> people would be interested in finding out they're running 6 layers of
virtualization deep

Like having a partition with zVM, with a zVM second level, with a Linux
inside, running KVM, with a Linux on the KVM running a Docker container,
and a JVM inside the container, trying to benchmark Bcrypt on a JSP...

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Em qui., 23 de jul. de 2020 às 16:16, Mark Post <[email protected]> escreveu:

> On 7/23/20 3:17 AM, Stefan Raspl wrote:
> > I could imagine writing a simplistic tool
> > that displays all virtualization levels down to the CEC, with the
> potential to
> > extend it in the future.
>
> Hi, Stefan,
>
> I was thinking more in terms of command line switches that determine
> what should be returned. For example:
> cmdname --guest Would return the name of my running guest
> cmdname --host  Would return the name of the z/VM or KVM host.
> cmdname --lpar  Would return the name of the LPAR.
> cmdname --cec   Would return the name of the CEC. Or CPC, since I think
> that's the current IBM name.
>
> And possibly, something like:
> cmdname --all   Which would return the names of all these things, possible
> as "name=value" pairs.
>
> There's already the systemd-detect-virt command to tell you what
> hypervisor is in use, so that wouldn't be needed. I can't say for sure
> if many people would be interested in finding out they're running 6
> layers of virtualization deep and what each of those is. If someone does
> want that, they should speak up.
>
> I believe something like this would allow for easy scripting by system
> administrators. Of course, others may have differing opinions.
>
>
> Mark Post
>
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