Date: Thu, 2 Sep 1999 23:03:16 +0200 From: Milan Kopacka <mkop5230@ss1000.ms.mff.cuni.cz> To: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: CFD: "bogomips" CPU performance metric Message-ID: <Pine.SGI.4.05.9909022255460.659741-100000@dzeta.ms.mff.cuni.cz> In-Reply-To: <199909021952.VAA26169@dorifer.heim3.tu-clausthal.de>
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On Thu, 2 Sep 1999, Oliver Fromme wrote: > Nick Sayer wrote in list.freebsd-hackers: > > Linux generates a meric of CPU performance as a byproduct of calibrating > > a delay loop. > > It's not a metric of CPU performance. It's just a meaningless number, > and its relation to the actual performance of the machine is very > questionable. It is not as meaningless as it seems. The computed value is used for some driver timing. It can also detect some CPU misconfigurations. Quite valuable thing. Milan Kopacka To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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