I have Linux running on several older Pentium machines - Pentium -166 MHz
and Pentium - 120 Mhz.
Under kernel 2.2.13+ these machines report a BogoMips of 66 or 47
respectively; suddenly under kernel 2.4.[01] the speed is suddenly
reported as 332 and 238 respectively.
Has there been a change in the definition of "BogoMips"?
Regards
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Pat Verner <[email protected]> writes:
> I have Linux running on several older Pentium machines - Pentium -166
> MHz and Pentium - 120 Mhz.
>
> Under kernel 2.2.13+ these machines report a BogoMips of 66 or 47
> respectively; suddenly under kernel 2.4.[01] the speed is suddenly
> reported as 332 and 238 respectively.
>
> Has there been a change in the definition of "BogoMips"?
AFAIK bogomips is just an internal delay calibration variable and not
something used to test the speed of the cpu, rather just how long a
certain loop takes to execute.
?yvind J?gtnes
On Mon, 5 Feb 2001, Pat Verner wrote:
> I have Linux running on several older Pentium machines - Pentium -166 MHz
> and Pentium - 120 Mhz.
>
> Under kernel 2.2.13+ these machines report a BogoMips of 66 or 47
> respectively; suddenly under kernel 2.4.[01] the speed is suddenly
> reported as 332 and 238 respectively.
>
> Has there been a change in the definition of "BogoMips"?
No. It is still as bogus as before.
Rui Sousa
hmmm, *remembers back to lwe*.... maybe linus would be able to say if
there's been a change... i seem to recall he was surprised by this...
=;]
pete
On Mon, 05 Feb 2001, Pat Verner wrote:
> Has there been a change in the definition of "BogoMips"?
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