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Re: Identifying CPU and current OS



On 28.09.2025 16:12, Robert Heller wrote:

But the results of uname is difinitive. A 64-bit kernel won't run on a 32-bit
CPU, although a 32-bit kernel will run on a 64-bit processor. So if the
*kernel* is 64-bit, the processor is 64-bit. It is possible to have both
32-bit and 64-bit user-mode programms installed [on a 64-bit processor with a
64-bit kernel], if all of the proper libraries, including the
/lib/ld-linus-*.so files. (I guess it is possible to install a 64-bit kernel
and all 32-bit user-mode files, but why would one do that?)

It is only way to upgrade existing 32 bit install to trixie, because trixie no longer has i686 kernel.

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Virgo Pärna
Gaiasoft OÜ
virgo@gaiasoft.ee


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