Here are some unsupported drivers which may work (or not):
https://vibsdepot.v-front.de/wiki/index.php/List_of_currently_available_ESXi_packages
- net-e1000e: Obsolete - Driver for Intel I217/I218/82579LM/82574L
- net-tulip: DECchip 21140 Ethernet driver (This driver allows running ESXi as a VM under Microsoft Hyper-V)
- net55-r8168: Updated driver for Realtek 8168/8111/8411/8118 based NICs
- net51-r8169: Adds the blacklisted ESXi 5.1 built-in net-r8169 driver back to ESXi 6.0
- net51-sky2: Adds the blacklisted ESXi 5.1 built-in net-sky2 driver back to ESXi 6.0
- net51-drivers: Deprecated - Adds all blacklisted ESXi 5.1 NIC drivers back to ESXi 6.0
- net-atl1: Attansic/Atheros L1 Gigabit Ethernet driver
- net-atl1e: Driver for Atheros(R) AR8121/AR8113/AR8114/AR8131/AR8132/AR8152 PCI-E Ethernet NICs
- net-igb: Intel(R) Gigabit Ethernet Network Driver (modified to ignore invalid NVM checksums)
- net-r8101: Realtek RTL8101E/RTL8102E driver
- net-r8139too: Realtek RTL-8100/8101L/8139 PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter Driver
- net-skge: Driver for Marvell Yukon chipset and SysKonnect Gigabit Ethernet Adapters
ESXi Customizer PS can be used to build an ESXi ISO image that includes drivers from that depot.
https://www.v-front.de/p/esxi-customizer-ps.html
