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Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/kernel/cpu/vmware.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/kernel/cpu/vmware.c | 7 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/vmware.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/vmware.c index a0905ecfe7d2..c034bda842d9 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/vmware.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/vmware.c @@ -61,6 +61,11 @@ static unsigned long __vmware_get_tsc_khz(void) return tsc_hz; } +/* + * While checking the dmi string infomation, just checking the product + * serial key should be enough, as this will always have a VMware + * specific string when running under VMware hypervisor. + */ int vmware_platform(void) { if (cpu_has_hypervisor) { @@ -74,7 +79,7 @@ int vmware_platform(void) hyper_vendor_id[12] = '\0'; if (!strcmp(hyper_vendor_id, "VMwareVMware")) return 1; - } else if (dmi_available && dmi_name_in_vendors("VMware") && + } else if (dmi_available && dmi_name_in_serial("VMware") && __vmware_platform()) return 1; |