<div dir="ltr">x86 is a 32-bit Processor architecture. x86_64 is the 64-bit Processor architecture. Software (including Linux kernel) designed for a 32-bit processor can run on both a 64-bit as well as a 32-bit processor, however software designed for 64-bit processor can't be executed on a 32-bit processor.<div>
<br></div><div style>~Gaurav </div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Dec 23, 2012 at 4:58 PM, Shraddha Kamat <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:sh2008ka@gmail.com" target="_blank">sh2008ka@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">I used x86 - bzImage to boot my machine and 'uname -a' shows this :-<br>
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Linux phx4 3.7.1 #3 SMP Sun Dec 23 16:28:20 IST 2012 x86_64 x86_64<br>
x86_64 GNU/Linux<br>
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where I see x86_64 arch (and not x86_64) ???<br>
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What is the difference between arch/x86 and arch/x86_64 ?<br>
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-- Shraddha<br>
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</blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Gaurav Jain</font><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Associate Software Engineer</font></div>
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