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authorRichard Jones <rjones@trick.home.annexia.org>2009-07-23 09:18:57 +0100
committerRichard Jones <rjones@trick.home.annexia.org>2009-07-23 09:59:36 +0100
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Autoconfify, add CPUID helper program to detect HVM domains (Paolo Bonzini).1.1
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@@ -23,47 +23,58 @@ don't know about or cannot detect.
=over 4
-=item openvz
+=item B<openvz>
The guest appears to be running inside an OpenVZ or Virtuozzo
container.
Status: contributed by Evgeniy Sokolov
-=item qemu
+=item B<kvm>
-This is QEMU or KVM.
+This is KVM.
-Status: confirmed by RWMJ. Currently we have no way to
-tell the difference between QEMU and KVM guests.
+Status: confirmed by RWMJ.
-=item virtualpc
+=item B<qemu>
+
+This is QEMU.
+
+Status: confirmed by RWMJ.
+
+=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
-=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