cpuid=`virt-what-cpuid-helper`
# Check for various products in the BIOS information.
+# Note that dmidecode doesn't exist on non-PC architectures. On these,
+# this will return an error which is ignored (error message redirected
+# into $dmi variable).
dmi=`LANG=C dmidecode 2>&1`
fi
# Check for VirtualPC.
-
-if echo "$dmi" | grep -q 'Manufacturer: Microsoft Corporation'; then
+# The negative check for cpuid is to distinguish this from Hyper-V
+# which also has the same manufacturer string in the SM-BIOS data.
+if [ "$cpuid" != "Microsoft Hv" ] &&
+ echo "$dmi" | grep -q 'Manufacturer: Microsoft Corporation'; then
echo virtualpc
fi