That's how Linux started on FoundationV8 emulator names itself: root at genericarmv8:~# uname -m aarch64 root at genericarmv8:~# uname -a Linux genericarmv8 3.10.1.0-1-linaro-vexpress64 #1ubuntu1~ci+130718012724 SMP Thu Jul 18 01:30:58 UTC 2013 aarch64 GNU/Linux http://reviews.llvm.org/D4381