This repo contains Python standard library modules patched with VMCI support:
vmci: socket with VMCI supportasyncvmci: asyncore with VMCI supportportfwd-vmciis a VMCI to TCP port forwarder that uses asyncore
These patched modules in this repository are all licensed under the same very liberal terms as Python itself. See LICENSE. It only supports Python 2 at the moment but should be portable to Python 3 with minimal effort. Patches Welcome!
On Linux, make sure you have the bluetooth headers installed. The package is bluez-devel on Fedora and Red Hat and libbluetooth-dev on Ubuntu and Debian.
On Windows, make sure you have Microsoft Visual C++ Compiler for Python 2.7 installed (http://aka.ms/vcpython27).
Build on a machine with VMWare installed
cd python-vmci
python setup.py build
python setup.py bdist_wheel # optional
- vmci.py and vmcimodule.c are Python 2.7's standard
socketmodule patched with VMCI support - asyncvmci.py is Python 2.7's asyncore patched.
- server.c and client.c are minimal VMCI test programs to help diagnose communication problems