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To: Pat Verner <pat@isis.co.za>
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Subject: Re: Linux 2.4.[01] and BogoMips
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From: oyvind@datavakten.no (?yvind J?gtnes)
Date: 05 Feb 2001 13:27:43 +0100
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Pat Verner <pat@isis.co.za> 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

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