[ubuntu-uk] uname -a for 32 bit os on 64 bit cpu

[Colin Law]

2011/11/15 Juan J. <reidrac at usebox.net>:
> On Tue, 2011-11-15 at 08:04 +0000, Colin Law wrote:
>> [...]
>> which suggests that it is talking about the hardware platform the
>> software is running on.
>
> Have you tried texinfo manual as recommended in the man page?
>
> info coreutils 'uname invocation'
>
> It's way more complete.
>
> I looks like the problem may be in the information that it's being
> provided by the kernel it's not accurate, or at least it's not what
> uname is expecting :)

So you think the problem is not in the man page for uname, but uname
-i -m -p *should* display information about the hardware rather than
the installed OS?

I have had a quick look for any relevant bug reports but cannot find any.

Colin