[cfgeeks] 64 bit Linux

[Kevin P. Inscoe]

On Thu Jun 28, 2007 at 03:29:00PM -0400, Kevin Korb wrote:
>  uname -p tells you what the CPU can do not what the OS is actually doing
>  with it...

Exactly which is why I can't trust that. I am shocked but searching
kernel.org I find no *reliable* way to determine if the kernel has been
compiled in 64 bit or not. Just seeing the X86_64 thing is not proof of this.

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