[SRU][N][PATCH 0/6] Unable to boot as a guest on VMware ESX

[Thibault Ferrante]

Buglink: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2091941

[ Impact ]

 * Unable to boot as a guest in VMware on ESXi

[ Fix ]
 * Pull all upstream commits listed here : https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20240715151025.GAZpU74ZeeCqqMZpWw@fat_crate.local/#r

b2c13c23ea9c x86/vmware: Use VMware hypercall API
90328eaaff34 drm/vmwgfx: Use VMware hypercall API
f0db90b4127c input/vmmouse: Use VMware hypercall API
54651bb4dcfe ptp/vmware: Use VMware hypercall API
34bf25e820ae x86/vmware: Introduce VMware hypercall API
86cb65448d07 x86/vmware: Correct macro names

[ Test Plan ]

 * Verify it boot on VMware ESX.

[ Where problems could occur ]

 * Regression on VMware support

[ Other Info ]

 * linux-intel already have those patches and was tested successfully.


Alexey Makhalov (6):
  ptp/vmware: Use VMware hypercall API
  input/vmmouse: Use VMware hypercall API
  drm/vmwgfx: Use VMware hypercall API
  x86/vmware: Use VMware hypercall API
  x86/vmware: Correct macro names
  x86/vmware: Remove legacy VMWARE_HYPERCALL* macros

 arch/x86/include/asm/vmware.h             |  26 ---
 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/vmware.c              | 103 ++++--------
 drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_msg.c       | 173 +++++++------------
 drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_msg_arm64.h | 196 +++++++++++++++-------
 drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_msg_x86.h   | 185 --------------------
 drivers/input/mouse/vmmouse.c             |  76 +++------
 drivers/ptp/ptp_vmw.c                     |  12 +-
 7 files changed, 250 insertions(+), 521 deletions(-)

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