Re: uname -a

[Thanasis Kinias <tkinias@optimalco.com>]

scripsit Tomasz Cichecki:
> I have searched the groups to find out why the uname -p or uname -a 
> prints ' unknown unknown ' as processor type. I think it's a bug or 
> something (the program is not able to read the correct entries or 
> something). On every un*x other then linux the uname command lets you 
> find out which procesor is in your computer box (brand name, revision). 
> Apparently Linux doesn't carre at all on what it's running or so. It's 
> might be also a kind of security messure (lol!).

[02:36 Sat 03 Aug 2002 | ~ ]
[tkinias@general3] {!23} $ uname -a
SunOS general3 5.7 Generic_106541-12 sun4u sparc

[02:35 Sat 03 Aug 2002 | ~ ]
[tkinias@medusa] {!501} $ uname -a
IRIX64 medusa 6.5 10120733 IP27 mips

[02:36 Sat 03 Aug 2002 | ~ ]
[tkinias@research4] {!21} $ uname -a
AIX research4 3 4 004645904C00

[02:33 Sat 03 Aug 2002 | ~ ]
[tkinias@glaux] {!497} $ uname -a
Linux glaux 2.4.18-686 #1 Sun Apr 14 11:32:47 EST 2002 i686 unknown

[02:34 Sat 03 Aug 2002 | ~ ]
[tkinias@idmac] {!501} $ uname -a 
Linux idmac 2.4.18-newpmac #1 Thu Mar 14 22:44:49 EST 2002 ppc unknown

Solaris and IRIX report different "machine type" (-m) as a finer
classification of "processor" (-p).  AIX, of course, must be different,
and reports gibberish for -m, and nothing ("illegal option") for -p.
Linux gives in -m roughly what Solaris/SGI give in -p.  All the
information you need for most purposes you'll get from uname -a.

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Arizona State University
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