On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 6:53 PM, Martin Bochnig <mar...@martux.org> wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 5:45 PM, Alan Coopersmith
> <alan.coopersm...@sun.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>> Alexander Eremin wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>> I see now it's a bug 2820 "Uname -m" does not report Operating System's
>>> mode correctly (32 or 64 bit).
>>
>> It's not supposed to:
>>
>> -m Prints the machine hardware name (class).
>> Use of this option is discouraged. Use
>> uname -p instead. See NOTES section below.
>>
>> The arch -k and uname -m commands return equivalent values;
>> however, the use of either of these commands by third party
>> programs is discouraged, as is the use of the arch command
>> in general. To determine the machine's Instruction Set
>> Architecture (ISA or processor type), use uname with the -p
>> option.
>
>
>
> isainfo -k was always the "recommended" way.
And still!!
Even on 2009.06_b111:
mar...@opensolaris:~$ prtdiag
System Configuration: FUJITSU SIEMENS AMILO Notebook Pa 3515
BIOS Configuration: Phoenix Technologies LTD V1.13 10/06/2008
==== Processor Sockets ====================================
Version Location Tag
-------------------------------- --------------------------
Athlon X2 QL-62 Socket S1G2
==== Memory Device Sockets ================================
Type Status Set Device Locator Bank Locator
----------- ------ --- ------------------- ----------------
DDR2 in use 1 S1 DIMM1
DDR2 in use 2 S2 DIMM2
==== On-Board Devices =====================================
ATI RS690M
ESS 1869
==== Upgradeable Slots ====================================
ID Status Type Description
--- --------- ---------------- ----------------------------
11 available PCI MINI PCI
mar...@opensolaris:~$ psrinfo -v
Status of virtual processor 0 as of: 04/27/2009 18:54:26
on-line since 04/27/2009 14:37:36.
The i386 processor operates at 2000 MHz,
and has an i387 compatible floating point processor.
Status of virtual processor 1 as of: 04/27/2009 18:54:26
on-line since 04/27/2009 14:37:39.
The i386 processor operates at 2000 MHz,
and has an i387 compatible floating point processor.
mar...@opensolaris:~$ uname -m
i86pc
mar...@opensolaris:~$ uname -p
i386
mar...@opensolaris:~$ uname -a
SunOS opensolaris 5.11 snv_111 i86pc i386 i86pc Solaris
mar...@opensolaris:~$ arch -k
i86pc
mar...@opensolaris:~$ isainfo -k
amd64
mar...@opensolaris:~$
--->>
Everything but isainfo shows incorrect results (not only o this box, on _many_).
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