linux-kernel - RE: Problem with auto-detecting a HV environment from within Linux

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Date:	Fri, 26 Feb 2010 19:07:14 +0000
From:	Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@...rosoft.com>
To:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>, Hank Janssen <hjanssen@...rosoft.com>
CC:	"devel@...verdev.osuosl.org" <devel@...verdev.osuosl.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: Problem with auto-detecting a HV environment from within Linux

> From: Greg KH [mailto:greg@...ah.com]
> Sent: Thursday, February 25, 2010 9:57 PM
> In looking at the second patch again, I think you will need to put some
> spaces in the DMI strings to get it to match up properly.  Look at what
> the files in:
> 	/sys/class/dmi/id/
> look like exactly to get it to line up.  The module id stuff strips
> spaces out, so I can't get the real value there.

Thanks for your help! I have applied the two patches -- auto loading of hv_vmbus works fine after a space was inserted into the DMI strings ("Microsoft Corporation", "Virtual Machine").

Also, according to our Hyper-V team, we have no plan to change the virtual VGA card id and DMI info.

Thanks,

- Haiyang
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