[cfgeeks] 64 bit Linux

Kevin Korb kmk at sanitarium.net
Thu Jun 28 15:29:00 EDT 2007


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uname -p tells you what the CPU can do not what the OS is actually doing
with it...

mqs0046# uname -p ; uname -m
AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3200+
i686

That CPU is 64bit but the OS is only compiled for i686.

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On Thu, 28 Jun 2007, Kevin P. Inscoe wrote:

> Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2007 15:26:10 -0400
> From: Kevin P. Inscoe <kevin at inscoe.org>
> To: Central Florida Geeks <cfgeeks at mail.cfgeeks.org>
> Subject: Re: [cfgeeks] 64 bit Linux
> 
> Well I am halfway there... of course I knew this already with uname -p. :-P
>
> http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_80_8078.shtm
>
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