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Re: Linux & AMD Processor.



On Wed, Jul 05, 2000 at 05:53:01PM +0300, Ben-Nes Michael wrote:
> what is bogomips ?

The kernel's internal CPU parameter, which's scale
differs from one CPU to another (on my AMD K6,
it's 2 times the MHz, while on Pentiums it's 1 to 1),
so it cannot be used for speed measurements or
benchmarks whatsoever.

There's a mini-HOWTO about this.

-- 
Best regards,
Ilya Konstantinov

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