Re: VMWare vmx NIC order

2014-08-19 Thread Adam Thompson
On 14-08-19 09:59 PM, Dan Shechter wrote: I just wanted to make sure that next time I'll reboot or copy the VM, I'll have the correct bindings. If it's any consolation, if you move or copy that VM (or .vmx, at least) from one ESXi host to another, the interfaces will get assigned to the same

Re: VMWare vmx NIC order

2014-08-19 Thread Dan Shechter
Thanks for the through explanation. I just wanted to make sure that next time I'll reboot or copy the VM, I'll have the correct bindings. On Tue, Aug 19, 2014 at 7:13 PM, Adam Thompson wrote: > Well, VMware assigns NICs to PCI buses according to the order and/or syntax > used to define them in t

Re: VMWare vmx NIC order

2014-08-19 Thread Adam Thompson
Well, VMware assigns NICs to PCI buses according to the order and/or syntax used to define them in the vmx file, whereas OpenBSD enumerates the devices by scanning PCI buses in a deterministic order. Most likely you can't just change the naming without compiling a custom kernel or liberal (reckl

Re: VMWare vmx NIC order

2014-08-19 Thread Dan Shechter
Thanks. I do mean about re-arrange them. Or to be more precise, to make the aligned to what is configured in VMWare's vmx file. Do you think its not possible? On Tue, Aug 19, 2014 at 4:57 PM, Adam Thompson wrote: > On 14-08-19 06:48 PM, Dan Shechter wrote: >> >> I am installing amd64 snapshot f

Re: VMWare vmx NIC order

2014-08-19 Thread Adam Thompson
On 14-08-19 06:48 PM, Dan Shechter wrote: I am installing amd64 snapshot from aug 8 on vmware workstation. This VM has 5 interfaces. I have changed them all to use vmxnet3 NIC. vmx0 on openbsd is not ethernet0 in vmware, so are all other interfaces. Any idea how to match the VMware's ethernet NIC

VMWare vmx NIC order

2014-08-19 Thread Dan Shechter
Hi All. I am installing amd64 snapshot from aug 8 on vmware workstation. This VM has 5 interfaces. I have changed them all to use vmxnet3 NIC. vmx0 on openbsd is not ethernet0 in vmware, so are all other interfaces. Any idea how to match the VMware's ethernet NIC order to OpenBSD's NIC's order