As can be seen from VmCheck_GetVersion() in open-vm-tools code, CMD_GETVERSION should return VMX type in ECX register.
Default is to fake host as VMware ESX server. But user can control this value by "-global vmport.vmx-type=X". Reviewed-by: Nikita Leshenko <nikita.leshche...@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Liran Alon <liran.a...@oracle.com> --- hw/i386/vmport.c | 13 +++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+) diff --git a/hw/i386/vmport.c b/hw/i386/vmport.c index a2c8ff4b59cf..c03f57f2f636 100644 --- a/hw/i386/vmport.c +++ b/hw/i386/vmport.c @@ -36,6 +36,15 @@ #define VMPORT_ENTRIES 0x2c #define VMPORT_MAGIC 0x564D5868 +typedef enum { + VMX_TYPE_UNSET = 0, + VMX_TYPE_EXPRESS, /* Deprecated type used for VMware Express */ + VMX_TYPE_SCALABLE_SERVER, /* VMware ESX server */ + VMX_TYPE_WGS, /* Deprecated type used for VMware Server */ + VMX_TYPE_WORKSTATION, + VMX_TYPE_WORKSTATION_ENTERPRISE /* Deprecated type used for ACE 1.x */ +} VMX_Type; + #define VMPORT(obj) OBJECT_CHECK(VMPortState, (obj), TYPE_VMPORT) typedef struct VMPortState { @@ -46,6 +55,7 @@ typedef struct VMPortState { void *opaque[VMPORT_ENTRIES]; uint32_t vmx_version; + uint8_t vmx_type; } VMPortState; static VMPortState *port_state; @@ -114,6 +124,7 @@ static uint32_t vmport_cmd_get_version(void *opaque, uint32_t addr) X86CPU *cpu = X86_CPU(current_cpu); cpu->env.regs[R_EBX] = VMPORT_MAGIC; + cpu->env.regs[R_ECX] = port_state->vmx_type; return port_state->vmx_version; } @@ -173,6 +184,8 @@ static void vmport_realizefn(DeviceState *dev, Error **errp) static Property vmport_properties[] = { /* Default value taken from open-vm-tools code VERSION_MAGIC definition */ DEFINE_PROP_UINT32("vmx-version", VMPortState, vmx_version, 6), + DEFINE_PROP_UINT8("vmx-type", VMPortState, vmx_type, + VMX_TYPE_SCALABLE_SERVER), DEFINE_PROP_END_OF_LIST(), }; -- 2.20.1