Date: Mon, 11 Oct 1999 19:21:27 -0400 (EDT) From: "Brian F. Feldman" <green@FreeBSD.org> To: Chris Costello <chris@calldei.com> Cc: Laurence Berland <stuyman@confusion.net>, Robert Sexton <robert@kudra.com>, nsayer@FreeBSD.org, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: CFD: "bogomips" CPU performance metric Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9910111920390.38109-100000@janus.syracuse.net> In-Reply-To: <19991010195854.C15135@holly.calldei.com>
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On Sun, 10 Oct 1999, Chris Costello wrote: > On Sun, Oct 10, 1999, Laurence Berland wrote: > > I like the idea as an optional LINT parameter that is NOT in the generic > > kernel. Might make some linux people feel comfortable with the switch, > > or might prove useful under some odd circumstances, but I agree it'd be > > silly to include it by default (kindof on the level of a splash screen) > > I disagree. BogoMIPS is a completely meaningless measurement > and does not belong in our source tree as it will only produce > repository bloat. > Right. If you're worried that there's something wrong with your CPU speed, you can always bootverbose and check out the clocks and bzero tests. -- Brian Fundakowski Feldman \ FreeBSD: The Power to Serve! / green@FreeBSD.org `------------------------------' To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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