VMware ESXi 7 and Realtek NICs (e.g. RTL8125) won't work
Today i researched why my ESXi 7 based virtualization host didn’t accept my second, Realtek RTL8125 based, network adapter. Contrary to the primary one, which is Intel-based, there was not sign of detection in the hypervisor. Unfortunately i then found that - contrary to what i had in mind - VMware actually does not feature any Realtek drivers. Also the drivers that worked until ESXi6 will not work on ESXi 7 as the architecture for the drivers (vmklinux) has changed. ...