Date: Thu, 2 Sep 1999 16:19:57 +0000 (GMT) From: Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net> To: Ollivier Robert <roberto@keltia.freenix.fr> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: CFD: "bogomips" CPU performance metric Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9909021619070.6392-100000@fw.wintelcom.net> In-Reply-To: <19990902223749.A41654@keltia.freenix.fr>
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On Thu, 2 Sep 1999, Ollivier Robert wrote: > According to Nick Sayer: > > Would anyone scream and projectile-vomit if I added this to identcpu.c? > > Yes. We are also FreeBSD users/developers because we don't follow the Linux > way. Bogomips are [as it says] bogus and many people acknoledge this but far > too often you see in some Linux list/newsgroup some dick sizing^W^Wbogomips > comparisons. oh, please... what do you call a "world-stone"? :) Seriously, I do agree with you that it's a bad idea. "Just say no to bogomips" -Alfred > > Here lies madness. > -- > Ollivier ROBERT -=- FreeBSD: The Power to Serve! -=- roberto@keltia.freenix.fr > FreeBSD keltia.freenix.fr 4.0-CURRENT #73: Sat Jul 31 15:36:05 CEST 1999 > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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