VMware Workstation 16.1.2 SLP/SLIC BIOS/EFI Mod

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  1. pantagruel

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    #1 pantagruel, Aug 26, 2015
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    *del*
     
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    #3 fbifido, Aug 27, 2015
    Can someone post the Dell 2.3 SLIC mod of this.

    Thanks.
     
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    #5 andrews, Aug 27, 2015
    Another possibility....

    If you have SLIC 2.3 your machine BIOS that VMWare Workstation is running on, you can add 3 lines to your <VM name>.vmx file and it will pass through the SLIC from your hardware BIOS...

    acpi.passthru.slic = "TRUE"
    acpi.passthru.slicvendor = "TRUE"
    SMBIOS.reflecthost = "TRUE"
     
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    #6 urie, Aug 27, 2015
    Andrews have you actually tried this ? if I remember there was a discussion thread before and it did not work.
     
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    #7 andrews, Aug 27, 2015
    As far as I can tell it did....
    I have a Dell T5500 SLIC 2.3. Used it in vmware 11 and 12 with Windows Loader 2.2.2 to load the certs into the OS - it said SLIC 2.3 in Windows Loader...
     
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    #11 ZaForD, Aug 28, 2015
    Had to build a few VMs today, so built them a box I know has an OEM SLIC (v2.1) in the BIOS, added the three lines from above to the .vmx and both activated perfectly. :)
    Can't see why it wouldn't still work with SLIC v2.3.
     
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    urie Moderator Staff Member

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    #12 urie, Aug 29, 2015
    @ ZaForD, @ andrews, my mistake as I said thread was a while back.
     
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    #13 Armageus, Sep 1, 2015
    Will this work for VMWare Player 12?
     
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    #14 pantagruel, Sep 1, 2015 (OP)
    Yes, it will.
     
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    #15 briseis, Sep 2, 2015
    Just to clarify on my understanding:

    I'm running Vmware workstation 11 with a vmware BIOS build 397 (guest is win 7). Would I need a BIOS Build 429 to run Vmware 12?

    If so, could someone compile an ASUS SLIC bios that I can integrate with a resource manager?
     
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    #17 briseis, Sep 3, 2015
    I would prefer a modified vmware-vmx.exe because I'm running some encrypted VMs. One can't edit a vmx file as long as a vm is running encrypted.
     
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    #19 pantagruel, Sep 8, 2015
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    #20 lt, Sep 8, 2015
    syntax error: a few (yea right!) :D
     
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