Date: Sun, 10 Oct 1999 19:58:55 -0500 From: Chris Costello <chris@calldei.com> To: Laurence Berland <stuyman@confusion.net> Cc: Robert Sexton <robert@kudra.com>, nsayer@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: CFD: "bogomips" CPU performance metric Message-ID: <19991010195854.C15135@holly.calldei.com> In-Reply-To: <380119D0.EDE9F379@confusion.net> References: <37CEB68D.848BDAF8@sftw.com> <19990902154111.A15805@tabby.kudra.com> <380119D0.EDE9F379@confusion.net>
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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. -- |Chris Costello <chris@calldei.com> |A bug in the code is worth two in the documentation. `---------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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