From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Sep 2 13:41:23 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mta2.rcsntx.swbell.net (mta2.rcsntx.swbell.net [151.164.30.26]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5C78215CB3; Thu, 2 Sep 1999 13:41:13 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from chris@holly.dyndns.org) Received: from holly.dyndns.org (adsl-216-62-157-60.dsl.hstntx.swbell.net) by mta2.rcsntx.swbell.net (Sun Internet Mail Server sims.3.5.1999.05.24.18.28.p7) with ESMTP id <0FHG009639EJWU@mta2.rcsntx.swbell.net>; Thu, 2 Sep 1999 15:39:56 -0500 (CDT) Received: (from chris@localhost) by holly.dyndns.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) id PAA30140; Thu, 02 Sep 1999 15:42:44 -0500 (CDT envelope-from chris) Date: Thu, 02 Sep 1999 15:42:43 -0500 From: Chris Costello Subject: Re: CFD: "bogomips" CPU performance metric In-reply-to: <37CEB68D.848BDAF8@sftw.com> To: nsayer@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Reply-To: chris@calldei.com Message-id: <19990902154243.L26218@holly.dyndns.org> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii User-Agent: Mutt/0.96.4i References: <37CEB68D.848BDAF8@sftw.com> Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, Sep 02, 1999, Nick Sayer wrote: > Would anyone scream and projectile-vomit if I added this to identcpu.c? Yes, I would. The way I interpret it, along with "useless blinking light", is as follows: BogoMIPS is but the combination of "Bogus" and an acronym for "Meaningless Indicator of Processor Speed." :) -- |Chris Costello |You might have mail. `---------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message