Greetings,
The command "uname -a " should give u the kernel version number
and info abt whether its a 32-bit or 64-bit kernel. A 32-bit kernel
usually has the number i386 or i686 & 64-bit has the number x86_64.
The i386, i586, i686 are references to Pentium III and Pentium IV
proccessors , which actually means that an i386 kernel which is the
"oldest" and most compatible stuff could be running on a machine with
a proccessor from Pentium 166 MMX up to the newest 3.0 GHz models plus
even the AMD Proccessors . for example look what my machine prints
Linux 2.4.31 #2 Mon Jun 20 22:00:34 EEST 2005 i686 athlon i386 GNU/Linux
^^^^^^^
Notice the underlined stuff , My Machine has an Atlhon XP 2700+ CPU ,
so the best reference in my opinion would be : 'cat /proc/cpuinfo '
processor : 0
The above line says that the informaiton that follow refer to the first CPU
of the machine , in my case it's the first and last ( Single Proccessor )
vendor_id : AuthenticAMD
Now the above line says that i have an AMD proccessor .
cpu family : 6
model : 8
Well i can't decrypt the above 2 lines but
model name : AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2700+
the above line says that Proccessor 0 is an
AMD Athlon XP 2700+ ( forget the (tm) thing it's
worthless , well it actually means trademark , so it is junk )
stepping : 1
cpu MHz : 2170.049
and the above line says that my CPU runs 2170.049 MHz
So untill know we have collected the following information
:
AMD Athlon XP 2700+ running at 2,17 GHz
although it is not clearly stated it is a 32bit CPU .
A Google search would proove that it is a 32 bit CPU .
Kind Regards,
Kostas
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