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On 08/07/2012 03:08 PM, Micha? Mas?owski wrote:
>> Thank you all very much for your answers. I think the command
>> suggested by MagicFab is the one I am looking for:
>>
>> lshw -C cpu | grep width
>
> This won't give more information than if the CPU is 32-bit or 64-bit.
> And it's not installed by default in Parabola (and doesn't seem
> available on mips64el).

Well, this the Trisquel list, isn't it?

>
>
> For "uname -m":
>
> x86 i?86 unless /proc/cpuinfo has lm in flags
> x86-64/amd64 x86_64 or i686 if /proc/cpuinfo has lm in flags
> MIPS mips*
> ARM arm*

If someone has installed a 32-bit OS on a 64 bit system, the above won't
report x86_64.

The lshw command reports exactly that, no matter what version of the OS
is installed.

>
>
> (* has the usual meaning of matching any text.)
>
> Wouldn't expect 32-bit systems being common on x86-64 CPUs, this is
> useful nearly only for nonfree kernel modules built only for 32-bit x86.

You should :)

>
>
> I still don't believe that anyone reporting a non-x86 machine on h-node
> wouldn't know what CPU architecture it has (e.g. by choosing the
> installation media for it). (Or is there a free distro supporting
> multiple such architectures and being often preinstalled on non-x86
> devices? Ones I know support MIPS and are only on a single device model
> From a single seller.)

Don't underestimate the masses :)

Cheers,

Fabian



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