Bug 1472871 – Update virt-what to detect AWS platform.

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Bug 1472871 - Update virt-what to detect AWS platform.

Summary:	Update virt-what to detect AWS platform.

Status:	CLOSED ERRATA

Aliases:	None

Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Classification:	Red Hat
Component:	virt-what (Show other bugs)
Sub Component:
Version:	7.3
Hardware:	Unspecified Unspecified

Priority	unspecified Severity unspecified
Target Milestone:	rc
Target Release:	---
Assigned To:	Richard W.M. Jones
QA Contact:	Virtualization Bugs
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Duplicates:	681464 (view as bug list)
Depends On:
Blocks:	1113520 1644493 1644497 1288337 1301891
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Reported:	2017-07-19 10:56 EDT by Qi Guo [Flos]
Modified:	2018-10-30 22:26 EDT (History)
CC List:	3 users (show)

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Fixed In Version:	virt-what-1.18-3.el7
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Clones:	1644493 1644497 (view as bug list)
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Last Closed:	2018-04-10 12:22:43 EDT
Type:	Bug
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Attachments	(Terms of Use)
Update virt-what to detect AWS via dmidecode data. (578 bytes, text/plain) 2017-07-19 10:56 EDT, Qi Guo [Flos]	no flags	Details
Add an attachment (proposed patch, testcase, etc.)

External Trackers
Tracker	ID	Priority	Status	Summary	Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata	RHBA-2018:0896	None	None	None	2018-04-10 12:24 EDT

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Description Qi Guo [Flos] 2017-07-19 10:56:49 EDT

Created attachment 1301150 [details]
Update virt-what to detect AWS via dmidecode data.

> Description of problem:
Current virt-what just shows up 'xen,xen-hvm' on Amazon AWS platform. A little patch can help to detect these systems.

> Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
virt-what-1.13-8.el7.x86_64 or latest upstream

> How reproducible:
Always

> Steps to Reproduce:
1. Start AWS instance.
2. Run virt-what as root

> Actual results:
Returned output:
xen
xen-hvm

> Expected results:
Output can be:
xen
xen-hvm
aws

> Additional info:
Please kindly check the patch in the attachment.

Comment 2 Richard W.M. Jones 2017-07-19 11:40:27 EDT

Thanks, I have pushed the patch upstream here:

http://git.annexia.org/?p=virt-what.git;a=commitdiff;h=dc32228184622b28f412f527c0f353347db029b8

Comment 3 Richard W.M. Jones 2017-07-19 11:42:10 EDT

*** Bug 681464 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 4 Qi Guo [Flos] 2017-07-19 21:41:16 EDT

Thank you Richard! ;)

Comment 5 Xianghua Chen 2017-07-31 02:32:17 EDT

Can reproduce this bug with :
virt-what-1.13-10.el7.x86_64

Steps:
1. Apply for a AWS account and start an rhel7.4 instance
2. 
# sudo virt-what
xen
xen-hvm

Comment 7 Xianghua Chen 2018-01-17 02:33:37 EST

Verified with packages:
virt-what-1.18-4.el7.x86_64

Steps:
1. Apply for a AWS account and start an rhel7.5 instance
2. 
# sudo virt-what
xen
xen-hvm
aws

Comment 10 errata-xmlrpc 2018-04-10 12:22:43 EDT

Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2018:0896

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