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.leshchenko@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Liran Alon <liran.alon@oracle.com>
---
 hw/i386/vmport.c | 16 ++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+)

diff --git a/hw/i386/vmport.c b/hw/i386/vmport.c
index 0d3f19b0bb71..973f3f6448e9 100644
--- a/hw/i386/vmport.c
+++ b/hw/i386/vmport.c
@@ -36,6 +36,16 @@
 #define VMPORT_ENTRIES 0x2c
 #define VMPORT_MAGIC   0x564D5868
 
+/* Enum taken from open-vm-tools lib/include/vm_vmx_type.h */
+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 */
+} VMXType;
+
 #define VMPORT(obj) OBJECT_CHECK(VMPortState, (obj), TYPE_VMPORT)
 
 typedef struct VMPortState {
@@ -46,6 +56,7 @@ typedef struct VMPortState {
     void *opaque[VMPORT_ENTRIES];
 
     uint32_t vmx_version;
+    uint8_t vmx_type;
 
     uint8_t version;
 } VMPortState;
@@ -125,6 +136,9 @@ 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;
+    if (port_state->version > 1) {
+        cpu->env.regs[R_ECX] = port_state->vmx_type;
+    }
     return port_state->vmx_version;
 }
 
@@ -191,6 +205,8 @@ 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