From owner-freebsd-hackers Sun Oct 10 18: 0: 4 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mta1.rcsntx.swbell.net (mta1.rcsntx.swbell.net [151.164.30.25]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5C49715644; Sun, 10 Oct 1999 17:59:48 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from chris@holly.dyndns.org) Received: from holly.dyndns.org ([216.62.157.60]) by mta1.rcsntx.swbell.net (Sun Internet Mail Server sims.3.5.1999.09.16.21.57.p8) with ESMTP id <0FJE00DEHYRFMG@mta1.rcsntx.swbell.net>; Sun, 10 Oct 1999 19:59:41 -0500 (CDT) Received: (from chris@localhost) by holly.dyndns.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) id TAA18145; Sun, 10 Oct 1999 19:58:55 -0500 (CDT envelope-from chris) X-URL: http://www.FreeBSD.org/~chris/ Date: Sun, 10 Oct 1999 19:58:55 -0500 From: Chris Costello Subject: Re: CFD: "bogomips" CPU performance metric In-reply-to: <380119D0.EDE9F379@confusion.net> To: Laurence Berland Cc: Robert Sexton , nsayer@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Reply-To: chris@calldei.com Message-id: <19991010195854.C15135@holly.calldei.com> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii User-Agent: Mutt/0.96.4i X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 4.0-CURRENT (i386) References: <37CEB68D.848BDAF8@sftw.com> <19990902154111.A15805@tabby.kudra.com> <380119D0.EDE9F379@confusion.net> Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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 |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