CONFIG_VMWARE_VMCI: VMware VMCI Driver

General informations

The Linux kernel configuration item CONFIG_VMWARE_VMCI:

• prompt: VMware VMCI Driver
• type: tristate
• depends on: ( CONFIG_X86 || CONFIG_ARM64 ) && ! CONFIG_CPU_BIG_ENDIAN && CONFIG_PCI
• defined in drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/Kconfig
• found in Linux kernels: 3.9–3.19, 4.0–4.20, 5.0–5.19, 6.0–6.12
• modules built: vmw_vmci

Help text

This is VMware's Virtual Machine Communication Interface. It enables high-speed communication between host and guest in a virtual environment via the VMCI virtual device.

If unsure, say N.

To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module will be called vmw_vmci.

Hardware

PCI

Numeric ID (from LKDDb) and names (from pci.ids) of recognized devices:

• vendor: 15ad ("VMware"), device: 0740 ("Virtual Machine Communication Interface")

LKDDb

Raw data from LKDDb:

• lkddb module vmw_vmci CONFIG_VMWARE_VMCI : drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/Kconfig : "VMware VMCI Driver" # in 3.9–3.19, 4.0–4.20, 5.0–5.19, 6.0–6.12
• lkddb pci 15ad 0740 .... .... ...... : CONFIG_VMWARE_VMCI : drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_guest.c # in 3.17–3.19, 4.0–4.20, 5.0–5.19, 6.0–6.12

Sources

This page is automaticly generated with free (libre, open) software lkddb(see lkddb-sources).

The data is retrived from:

• Linux kernel
• Linux Kernel Driver DataBase (LKDDb)
• The Linux PCI ID Repository.

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