From ccff81ba5e6a3a823a83146464eedcdff65a6351 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Chris Koeritz <fred@gruntose.com>
Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2013 19:41:14 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] linux script to report if this machine supports 64 bit
 computing (via long mode check on cpuinfo).

---
 scripts/system/check_64bit.sh | 12 ++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 scripts/system/check_64bit.sh

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
+
-- 
2.34.1