Re: [PATCH 1/2] VMware detection support for x86 and x86-64

[Gerd Hoffmann]

  Hi,

> This, of course, is what CPUID is for.

... except that it doesn't always work.  It requires vmx/svm, otherwise
cpuid doesn't trap and thus can't be filled by the hypervisor ...

cheers,
  Gerd

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