Question Re: To know kernel bit in suse linux in Additional Q&A

To know kernel bit in suse linux

Former Member — Sat, 17 Mar 2012 11:29:44 GMT

Dear experts,

Which command is accurate to know operating system bit

getconf LONG_BIT or getconf WORD_BIT.

we are getting differrent output for both....

former_member189546 — Sat, 17 Mar 2012 23:04:06 GMT

Hello,

Please try

$ uname -a

x86_64 GNU/Linux indicates that you've a 64bit Linux kernel running. If you use

see i386/i486/i586/i686 it is a 32 bit kernel

regards,

John Feely

Former Member — Sun, 18 Mar 2012 03:13:56 GMT

Hi John,

That's fine Thankyou.

but , could you let's know, what is these commands used for

vincentlim826 — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 06:18:06 GMT

Maybe see /proc/cpuinfo for CPU to be more accurate.

BR, Vincent

Former Member — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 07:34:06 GMT

Dear Vincent,

Thanks for reply

I just wanna know output of both commands in linux

getconf LONG_BIT or getconf WORD_BIT.

What's there use in linux. what information we get from command

vincentlim826 — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 08:11:50 GMT

these two commands just to output the number of bit in different format (long int and int)

short int <= int <= long int

Regards,
Vincent

Former Member — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 09:30:44 GMT

Thanks a lot.

Issue resolved