[Qemu-devel] [PATCH 0/6] Add limited support of VMware's hyper-call rpc

[Don Slutz]

The support included is enough to allow VMware tools to install in a
guest and provide guestinfo support.  guestinfo support is provided
by what is known as VMware RPC support.

One of the better on-line references is:

https://sites.google.com/site/chitchatvmback/backdoor

As a place to get more accurate information by studying:

http://open-vm-tools.sourceforge.net/

With vmware tools installed, you can do:

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Last login: Fri Jan 30 16:03:08 2015
address@hidden ~]# vmtoolsd --cmd "info-get guestinfo.joejoel"
No value found
address@hidden ~]# vmtoolsd --cmd "info-set guestinfo.joejoel bar"

address@hidden ~]# vmtoolsd --cmd "info-get guestinfo.joejoel"
bar
address@hidden ~]# 
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

to access guest info.  QMP access is also provided.

The live migration code is still in progress.

Don Slutz (6):
  vmport.c: Fix vmport_cmd_ram_size
  vmport_rpc: Add the object vmport_rpc
  vmport_rpc: Add limited support of VMware's hyper-call rpc
  vmport_rpc: Add QMP access to vmport_rpc object.
  vmport:  Add VMware all ring hack
  MAINTAINERS: add VMware port

 MAINTAINERS              |    7 +
 hw/i386/pc.c             |   34 +-
 hw/i386/pc_piix.c        |    2 +-
 hw/i386/pc_q35.c         |    2 +-
 hw/misc/Makefile.objs    |    1 +
 hw/misc/vmport.c         |    2 +-
 hw/misc/vmport_rpc.c     | 1188 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 include/hw/i386/pc.h     |    6 +-
 qapi-schema.json         |   95 ++++
 qmp-commands.hx          |  141 ++++++
 target-i386/cpu.c        |    4 +
 target-i386/cpu.h        |    2 +
 target-i386/seg_helper.c |    6 +
 trace-events             |   20 +
 14 files changed, 1505 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 hw/misc/vmport_rpc.c

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