From: Matti Aarnio <matti.aarnio@zmailer.org>
To: 64738 <schwung@rumms.uni-mannheim.de>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Kernel bits
Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2000 11:29:52 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20001122112952.Y28963@mea-ext.zmailer.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <974881546.3a1b830ae5202@rumms.uni-mannheim.de>
In-Reply-To: <974881546.3a1b830ae5202@rumms.uni-mannheim.de>; from schwung@rumms.uni-mannheim.de on Wed, Nov 22, 2000 at 09:25:46AM +0100
On Wed, Nov 22, 2000 at 09:25:46AM +0100, 64738 wrote:
> Hi.
>
> Is there a syscall or something that can tell me whether I'm working on a 32-
> or a 64-bit kernel?
uname(2)
It gives out various strings from which you must then deduce,
what kind of kernel is needed to run at what kind of machine.
And even though the machine is running with 64-bit kernel
(e.g. alpha/sparc64/mips64/ia64), your userspace code might
be running in 32-bit mode.
> Greeting,
> Alain
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Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2000-11-22 8:25 64738
2000-11-22 9:29 ` Matti Aarnio [this message]
2000-11-22 9:46 ` 64738
2000-11-22 10:09 ` Matti Aarnio
2000-11-23 1:15 ` Pavel Machek
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2000-11-22 8:25 64738
2000-11-27 13:36 ` Chad Schwartz
2000-11-27 13:31 ` Keith Owens
2000-11-27 14:22 ` Chad Schwartz
2000-11-27 13:53 ` Richard B. Johnson
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