[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2] eal/x86: get hypervisor name

[Thomas Monjalon]

02/01/2018 17:34, Stephen Hemminger:
> On Sat, 30 Dec 2017 23:47:23 +0100
> Thomas Monjalon <thomas at monjalon.net> wrote:
> 
> > The CPUID instruction is catched by hypervisor which can return
> > a flag indicating one is running, and its name.
> > 
> > Suggested-by: Stephen Hemminger <sthemmin at microsoft.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Thomas Monjalon <thomas at monjalon.net>
> > ---
> > v2 changes:
> > 	- remove C99 style declaration
> > 	- move code in rte_hypervisor.* files
> > 	- add a function to get the name string
> 
> Looks good to me.
> What about Xen?

Xen is not supported in DPDK currently.
So it will be handled as "unknown".
Xen awareness can be added later with some driver support.