On Thu, December 22, 2016 08:15, xinglp wrote:
> As the below code:
> case $(uname -m) in
>     x86) ln -s ld-linux.so.2 /lib/ld-lsb.so.3
>     ;;
>     x86_64) ln -s ../lib/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 /lib64
>             ln -s ../lib/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 /lib64/ld-lsb-x86-64.so.3
>     ;;
> esac
>
> On my machine, 'uname -m' only output x86_64 or i686, but never x86.
> When will it output x86 ?
>
> Thanks.

Hello xinglp,

Uname -m will only output x86 if you reprogram it to output x86. x86 means
for [456]86.

If clarification is required in the book, then perhaps we can let users
know x86 isn't the actual output expected from uname, but 486, 586 or 686.

Sincerely,

William Harrington
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