uname

[Kaushal Shriyan]

On 7/27/06, Matthew Miller <mattdm at mattdm.org> wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 27, 2006 at 04:26:12PM +0530, Kaushal Shriyan wrote:
> > I have a query on uname
> > 1)uname -i prints i386
> > 2)uname -m prints i686
> > whats the difference between this two and why is it printing differently
>
>       -m, --machine
>              print the machine hardware name
>
>       -p, --processor
>              print the processor type
>
>       -i, --hardware-platform
>              print the hardware platform
>
>
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Hi Matthew

I know this using man uname
My query is what is "the machine hardware" name and what is "the
hardware platform

can i have docs saying what is i386,i486,i586 and i686 architecture

Thanks and Regards

Kaushal