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

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Message-ID: <1FB5E1D5CA062146B38059374562DF725B6A5633@TK5EX14MBXC130.redmond.corp.microsoft.com>
Date:	Thu, 25 Feb 2010 18:37:05 +0000
From:	Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@...rosoft.com>
To:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
CC:	Hank Janssen <hjanssen@...rosoft.com>,
	"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 12:36 PM
> What does the following command output in a HV virtual system:
> 	grep . /sys/bus/acpi/devices/*/modalias

/sys/bus/acpi/devices/VMBus:00/modalias:acpi:VMBus:

> How about DMI data?  Does the Host export any info there?  Is there
> anything in the /sys/class/dmi/id/ directory?  If so, can you send the
> output of:
> 	cat /sys/class/dmi/id/modalias

dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr090004:bd03/19/2009:svnMicrosoftCorporation:pnVirtualMachine:pvr7.0:rvnMicrosoftCorporation:rnVirtualMachine:rvr7.0:cvnMicrosoftCorporation:ct3:cvr7.0:

> And you are sure no PCI devices are present to key off of that are
> never going to show up in a "physical" machine?

There is also a pci device as you said:
00:08.0 VGA compatible controller: Microsoft Corporation Device 5353 (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
        Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle+ MemWINV+ VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B- DisINTx-
        Status: Cap- 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
        Latency: 0
        Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 11
        Region 0: Memory at f8000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64M]

> 
> What do you recommend doing here?

I think any of the above can be used.

Thanks,

- Haiyang

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