From: Chris Koeritz <fred@gruntose.com>
Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2013 00:41:14 +0000 (-0500)
Subject: linux script to report if this machine supports 64 bit computing (via long mode
X-Git-Tag: 2.140.90~1102
X-Git-Url: https://feistymeow.org/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=ccff81ba5e6a3a823a83146464eedcdff65a6351;p=feisty_meow.git

linux script to report if this machine supports 64 bit computing (via long mode
check on cpuinfo).
---

diff --git a/scripts/system/check_64bit.sh b/scripts/system/check_64bit.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0943b5fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/system/check_64bit.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# just tests whether a linux box can handle 64-bit operating systems.
+
+longmode_check="$(grep " lm " /proc/cpuinfo |head -n 1)"
+
+if [ -z "$longmode_check" ]; then
+  echo "CPU does not seem to support 64 bit long mode."
+else
+  echo "CPU can support 64 bit long mode."
+fi
+