Add a regression test for IBM PowerVM Lx86 emulator (thanks Yufang Zhang).

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

diff --git a/virt-what.in b/virt-what.in
index a0f7406..e0fdf5b 100644 (file)
--- a/virt-what.in
+++ b/virt-what.in
@@ -81,6 +81,9 @@ fi
 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`
 
@@ -100,8 +103,10 @@ if [ "$cpuid" = "Microsoft Hv" ]; then
 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