2006-06-09 Jeremy Katz <katzj@redhat.com>

	* iutil.py (isMactel): Add a way to check if a box is a mactel

1 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/iutil.py b/iutil.py
index 69bbd8c8b..fbc98ec2a 100644
--- a/iutil.py
+++ b/iutil.py
@@ -436,6 +436,18 @@ def getPPCMacBook():
         return 1
     return 0
 
+# return True if this is one of the Intel-based Apple Macs
+def isMactel():
+    if rhpl.getArch() not in ("x86_64", "i386"):
+        return False
+    if not os.path.exists("/usr/sbin/dmidecode"):
+        return False
+    buf = execWithCapture("/usr/sbin/dmidecode",
+                          ["dmidecode", "-s", "system-manufacturer"])
+    if buf.lower().find("apple") != -1:
+        return True
+    return False
+
 def hasNX():
     """Convenience function to see if a machine supports the nx bit. We want
     to install an smp kernel if NX is present since NX requires PAE (#173245)"""