Re: [Linux-ia64] platform detection at run-time

[Don Dugger <n0ano@n0ano.com>]

What's wrong with `uname -m'?

On Wed, Sep 25, 2002 at 02:18:51PM -0400, Sane_Purushottam@emc.com wrote:
> I have a linux application running on 32-bit machines. Due to some
> third-party limitations, we cannot build this application on 64-bit machines
> natively. Thus we'll be using the '32-bit compatibility mode'.
> 
> For some application specific reasons, I need to be able to determine at
> run-time whether the application is running on a 32-bit or a 64-bit
> platform.
> 
> What I have found is that there's no reliable way for the application to
> determine whether it's running on a 64-bit machine. I use info obtained from
> /proc/cpuinfo (more specifically family field) to determine the platform.
> However this is not standard. On Redhat 7.1 (lk 2.4.3-12) family value is
> set to IA-64 while on Redhat 7.2 (lk 2.4.9-34) this field is set to
> 'Itanium'.
> 
> What is the preferred method to determine the platform at run time ?? Are
> these values likely to change (after I change my code to handle this) ????
> 
> Nitin Sane
> sane_purushottam@emc.com
> (508) 382-7319
> 
> 
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