Date: Thu, 2 Sep 1999 14:11:43 -0400 From: Keith Stevenson <k.stevenson@louisville.edu> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: CFD: "bogomips" CPU performance metric Message-ID: <19990902141143.A21431@homer.louisville.edu> In-Reply-To: <37CEB68D.848BDAF8@sftw.com>; from Nick Sayer on Thu, Sep 02, 1999 at 10:40:30AM -0700 References: <37CEB68D.848BDAF8@sftw.com>
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On Thu, Sep 02, 1999 at 10:40:30AM -0700, Nick Sayer wrote: <Description of BogoMIPS deleted> > > Would anyone scream and projectile-vomit if I added this to identcpu.c? > I might. :-) Why exactly, except to keep up with the Linux kidz, do we need this? I recognize that this is solely a cosmetic change, but one of the things I hold over the heads of the Linux folks I deal with is the fact that FreeBSD is a professional quality operating system which doesn't need useless blinking lights like BogoMIPS. Chalk me up as one of the people who considers "Linux works like that" as a negative. Regards, --Keith Stevenson-- -- Keith Stevenson System Programmer - Data Center Services - University of Louisville k.stevenson@louisville.edu PGP key fingerprint = 4B 29 A8 95 A8 82 EA A2 29 CE 68 DE FC EE B6 A0 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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