2009/4/3 Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > On Fri, 3 Apr 2009, Sharpe, Sam J wrote: > >> 2009/4/3 Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: >> > >> > what is the fedora-approved way to identify the wordsize of both >> > your running kernel and your CPU? for the kernel, i'm used to running >> > >> > $ uname -r >> > >> > and just looking at the suffix, which in my case would be either >> > "i686" or "x86_64". is there a simpler way? >> >> # man arch >> NAME >> arch - print machine hardware name (same as uname -m) >> >> # arch >> x86_64 >> >> # uname -m >> x86_64 > > hang on ... if i have a 32-bit kernel running on a 64-bit CPU, what > will the above print? i'd want it to print, well, i686 or something > that represents 32 bits. is that what it would do? Yes, it's the right way to run "uname -r" and look at the suffix... it's the same thing, only it just prints out the suffix. e.g. A 64bit capable CPU with a 32 bit (RHEL5) OS: [sam@machine ~]$ arch i686 (this represents the installed kernel architecture) [sam@machine ~]$ [[ $(grep lm /proc/cpuinfo) ]] && echo x86_64 || echo i686 x86_64 (this represents the processor architecture) -- Sam -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
