uname information.

[Verde Denim]

Have you looked at the man pages (man name) ?
m is machine, p is processor...

Also, see this article:
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=difference+between+i386+and+i686
On Aug 4, 2012 7:23 AM, "Kaushal Shriyan" <kaushalshriyan at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I have the following information on my laptop.
>
> kaushal at kaushal-laptop:~$ uname -v
> #39-Ubuntu SMP Thu Jul 19 19:39:19 UTC 2012 -> what does this line mean?
> kaushal at kaushal-laptop:~$ uname -r
> 3.0.0-23-generic-pae
> kaushal at kaushal-laptop:~$ uname -m
> i686
> kaushal at kaushal-laptop:~$ uname -p
> i686
> kaushal at kaushal-laptop:~$ uname -i
> i386
> kaushal at kaushal-laptop:~$ uname -s
> Linux
> kaushal at kaushal-laptop:~$ uname -o
> GNU/Linux
> kaushal at kaushal-laptop:~$ uname -a
> Linux kaushal-laptop 3.0.0-23-generic-pae #39-Ubuntu SMP Thu Jul 19
> 19:39:19 UTC 2012 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
> kaushal at kaushal-laptop:~$
>
> Also not sure what is the difference between -p or -i or -m flags to
> uname. Can someone please help me understand?
> what is the basic difference between i386,i486 ,i586,i686?
>
> Regards,
>
> Kaushal
>
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