Re: virt-what wrongly detects a surfacebook 2 as virtualpc

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here are the files for the surface book 2


william – Mon, 12. November 2018 19:55
> So it took a while but here are the relevant files for detecting if a machine
> is running within virtualpc.
> I will send in another message with the info for the surface laptop.
> 
> Could the virt-what tool be updated so it will detect correctly if it is
> running within virtual pc or not?
> 
> Best regards,
> William van de Velde
> 
> 
> william – Thu, 1. November 2018 12:03
> > output from dmidecode attached.
> > 
> > 
> > william – Thu, 1. November 2018 6:54
> > > Hello,
> > > 
> > > the check in virt-what that detects running inside virtualpc gives a false
> > > positive when using a microsoft surface book 2.
> > > Could this check be updated or disabled for that matter until there is a
> > > working check to detect if it is running from virtual pc instead of
> checking
> > > the hardware vendor?
> > > 
> > > a dmidecode on a surfacebook 2 lists the hw manufacturer as Microsoft
> which
> > is
> > > correct but the dmidecode based check for virtual pc uses this to detect
> if
> > it
> > > is running virtual or not.
> > > 
> > > Best regards,
> > > William van de Velde
> > > 
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Attachment: cpuid-helper-surface_book_2
Description: Binary data

Attachment: cpuinfo-surface_book_2
Description: Binary data

Attachment: dmidecode-surface_book_2
Description: Binary data

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