Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 1 Feb 2002 18:29:53 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 1 Feb 2002 18:29:36 -0500 Received: from lightning.swansea.linux.org.uk ([194.168.151.1]:9996 "EHLO the-village.bc.nu") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Fri, 1 Feb 2002 18:29:21 -0500 Subject: Re: Machines misreporting Bogomips To: gboyce@rakis.net (Greg Boyce) Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2002 23:41:39 +0000 (GMT) Cc: gmack@innerfire.net, brand@jupiter.cs.uni-dortmund.de (Horst von Brand), linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: from "Greg Boyce" at Feb 01, 2002 03:53:28 PM X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL6] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: From: Alan Cox Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > The machine is reporting that the cache is enabled. Even if this was > true, I have trouble believing that turning on the cache would result in a > 50,000% increase in speed (4 bogomips compared to 500). L1 and L2 cache both disabled comes up as about 2.5 bogomips typically on a Pentium II/III. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/