Comment 2 for bug 87424

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Kees Cook (kees) wrote : Re: [Bug 87424] Re: unable to tell the difference between 32 and 64 bit builds

On Fri, Feb 23, 2007 at 11:29:30PM -0000, Brian Murray wrote:
> Isn't the system architecture information in the uname line of the
> initial crash? Here is an example: 'Uname: Linux mlenz-laptop
> 2.6.20-8-generic #2 SMP Tue Feb 13 05:18:42 UTC 2007 i686 GNU/Linux'.

For 32bit, it will say "i686", and for 64, it will say "x86_64". e.g.,
my machine:

Linux gorgon 2.6.20-8-generic #2 SMP Tue Feb 13 01:14:41 UTC 2007 x86_64
GNU/Linux

Or just uname -m

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