To force the change from passthrough mode to non-passthrough mode, complete these steps:
Edit the
/etc/vmware/esx.conf
file by changing the owner of the PCI device frompassthru
tovmkernel
.
Example of the edit:
Change from: /device/000:02.0/owner = "passthru"
Change to: /device/000:02.0/owner = "vmkernel"
Reboot the ESX/ESXi host.