virt-what.in: warn about missing cpuid-virt helper program

[virt-what.git] / virt-what.in

diff --git a/virt-what.in b/virt-what.in
index 1532b90..5ae1ccb 100644 (file)
--- a/virt-what.in
+++ b/virt-what.in
@@ -74,11 +74,18 @@ exec_prefix=@exec_prefix@
 PATH="${root}@libexecdir@:${root}/sbin:${root}/usr/sbin:${PATH}"
 
 # Check we're running as root.
+EFFUID=$(id -u) || fail "failed to get current user id"
 
-if [ "x$root" = "x" ] && [ "$EUID" -ne 0 ]; then
+if [ "x$root" = "x" ] && [ "$EFFUID" -ne 0 ]; then
     fail "this script must be run as root"
 fi
 
+# Try to locate the CPU-ID helper program
+CPUID_HELPER=$(which virt-what-cpuid-helper 2>/dev/null)
+if [ -z "$CPUID_HELPER" ] ; then
+    fail "virt-what-cpuid-helper program not found in \$PATH"
+fi
+
 # Many fullvirt hypervisors give an indication through CPUID.  Use the
 # helper program to get this information.