>Hello!

>Just a little question about BogoMips: when I boot RedHat 5.0 I get
>299 BogoMips, and when I boot my other Linux distribution I get >400.
>Everything else in /proc/cpuinfo is identical between the two. Does
>this mean that the RedHat system is badly configured in some way? >I've
>compiled my own kernel in both distributions, is there anything in the
>kernel configuration that can affect this? I have a Pentium 200 MMX,
>and according to the BogoMips-HOWTO, 400 BogoMips is what >you normally
>get with this processor, and that's what I get with the other
>distribution.

>Linus



BogoMIPS don't really say anything. The value depends on the method of
calculation. The BogoMIPS are used by the kernel to calculate the internal
depay-loops.



            Igmar



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