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@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@ # hvinfo -Yet another hypervisor detection tool, this time in a high level language and -doesn't want root privileges. +Yet another hypervisor detection tool for UNIX-like systems. + +### Design goals + +* Single high level language (Ada 2005). Even if certain things require more code. +* No root privileges required, ever. Even if it means running checks in inconvenient ways. +* Support for at least the most popular UNIX-like systems, not just Linux. ## Building @@ -27,15 +32,16 @@ in your $PATH. # OS and hypervisor support -CPUID-based checks that can detext KVM, Xen HVM, VMware, and Hyper-V are +CPUID-based checks that can detect KVM, Xen HVM, VMware, and Hyper-V are supported on any OS. Xen PV vs. Xen HVM check is supported on Linux and FreeBSD. The easiest way to detect VirtualBox, Parallels, and some other hypervisors -that don't use CPUID identification is to check SMBIOS vendor name, +that don't use CPUID identification is to check the SMBIOS vendor name, and this is currently only supported on Linux because it provides DMI information -via sysfs. +via sysfs to unprivileged users. FreeBSD requires root privileges for DMI reading, +so Parallels is undetectable on FreeBSD right now. Container systems such as LXC and OpenVZ are not supported yet. |