[cfgeeks] 64 bit Linux

[Kevin P. Inscoe]

On Thu Jun 28, 2007 at 04:17:53PM -0400, Kevin Korb wrote:
>  The stuff you quoted plainly says that x86_64 is 64 bit while i?86 is
>  32 bit (or a 64bit CPU running in 32 bit mode).  I supose you could
>  force it to fail by compiling uname as a 32 bit binary and linking it
>  with the 32 bit compatibility libraries on a 64 bit system+OS but
>  otherwise it should work.

Ok I guess I am not explaining this well enough.

Does uname -m being X86_64 *always* mean 64 bit? Or another way to put is it
*always* a valid to assert *only* 64 bit systems will *always* print X86_64
even Dual Core's?

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