VMware VM e1000 Detected Tx Unit Hang

Fedora Server 41
virtualHW.version = "18"

Symptoms

e1000 0000:02:00.0 ens32: Detected Tx Unit Hang

~]$ sudo journalctl -k
Apr 05 11:31:17 fedora kernel: e1000 0000:02:00.0 ens32: Detected Tx Unit Hang
                                 Tx Queue             <0>
                                 TDH                  <58>
                                 TDT                  <5d>
                                 next_to_use          <5d>
                                 next_to_clean        <58>
                               buffer_info[next_to_clean]
                                 time_stamp           <10010cad4>
                                 next_to_watch        <5c>
                                 jiffies              <100164c81>
                                 next_to_watch.status <0>

Cause

The e1000 network adapter is incompatible with the Linux kernel 6.13.10.

Solution

Modify the vmx file.

Change

ethernet0.virtualDev = "e1000"

To

ethernet0.virtualDev = "vmxnet3"