Re: [Xen-users] Processor architecture

To:	"Bjoern Metzdorf" <bm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject:	Re: [Xen-users] Processor architecture
From:	"trilok nuwal" <tc.nuwal@xxxxxxxxx>
Date:	Fri, 25 Jan 2008 18:39:48 +0530
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Is it anything in dmidecode for this flag ?
Because i want to get this information from BIOS. I cant rely on dom0 to give this information.

Thanks,
Trilok

On Jan 25, 2008 6:36 PM, trilok nuwal < tc.nuwal@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Thanks,
So lm flag is for long mode, implies that machine is 64 bit. Am i coorect?

Thanks,
Trilok

On Jan 25, 2008 6:30 PM, Bjoern Metzdorf < bm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
trilok nuwal wrote:
> Hi,
>
> How could i know the processor architecture whether this is x86 or x86_64 ?
> arch returns the architecture of the OS installed on the machine.
> But what happened when i installed x86 dom0 on x86_64 machine, then arch
> and #uname -a as well as #xm info all shows. x86, but really the machine
> is x86_64.
>
> Could anybody tell me how i can get the system information that this is
> x86_64 machine.

cat /proc/cpuinfo

there must be a cpu flag "lm" for "long mode".

Regards,
Bjoern

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Re: [Xen-users] Processor architecture