detecting i386 or x86_64 in kickstart

Jason Edgecombe redhat at rampaginggeek.com
Tue Jan 30 00:03:47 UTC 2007


Klaus Steden wrote:
>> Hello.
>>
>> I don't totally agree with this detection. Here we have several 64bits
>> servers which are Intel(R) Xeon(TM) Maybe do we need to check about cpu
>> flags.
>>
>>     
> You're right, with some architectures you would need to check both the model
> name and number, and possibly the CPU family, but the point remains - you can
> determine a lot about your system just by checking /proc/cpuinfo.
>
> Klaus
>   

Unfortunately, after much searching, I can find no cpuinfo flags that  
give info about 32/64 bit.


Jason




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