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17.Dd $Mdocdate: October 26 2010 $
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
33handles shutdown and reboot requests from the host by signalling
34.Xr init 8
35with SIGUSR2 and SIGINT respectively.
36.Nm
37will log notifications that the guest has been suspended or resumed by the
38host.
39It also provides access to the host machine's clock as a timedelta sensor.
40.Pp
41.Nm
42reports the guests hostname and first non-loopback IP address to the host.
43.Sh SEE ALSO
44.Xr init 8 ,
45.Xr sensorsd 8 ,
46.Xr sysctl 8
47.Sh HISTORY
48The
49.Nm
50driver first appeared in
51.Ox 4.4 .
52.Sh AUTHORS
53The
54.Nm
55driver was written by
56.An David Gwynne Aq dlg@openbsd.org .
57