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SubjectRe: how to tell i386 from x86-64 kernel

On Feb 1 2008 12:53, Alejandro Riveira Fernández wrote:
>>
>> # uname -m
>> I won't tell you.
>> # linux32 uname -m
>> i686
>
> Ubuntu 7.10 64 bit userland 2.6.24
>
>$ uname -m
>x86_64
>$ linux32 uname -m
>i686

What I am saying is that uname(2) does not reliably tell you whether you
have a 64-bit kernel underneath unless you have other sources of
information.
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