On Sat, 9 Feb 2008 21:13:43 +0100 (CET) Jan Engelhardt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > 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. that's sort of a rabbit-and-the-frog problem. The 32 bit emulator tries to look EXACTLY like the 32 bit kernel, and it really should. If someone wants a method to detect even that... we would really want to know the exact usecase.. because very likely it's the wrong answer to some other problem ;-) -- If you want to reach me at my work email, use [EMAIL PROTECTED] For development, discussion and tips for power savings, visit http://www.lesswatts.org -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
