Re: [Libvir] [PATCH] Add virConnectGetCapabilities call to return the capabilities of the driver / hypervisor

On Fri, Mar 09, 2007 at 03:22:08PM +0000, Richard W.M. Jones wrote: > This patch: > > * Adds virConnectGetCapabilities which returns an XML description of the > capabilities of the driver or hypervisor under this connection (see > below for more about the XML format). + /* 32 or 64 bit host? */ + const char *bits = strstr (utsname.machine, "64") != NULL ? "64" : "32"; Will this work safely on all OS / arches ? I guess ia64, x86_64, sparc64 and ppc64 all give the right results. One alternative would be using 'sizeof(void*) * 8', although if someone used a 32-bit set of libs on a 64-bit machine this would give wrong answer.