aarch64: vmmouse and vmware video driver not yet working, but shared folders and copy & paste do work!

vmware-guest.diff

diff --git a/machines/vm-arch/aarch64-linux.nix b/machines/vm-arch/aarch64-linux.nix
index 7944fbc..932ce99 100644
--- a/machines/vm-arch/aarch64-linux.nix
+++ b/machines/vm-arch/aarch64-linux.nix
@@ -9,6 +9,13 @@
     '';
   }];
 
+  # Disable the default module and import our override. We have
+  # customizations to make this work on aarch64.
+  disabledModules = [ "virtualisation/vmware-guest.nix" ];
+  imports = [
+    ../../modules/vmware-guest.nix
+  ];
+
   # Interface is this on M1
   networking.interfaces.ens160.useDHCP = true;
 
@@ -16,6 +23,20 @@
   nixpkgs.config.allowUnfree = true;
   nixpkgs.config.allowUnsupportedSystem = true;
 
-  # This doesn't work yet.
-  virtualisation.vmware.guest.enable = false;
+  # This works through our custom module imported above
+  virtualisation.vmware.guest.enable = true;
+
+  # Share our host filesystem
+  fileSystems."/host" = {
+    fsType = "fuse./run/current-system/sw/bin/vmhgfs-fuse";
+    device = ".host:/";
+    options = [
+      "umask=22"
+      "uid=1000"
+      "gid=1000"
+      "allow_other"
+      "auto_unmount"
+      "defaults"
+    ];
+  };
 }
diff --git a/modules/vmware-guest.nix b/modules/vmware-guest.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e731b4a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/vmware-guest.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+{ config, lib, pkgs, ... }:
+
+with lib;
+
+let
+  cfg = config.virtualisation.vmware.guest;
+  open-vm-tools = if cfg.headless then pkgs.open-vm-tools-headless else pkgs.open-vm-tools;
+  xf86inputvmmouse = pkgs.xorg.xf86inputvmmouse;
+in
+{
+  imports = [
+    (mkRenamedOptionModule [ "services" "vmwareGuest" ] [ "virtualisation" "vmware" "guest" ])
+  ];
+
+  options.virtualisation.vmware.guest = {
+    enable = mkEnableOption "VMWare Guest Support";
+    headless = mkOption {
+      type = types.bool;
+      default = false;
+      description = "Whether to disable X11-related features.";
+    };
+  };
+
+  config = mkIf cfg.enable {
+    assertions = [ {
+      assertion = pkgs.stdenv.isi686 || pkgs.stdenv.isx86_64 || pkgs.stdenv.isAarch64;
+      message = "VMWare guest is not currently supported on ${pkgs.stdenv.hostPlatform.system}";
+    } ];
+
+    #boot.initrd.kernelModules = [ "vmw_pvscsi" ];
+
+    environment.systemPackages = [ open-vm-tools ];
+
+    systemd.services.vmware =
+      { description = "VMWare Guest Service";
+        wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ];
+        serviceConfig.ExecStart = "${open-vm-tools}/bin/vmtoolsd";
+      };
+
+    # Mount the vmblock for drag-and-drop and copy-and-paste.
+    systemd.mounts = [
+      {
+        description = "VMware vmblock fuse mount";
+        documentation = [ "https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools/blob/master/open-vm-tools/vmblock-fuse/design.txt" ];
+        before = [ "vmware.service" ];
+        wants = [ "vmware.service" ];
+        what = "${open-vm-tools}/bin/vmware-vmblock-fuse";
+        where = "/run/vmblock-fuse";
+        type = "fuse";
+        options = "subtype=vmware-vmblock,default_permissions,allow_other";
+        wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ];
+      }
+    ];
+
+    security.wrappers.vmware-user-suid-wrapper =
+      { setuid = true;
+        owner = "root";
+        group = "root";
+        source = "${open-vm-tools}/bin/vmware-user-suid-wrapper";
+      };
+
+    environment.etc.vmware-tools.source = "${open-vm-tools}/etc/vmware-tools/*";
+
+    services.xserver = mkIf (!cfg.headless) {
+      # TODO: these don't compile yet
+      #videoDrivers = mkOverride 50 [ "vmware" ];
+      #modules = [ xf86inputvmmouse ];
+
+      config = ''
+          Section "InputClass"
+            Identifier "VMMouse"
+            MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*"
+            MatchProduct "ImPS/2 Generic Wheel Mouse"
+            Driver "vmmouse"
+          EndSection
+        '';
+
+      displayManager.sessionCommands = ''
+          ${open-vm-tools}/bin/vmware-user-suid-wrapper
+        '';
+    };
+
+    services.udev.packages = [ open-vm-tools ];
+  };
+}