From owner-freebsd-hackers Sun Oct 10 15:59:14 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from smtp10.atl.mindspring.net (smtp10.atl.mindspring.net [207.69.200.246]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 20FCD1512B; Sun, 10 Oct 1999 15:58:00 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from stuyman@confusion.net) Received: from confusion.net (user-2iveauu.dialup.mindspring.com [165.247.43.222]) by smtp10.atl.mindspring.net (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id SAA30789; Sun, 10 Oct 1999 18:57:57 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <380119D0.EDE9F379@confusion.net> Date: Sun, 10 Oct 1999 18:57:20 -0400 From: Laurence Berland Organization: B.R.A.T.T. X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5 [en] (Win95; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Robert Sexton Cc: nsayer@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: CFD: "bogomips" CPU performance metric References: <37CEB68D.848BDAF8@sftw.com> <19990902154111.A15805@tabby.kudra.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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) Robert Sexton wrote: > > On Thu, Sep 02, 1999 at 10:40:30AM -0700, Nick Sayer wrote: > > Linux generates a meric of CPU performance as a byproduct of calibrating > > a delay loop. > > We don't require doing any such thing, and so adding it would be purely > > cosmetic. > > However, I allege that cosmetic things aren't in and of themselves evil, > > so long as > > they don't break anything in the process. > > I'd have to agree with the "Lets be more professional" crowd. > > How about as a LINT option? "If you need something so banal, you can > turn it on yourself" > > -- > Robert Sexton, robert@kudra.com > "Imagine if every Thursday your shoes exploded if you tied them the > usual way. This happens to us all the time with computers, and nobody > thinks of complaining." -- Jeff Raskin, interviewed in Doctor Dobb's Journal > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message -- Laurence Berland, Stuyvesant HS Debate <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> Windows 98: n. useless extension to a minor patch release for 32-bit extensions and a graphical shell for a 16-bit patch to an 8-bit operating system originally coded for a 4-bit microprocessor, written by a 2-bit company that can't stand for 1 bit of competition. http://stuy.debate.net icq #7434346 aol imer E1101 The above email Copyright (C) 1999 Laurence Berland All rights reserved To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message