Alex313031 / Alex313031/ThoriumOS

Add VMware drivers?

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Description

Right now the state of ChromiumOS in VMware is pretty bad, only Fyde maintains a port to VMware, which is not kept up to date often and is generally not great. It has a bunch of patches in it that make it not as close to ChromeOS as this project is.

In theory the only thing that would need to be done is add the "open-vm-tools" package to the BSP, but I don't know if that is the only thing that needs to be done. Fyde maintains a VMware port of openFyde and the source for that is available. CloudReady also included the VMware drivers by default, so you could just download one image and have it work in a VM and on real hardware. I presume that would be easier than building two images every time.

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Research direction

Start by examining the BSP package configuration and the available openFyde VMware source referenced in the issue. Determine whether adding open-vm-tools is sufficient, then verify that the resulting image works in VMware while retaining support for real hardware.

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Assessment

Domain
operating-systems
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
30/100

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