diff -urNp coreutils-8.2-orig/src/uname.c coreutils-8.2/src/uname.c
--- coreutils-8.2-orig/src/uname.c	2009-09-23 10:25:44.000000000 +0200
+++ coreutils-8.2/src/uname.c	2009-12-19 09:09:11.663607110 +0100
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
 
   if (toprint & PRINT_PROCESSOR)
     {
-      char const *element = unknown;
+      char *element = unknown;
 #if HAVE_SYSINFO && defined SI_ARCHITECTURE
       {
         static char processor[257];
@@ -308,6 +308,12 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
         if (0 <= sysinfo (SI_ARCHITECTURE, processor, sizeof processor))
           element = processor;
       }
+#else
+      {
+	static struct utsname u;
+	uname(&u);
+	element = u.machine;
+      }
 #endif
 #ifdef UNAME_PROCESSOR
       if (element == unknown)
@@ -351,7 +357,7 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
 
   if (toprint & PRINT_HARDWARE_PLATFORM)
     {
-      char const *element = unknown;
+      char *element = unknown;
 #if HAVE_SYSINFO && defined SI_PLATFORM
       {
         static char hardware_platform[257];
@@ -353,6 +359,14 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
                           hardware_platform, sizeof hardware_platform))
           element = hardware_platform;
       }
+#else
+      {
+	static 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)