Packer vmware-iso builder incorrectly setting cpus value

[kenleexyz]

Overview of the Issue

vmware-iso builder appears to be incorrectly dividing the cpus option value by the cores / cpuid.coresPerSocket option value.

Reproduction Steps

1. Create a template which uses the vmware-iso builder.
2. Set cpus option to 1.
3. Set cores option to 2.
4. Inititate Packer build.
5. In VMware Workstation, open the VM settings pane for the Packer VM and observe under 'Processors' that the number of processors / CPU sockets is Invalid: 0.5 (expect 1).

Same behaviour observed when cpus set to 2, cores set to 2. VMware shows number of processors as 1 (expect 2).

Same behaviour when using cpuid.coresPerSocket option under vmx_data.

Packer version

Packer v1.7.4

Simplified Packer Buildfile

source "vmware-iso" "ubuntu-amd64" {
  // Hardware resources
  cpus                    = 1
  cores                   = 2
  disk_size               = 32768
  disk_adapter_type       = "scsi"
  memory                  = 2048
  network                 = "NAT"

  // Communicator settings
  communicator            = "ssh"
  ssh_handshake_attempts  = 50
  ssh_password            = "vagrant"
  ssh_port                = 22
  ssh_timeout             = "10m"
  ssh_username            = "vagrant"

  // Guest OS settings
  guest_os_type           = "ubuntu-64"
  shutdown_command        = "echo 'vagrant' | sudo -S shutdown -P now"
  tools_upload_flavor     = "linux"
}

build {
  source "source.vmware-iso.ubuntu-amd64" {
    name                = "ubuntu-20-04"
    boot_command        = [" <wait>"," <wait>"," <wait>"," <wait>"," <wait>","<esc><wait>","<f6><wait>","<esc><wait>","<bs><bs><bs><bs><wait>"," autoinstall<wait5>"," ds=nocloud-net<wait5>",";s=http://<wait5>{{.HTTPIP}}<wait5>:{{.HTTPPort}}/<wait5>"," ---<wait5>","<enter><wait5>"]
    boot_wait           = "5s"
    iso_url             = "https://releases.ubuntu.com/20.04.2/ubuntu-20.04.2-live-server-amd64.iso"
    iso_checksum        = "sha256:d1f2bf834bbe9bb43faf16f9be992a6f3935e65be0edece1dee2aa6eb1767423"
    http_directory      = "resources/http"
  }

  post-processor "vagrant" {
    output              = "my.box"
  }
}

Operating system and Environment details

Windows 10 20H2 (Build 19042.1165)
VMware Workstation Pro 16.1.2 (Build 17966106)

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This issue has been migrated to hashicorp/packer-plugin-vmware#34 due to the Packer Plugin split.

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