How to identity processor architecture

[prabhum@msys-tech.com (prabhu)]

Pravin Shedage wrote:
> Hi,
>
> This C program might help you.
>
> #include <stdio.h>
> #include <stdlib.h>
> #include <string.h>
> #include <errno.h>
> #include <sys/utsname.h>
>
> int main()
> {
>     struct utsname *buf = NULL;
>
>
>
>     buf = malloc(sizeof(struct utsname));
>     if (buf == NULL) {
>         fprintf(stderr,"Memory Allocation Error: %s \n", strerror(errno));
>         exit(-1);
>     }
>
>     if (uname(buf) < 0) {
>         fprintf(stderr,"UName Error: %s \n", strerror(errno));
>         exit(-1);
>     }
>
>     printf ("Processor arch =:>) %s \n", buf->machine);
>
>     return 0;
> }
>
>
>
>
> On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 4:45 PM, Henry Gebhardt 
> <hsggebhardt at googlemail.com <mailto:hsggebhardt@googlemail.com>> wrote:
>
>     On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 03:23:28PM +0530, prabhu wrote:
>     > Any C programming technique apart from using this /proc/cpuinfo
>     detail?
>
>     What about using the machine field of uname(2):
>
>       $ man 2 uname
>
>     Quoting from that man page:
>
>       [...] the operating system  presumably  knows  its name,  release
>       and version.   It also knows what hardware it runs on.
>
>     Perhaps a downside, it returns the machine type as a string.  Does
>     that
>     do what you want?
>
>     I also find "man linux32" rather interesting:
>
>        setarch  -  change reported architecture in new program environment
>        and set personality flags
>
>     Might be useful for testing.
>
>
>     Greetings,
>     Henry
>

Both Ideas give the  Kernel architecture not cpu architecture.

You can get exact cpu architecture through lshw command.

*-cpu
          product: Intel(R) Pentium(R) Dual  CPU  E2160  @ 1.80GHz
          vendor: Intel Corp.
          physical id: 1
          bus info: cpu at 0
          version: 6.15.13
          serial: 0000-06FD-0000-0000-0000-0000
          size: 1200MHz
          capacity: 1200MHz
          width: 64 bits
          capabilities: fpu fpu_exception wp vme de pse tsc msr pae mce 
cx8 apic mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 
ss ht tm pbe nx x86-64 constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts pni dtes64 
monitor ds_cpl est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm lahf_lm cpufreq
          configuration: id=1
        *-logicalcpu:0
             description: Logical CPU
             physical id: 1.1
             width: 64 bits
             capabilities: logical
        *-logicalcpu:1
             description: Logical CPU
             physical id: 1.2
             width: 64 bits
             capabilities: logical

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