E1000 Driver issue on Ubuntu/VMware Fusion 13.0.x, ARM64

[combatpoodle]

Version

Currently running into a driver issue on VMware's e1000 driver in combination with Ubuntu 20.04, 22.04, and 22.10 and VMWare Fusion 13.0.1 and 13.0.2 on ARM64/OS X.

Environment

ARM64/Silicon Mac.

Scenario

So, strictly hypothetically I'd like to not be stuck in a sneakernet. I meannnn... I know that's a lot, BUT... I still remember those dark days...

Steps to Reproduce

Here are my build lines...

israel@HOST ~/_/bento> git rev-parse HEAD
5b98131aef24eb3923cfaec623ed7f110ead4fed
israel@HOST ~/_/bento> PACKER_LOG=DEBUG packer build -debug -timestamp-ui -only=vmware-iso.vm -var-file=os_pkrvars/ubuntu/ubuntu-20.04-aarch64.pkrvars.hcl ./packer_templates
israel@HOST ~/_/bento> PACKER_LOG=DEBUG packer build -debug -timestamp-ui -only=vmware-iso.vm -var-file=os_pkrvars/ubuntu/ubuntu-22.04-aarch64.pkrvars.hcl ./packer_templates
israel@HOST ~/_/bento> PACKER_LOG=DEBUG packer build -debug -timestamp-ui -only=vmware-iso.vm -var-file=os_pkrvars/ubuntu/ubuntu-22.10-aarch64.pkrvars.hcl ./packer_templates

My VMX is modded at the pause of:

==> vmware-iso.vm: Pausing after run of step 'StepRegister'. Press enter to continue. 

with the following line:

usb_xhci.present = "TRUE"

Which allows you to get through the boot process by adding a USB host; drop to a terminal via the help menu. Get to dmesg | less (that's dmesg pipe less). Search for e1000

Expected Result

Should probably just not crash out; working network would be greattttt. Is it a VMWare issue? Is it something we can work around for the moment? IDK. Reporting to VMWare.

Actual Result

Ubuntu 22.xx

Ubuntu 20.xx

[Stromweld]

This should be fixed in the latest merge.