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authorDavid Gwynne <dlg@cvs.openbsd.org>2010-10-26 01:24:49 +0000
committerDavid Gwynne <dlg@cvs.openbsd.org>2010-10-26 01:24:49 +0000
commit4db212bd398ded41733408b2bd1a0e07ca211db3 (patch)
treeab2abbd47ef65614074cc2bc6413e70f0267426d /share
parent707cf0ff8587b4cf2190f75ca154c9c681ad4424 (diff)
vmt is a bit more capable now.
Diffstat (limited to 'share')
-rw-r--r--share/man/man4/vmt.417
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/share/man/man4/vmt.4 b/share/man/man4/vmt.4
index d18a935b1ed..a4d4931fcec 100644
--- a/share/man/man4/vmt.4
+++ b/share/man/man4/vmt.4
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: vmt.4,v 1.2 2010/03/22 21:52:53 weerd Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: vmt.4,v 1.3 2010/10/26 01:24:48 dlg Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 2008 Marco Peereboom <marco@openbsd.org>
.\" Text was heavily borrowed from the IPMI spec V1.5
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
.\" WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN
.\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF
.\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
-.Dd $Mdocdate: March 22 2010 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: October 26 2010 $
.Dt VMT 4
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -29,9 +29,20 @@ driver is a kernel level implementation of VMware Tools.
VMware Tools are intended to provide better support for operating systems
running inside virtual machines.
.Pp
+The
+.Nm
+handles shutdown and reboot requests from the host by signalling
+.Xr init 8
+with SIGUSR2 and SIGINT respectively.
+.Nm
+will log notifications that the guest has been suspended or resumed by the
+host.
+It also provides access to the host machines clock as a timedelta sensor.
+.Pp
.Nm
-provides access to the host machines clock as a timedelta sensor.
+reports the guests hostname and first non-loopback IP address to the host.
.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr init 8 ,
.Xr sensorsd 8 ,
.Xr sysctl 8
.Sh HISTORY