP Thu May 15 06:38:31 UTC 2008 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
lxalem01:/ # ethtool eth0
Settings for eth0:
Supported link modes:
Supports auto-negotiation: No
Advertised link modes: Not reported
Advertised auto-negotiation: No
Speed: 1000Mb/s
Duplex: Full
Port: Twisted Pair
PHYAD: 0
Transceiver: internal
Auto-negotiation: off
Link detected: yes
lxalem01:/ # ethtool -k eth0
Offload parameters for eth0:
Cannot get device rx csum settings: Operation not supported
Cannot get device tx csum settings: Operation not supported
Cannot get device scatter-gather settings: Operation not supported
Cannot get device tcp segmentation offload settings: Operation not supported
no offload info available
lxalem01:/ # lsmod | grep vm
vmxnet 16000 0
vmmemctl 14428 0
I search Novell SuSE forum and find similars cases under ESX 3.5, but no solutions.
Thanks,
Best regards,
Flavio Mostini
IT Technology Manager
Aerolineas Argentinas S.A.