uname -p broken?

[tom wible]

i'mm trying to write a shell script that determines a
machine-specific path, one that is consistent consistent w/java's
os.arch property:
for
        Operating System:       SunOS
        Architecture:           sparc

address@hidden 23% uname -s
SunOS
address@hidden 24% uname -p
sparc

and
        Operating System:       IRIX
        Architecture:           mips

address@hidden 66% uname -s
IRIX
address@hidden 67% uname -p
mips

unfortunately:

        Operating System:       Linux
        Architecture:           i386    <- !!! wtf does THIS come from????

address@hidden 11% uname -m
i586
address@hidden 12% uname -p
unknown

or is this just a feature;-)
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