Possible values ​​for the .machine () platform

Question

platform.machine()
Returns the type of machine, for example. 'I386'. An empty string is returned if the value cannot be specified.

What are the possible values ​​for this field?

Answer 1

On platforms with os.uname()this information comes directly from the result of this API call . That is, it platform.machine()returns the same as the command uname -m.

So the answer really depends on the implementation of the kernel system call uname(2). For this, see this question and answer:

Possible values ​​for `uname -m` (utsname.machine)