Re: uname reports 'unknown'

J Sloan (joe@tmsusa.com)
Mon, 11 Mar 2002 21:16:37 -0800


Shawn Starr wrote:

>Linux coredump 2.4.19-pre2-ac4-xfs-shawn10 #2 Mon Mar 11 03:36:35 EST
>2002 i586 unknown
>
>
>what should 'unknown' really be? I've never seen it different on Intel
>systems.
>

Many vendors ship a broken sh-utils.

They don't have to:

Linux neo.mirai.cx 2.4.19-pre2aa1 #1 Fri Mar 8 19:55:24 PST 2002 i686
GenuineIntel

Linux emerald.mirai.cx 2.4.19pre1aa1 #1 Sat Mar 2 20:55:06 PST 2002 i586
AuthenticAMD

Cheers,

Joe

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