How to identity processor architecture

[Mulyadi Santosa]

Hi...

On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 14:07, prabhu <prabhum at msys-tech.com> wrote:
> I am getting below output for /proc/cpuinfo . I hope *cpu family : 6 *means
> x86 family(32 bit processor). What if its 64 bit processor. ( I dont have
> system to check this.)
>
> processor : 0
> vendor_id : GenuineIntel
> *cpu family : 6*
> model : 15
> model name : Intel(R) Pentium(R) Dual CPU E2160 @ 1.80GHz

according to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentium_Dual-Core, yours
falls into Allendale core category, which is already using Intel 64
technology. So, unless I am mistaken somewhere, yours is x64. The
problem is, is it working in hybrid 64/32 bit or in full 32 bit ....?

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