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17.Dd $Mdocdate: July 8 2008 $
18.Dt VMT 4
19.Os
20.Sh NAME
21.Nm vmt
22.Nd VMware Tools driver
23.Sh SYNOPSIS
24.Cd "vmt0 at mainbus0"
25.Sh DESCRIPTION
26The
27.Nm
28driver is a kernel level implementation of VMware Tools.
29VMware Tools are intended to provide better support for operating systems
30running inside virtual machines.
31.Pp
32.Nm
33provides access to the host machines clock as a timedelta sensor.
34.Sh SEE ALSO
35.Xr sensorsd 8 ,
36.Xr sysctl 8
37.Sh HISTORY
38The
39.Nm
40driver first appeared in
41.Ox 4.4 .
42.Sh AUTHORS
43The
44.Nm
45driver was written by
46.An David Gwynne Aq dlg@openbsd.org .
47