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Date:      Thu, 02 Sep 1999 15:42:43 -0500
From:      Chris Costello <chris@calldei.com>
To:        nsayer@FreeBSD.ORG
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: CFD: "bogomips" CPU performance metric
Message-ID:  <19990902154243.L26218@holly.dyndns.org>
In-Reply-To: <37CEB68D.848BDAF8@sftw.com>
References:  <37CEB68D.848BDAF8@sftw.com>

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On Thu, Sep 02, 1999, Nick Sayer wrote:
> Would anyone scream and projectile-vomit if I added this to identcpu.c?

   Yes, I would.  The way I interpret it, along with "useless
blinking light", is as follows:

   BogoMIPS is but the combination of "Bogus" and an acronym for
"Meaningless Indicator of Processor Speed."  :)

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|Chris Costello <chris@calldei.com>
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