http://www.hobby.nl/~clifton/bogomips-2.html#ss2.5
Explains what's going on... Oki DZ wrote: > Viktor Rosenfeld wrote: > > > I still find it interesting, that his bogomips count has increased by > > factor 2. > > Yes, me too. And in fact, I was pretty happy (at least for a while)... > wow, I upgraded the kernel, and now my machine has doubled its power.... > > > My bogomips count has always been the same on the same machine, regardless > > of whether I used a 2.0, 2.2, or now 2.4 series > > kernel. It has never changed it's value (apart from one or two 1/100) > > on both an AMD and an Intel chip. > > I have no problem with a Pentium (I) machine (the one I use); 2.2.13, > 2.4.0 work perfectly. I just recently noticed that on a P III Katmai, > the bogomips number doubled. I don't know whether it would make any > difference on a P III Coppermine; this one, using 2.2.13, works OK. > -- _________________________________________________________ Rich Puhek ETN Systems Inc. _________________________________________________________
