--- coreutils-5.97/src/uname.c.sysinfo	2005-09-15 20:57:04.000000000 +0100
+++ coreutils-5.97/src/uname.c	2006-08-24 17:15:56.000000000 +0100
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@
 int
 main (int argc, char **argv)
 {
-  static char const unknown[] = "unknown";
+  static char unknown[] = "unknown";
 
   /* Mask indicating which elements to print. */
   unsigned int toprint = 0;
@@ -306,13 +306,35 @@
 
   if (toprint & PRINT_PROCESSOR)
     {
-      char const *element = unknown;
+      char *element = unknown;
 #if HAVE_SYSINFO && defined SI_ARCHITECTURE
       {
 	static char processor[257];
 	if (0 <= sysinfo (SI_ARCHITECTURE, processor, sizeof processor))
 	  element = processor;
       }
+#else
+      {
+	struct utsname u;
+	uname(&u);
+	element = u.machine;
+#ifdef linux
+	if(!strcmp(element, "i686")) { /* Check for Athlon */
+		char cinfo[1024];
+		FILE *f=fopen("/proc/cpuinfo", "r");
+		if(f) {
+			while(fgets(cinfo, 1024, f)) {
+				if(!strncmp(cinfo, "vendor_id", 9)) {
+					if(strstr(cinfo, "AuthenticAMD"))
+						element="athlon";
+					break;
+				}
+			}
+			fclose(f);
+		}
+	}
+#endif
+      }
 #endif
 #ifdef UNAME_PROCESSOR
       if (element == unknown)
@@ -348,7 +370,7 @@
 
   if (toprint & PRINT_HARDWARE_PLATFORM)
     {
-      char const *element = unknown;
+      char *element = unknown;
 #if HAVE_SYSINFO && defined SI_PLATFORM
       {
 	static char hardware_platform[257];
@@ -356,6 +378,14 @@
 			  hardware_platform, sizeof hardware_platform))
 	  element = hardware_platform;
       }
+#else
+      {
+	struct utsname u;
+	uname(&u);
+	element = u.machine;
+	if(strlen(element)==4 && element[0]=='i' && element[2]=='8' && element[3]=='6')
+		element[1]='3';
+      }
 #endif
 #ifdef UNAME_HARDWARE_PLATFORM
       if (element == unknown)