From 36eb4651ce10ab7776c6f28f09312bacfcd57f08 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kelven Yang <kelven@cloud.com>
Date: Wed, 7 Sep 2011 18:22:02 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Add explicit setting to VMware VM to allow device hot-plug

---
 .../cloud/hypervisor/vmware/resource/VmwareResource.java    | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/core/src/com/cloud/hypervisor/vmware/resource/VmwareResource.java b/core/src/com/cloud/hypervisor/vmware/resource/VmwareResource.java
index d73b7c72560..3df94664503 100755
--- a/core/src/com/cloud/hypervisor/vmware/resource/VmwareResource.java
+++ b/core/src/com/cloud/hypervisor/vmware/resource/VmwareResource.java
@@ -1295,11 +1295,15 @@ public class VmwareResource implements StoragePoolResource, ServerResource, Vmwa
             vmConfigSpec.setDeviceChange(deviceConfigSpecArray);
 
             // pass boot arguments through machine.id
-            OptionValue[] machineIdOptions = new OptionValue[1];
+            OptionValue[] machineIdOptions = new OptionValue[2];
             machineIdOptions[0] = new OptionValue();
             machineIdOptions[0].setKey("machine.id");
             machineIdOptions[0].setValue(vmSpec.getBootArgs());
             
+            machineIdOptions[1] = new OptionValue();
+            machineIdOptions[1].setKey("devices.hotplug");
+            machineIdOptions[1].setValue("true");
+            
             String keyboardLayout = null;
             if(vmSpec.getDetails() != null)
             	keyboardLayout = vmSpec.getDetails().get(VmDetailConstants.KEYBOARD);