NAME

       archdetect — detect hardware architecture

SYNOPSIS

       archdetect [-g]

DESCRIPTION

       archdetect  displays  the current machine architecture and subarchitecture.  The architecture corresponds
       to that built into dpkg,  and  describes  the  CPU  (and  possibly  kernel)  types;  the  subarchitecture
       distinguishes machines with different boot arrangements that require special handling.

       The following option is available:

       -g    When  bringing up new subarchitectures, archdetect may not yet have been taught about this specific
             machine.  This option asks that archdetect try to guess  a  generic  subarchitecture  that  may  be
             compatible  with  this machine.  This is only necessary on certain architectures, and simply has no
             effect elsewhere.

AUTHORS

       archdetect was written by the Debian Installer team.

Debian                                          January 10, 2011                                   ARCHDETECT(1)