[cfgeeks] 64 bit Linux

[Kevin P. Inscoe]

On Thu Jun 28, 2007 at 03:43:42PM -0400, Kevin Korb wrote:
>  Why isn't it?  I only see that on boxes that are running 64bit Linux.
>  That is what it means.
>  On Thu, 28 Jun 2007, Kevin P. Inscoe wrote:
> 
> > Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2007 15:40:20 -0400
> > From: Kevin P. Inscoe <kevin at inscoe.org>
> > To: Central Florida Geeks <cfgeeks at mail.cfgeeks.org>
> > Subject: Re: [cfgeeks] 64 bit Linux
> > 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.

man uname -i

 -i, --hardware-platform
              print the hardware platform

Just because the hardware is 64 bit dfoes not mean the kernel is running that
way. I am proof of that. I am running four AMD's and the system is pulling
back i386.

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