linux-kernel - Re: how to tell i386 from x86-64 kernel

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Date:	Fri, 1 Feb 2008 02:03:19 +0100
From:	Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
To:	Ray Lee <ray-lk@...rabbit.org>
Cc:	kernel list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, jikos@...e.cz
Subject: Re: how to tell i386 from x86-64 kernel

On Thu 2008-01-31 16:46:57, Ray Lee wrote:
> On Jan 31, 2008 4:42 PM, Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz> wrote:
> > Quiz: on a booted system, how do you tell 32bit from 64bit kernel?
> 
> Uhm, is this a trick question? What's wrong with uname(2)?

No, it is a tricky question. You are right, uname -a tells me. Sorry.

Still, it would be nice to print it as a first message of dmesg, so
that it automatically gets included with problem reports... on
easy-to-see place.

								Pavel

Linux version 2.6.24-rc8 (pavel@amd) (gcc version 4.1.3 20071209 (prerelease) (Debian 4.1.2-18)) #65 SMP Thu Jan 31 00:02:37 CET 2008
BIOS-provided physical RAM map:


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