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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




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