diff -u facter-1.5.6/debian/changelog facter-1.5.6/debian/changelog
--- facter-1.5.6/debian/changelog
+++ facter-1.5.6/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+facter (1.5.6-2ubuntu3) lucid; urgency=low
+
+  * Cherry-picked KVM detection for 'virtual' fact from upstream commit
+    62b6773a63bb96273fbc. (LP: #708080).
+
+ -- Oliver Brakmann <obrakmann@gmx.net>  Wed, 26 Jan 2011 21:36:23 +0100
+
 facter (1.5.6-2ubuntu2) lucid; urgency=low
 
   * Dropped ruby-pkg-tools, and libsetup-ruby1.8, and cdbs, use what 
only in patch2:
unchanged:
--- facter-1.5.6.orig/lib/facter/virtual.rb
+++ facter-1.5.6/lib/facter/virtual.rb
@@ -46,7 +46,14 @@
                 result = "xen0" 
             end
         end
- 
+
+        if FileTest.exists?("/proc/cpuinfo")
+            txt = File.read("/proc/cpuinfo")
+            if txt =~ /QEMU Virtual CPU/
+                result = "kvm" 
+            end
+        end
+
         if result == "physical"
             output = Facter::Util::Resolution.exec('lspci')
             if not output.nil?
@@ -86,7 +93,7 @@
 
     setcode do
         case Facter.value(:virtual)
-        when "xenu", "openvzve", "vmware" 
+        when "xenu", "openvzve", "vmware", "kvm" 
             true
         else 
             false