Add detection of IBM PowerVM Lx86 Linux/x86 emulator.

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

diff --git a/virt-what.pod b/virt-what.pod
index 3fc4b25..d5888c2 100644 (file)
--- a/virt-what.pod
+++ b/virt-what.pod
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+=encoding utf8
+
 =head1 NAME
 
 virt-what - detect if we are running in a virtual machine
@@ -23,47 +25,82 @@ don't know about or cannot detect.
 
 =over 4
 
-=item openvz
+=item B<hyperv>
+
+This is Hyper-V.
+
+Status: from MSDN description, not tested.
+
+=item B<kvm>
+
+This is KVM.
+
+Status: confirmed by RWMJ.
+
+=item B<openvz>
 
 The guest appears to be running inside an OpenVZ or Virtuozzo
 container.
 
 Status: contributed by Evgeniy Sokolov
 
-=item qemu
+=item B<powervm_lx86>
+
+The guest is running inside IBM PowerVM Lx86 Linux/x86 emulator.
+
+Status: data supplied by Jeffrey Scheel, not confirmed
+
+=item B<qemu>
+
+This is QEMU.
 
-This is QEMU or KVM.
+Status: confirmed by RWMJ.
 
-Status: confirmed by RWMJ.  Currently we have no way to
-tell the difference between QEMU and KVM guests.
+=item B<uml>
 
-=item virtualpc
+This is a User-Mode Linux (UML) guest.
+
+Status: contributed by Laurent Léonard
+
+=item B<virtualbox>
+
+This is a VirtualBox guest.
+
+Status: contributed by Laurent Léonard
+
+=item B<virtualpc>
 
 The guest appears to be running on Microsoft VirtualPC.
 
 Status: not confirmed
 
-=item vmware
+=item B<vmware>
 
 The guest appears to be running on VMware.
 
-Status: not confirmed
+Status: confirmed by RWMJ
 
-=item xen
+=item B<xen>
 
 The guest appears to be running on Xen.
 
 Status: confirmed by RWMJ
 
-=item xen-dom0
+=item B<xen-dom0>
 
 This is the Xen dom0 (privileged domain).
 
 Status: confirmed by RWMJ
 
-=item xen-domU
+=item B<xen-domU>
+
+This is a Xen domU (paravirtualized guest domain).
+
+Status: confirmed by RWMJ
+
+=item B<xen-hvm>
 
-This is a Xen domU (normal guest domain).
+This is a Xen guest fully virtualized (HVM).
 
 Status: confirmed by RWMJ