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17*4d1c17a2Sjmatthew.Dd $Mdocdate: January 15 2021 $
1898e33d7cSdlg.Dt VMT 4
1998e33d7cSdlg.Os
2098e33d7cSdlg.Sh NAME
2198e33d7cSdlg.Nm vmt
2298e33d7cSdlg.Nd VMware Tools driver
2398e33d7cSdlg.Sh SYNOPSIS
241ae25d81Sreyk.Cd "vmt0 at pvbus0"
2598e33d7cSdlg.Sh DESCRIPTION
2698e33d7cSdlgThe
2798e33d7cSdlg.Nm
2898e33d7cSdlgdriver is a kernel level implementation of VMware Tools.
2998e33d7cSdlgVMware Tools are intended to provide better support for operating systems
3098e33d7cSdlgrunning inside virtual machines.
3198e33d7cSdlg.Pp
3298e33d7cSdlg.Nm
33c3ae1c32Sdlghandles shutdown and reboot requests from the host by signalling
34c3ae1c32Sdlg.Xr init 8
3586acd20aSschwarzewith
3686acd20aSschwarze.Dv SIGUSR2
3786acd20aSschwarzeand
3886acd20aSschwarze.Dv SIGINT
3986acd20aSschwarzerespectively.
40c3ae1c32Sdlg.Nm
41c3ae1c32Sdlgwill log notifications that the guest has been suspended or resumed by the
42c3ae1c32Sdlghost.
43e36c9e7bSjmcIt also provides access to the host machine's clock as a timedelta sensor.
44c3ae1c32Sdlg.Pp
45c3ae1c32Sdlg.Nm
46*4d1c17a2Sjmatthewreports the guest's hostname and all non-loopback IP addresses to the host.
4798e33d7cSdlg.Sh SEE ALSO
481ae25d81Sreyk.Xr pvbus 4 ,
49c3ae1c32Sdlg.Xr init 8 ,
5098e33d7cSdlg.Xr sensorsd 8 ,
5198e33d7cSdlg.Xr sysctl 8
528f6ec24aStedu.Pp
538f6ec24aSteduA
5486acd20aSschwarze.Sy vmwh
558f6ec24aSteduhelper program is available via
568f6ec24aStedu.Xr packages 7 .
5798e33d7cSdlg.Sh HISTORY
5898e33d7cSdlgThe
5998e33d7cSdlg.Nm
6098e33d7cSdlgdriver first appeared in
6198e33d7cSdlg.Ox 4.4 .
6298e33d7cSdlg.Sh AUTHORS
6398e33d7cSdlgThe
6498e33d7cSdlg.Nm
6598e33d7cSdlgdriver was written by
66e5cc2e7eSschwarze.An David Gwynne Aq Mt dlg@openbsd.org .
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