linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] show hypervisor information on cpuinfo

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Date:	Thu, 05 Feb 2009 13:08:03 -0600
From:	Anthony Liguori <anthony@...emonkey.ws>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
CC:	Glauber Costa <glommer@...hat.com>, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, avi@...hat.com, akataria@...are.com,
	Glauber Costa <gcosta@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] show hypervisor information on cpuinfo

Ingo Molnar wrote:
> * Glauber Costa <glommer@...hat.com> wrote:
>
>   
>> +char * __cpuinit hypervisor_str(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
>> +{
>> +	if (c->x86_hyper_vendor == X86_HYPER_VENDOR_VMWARE)
>> +		return "VMWare";
>> +	else
>> +		return "none";
>> +}
>>     
>
> i'd suggest these variants instead:
>
>  virtualization:	native kernel
>   

I don't think "native kernel" really ports well to other architectures 
(like s390 or PPC) that always have hypervisors present in some form.  I 
think "none" makes more sense in the case of bare metal x86.

Regards,

Anthony Liguori

>  virtualization:	KVM guest
>  virtualization:	VMWare guest
>  virtualization:	Linux guest
>
> 	Ingo
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