From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Sep 2 14: 3:39 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from ss1000.ms.mff.cuni.cz (ss1000.ms.mff.cuni.cz [195.113.19.221]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 12DE614ECD for ; Thu, 2 Sep 1999 14:03:32 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mkop5230@ss1000.ms.mff.cuni.cz) Received: from dzeta.ms.mff.cuni.cz (mkop5230@dzeta.ms.mff.cuni.cz [195.113.16.101]) by ss1000.ms.mff.cuni.cz (8.9.3/8.8.8) with ESMTP id XAA00830 for ; Thu, 2 Sep 1999 23:03:17 +0200 Received: from localhost (mkop5230@localhost) by dzeta.ms.mff.cuni.cz (980427.SGI.8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id XAA61423 for ; Thu, 2 Sep 1999 23:03:16 +0200 (MDT) Date: Thu, 2 Sep 1999 23:03:16 +0200 From: Milan Kopacka Reply-To: Milan Kopacka To: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: CFD: "bogomips" CPU performance metric In-Reply-To: <199909021952.VAA26169@dorifer.heim3.tu-clausthal.de> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, 2 Sep 1999, Oliver Fromme wrote: > Nick Sayer wrote in list.freebsd-hackers: > > Linux generates a meric of CPU performance as a byproduct of calibrating > > a delay loop. > > It's not a metric of CPU performance. It's just a meaningless number, > and its relation to the actual performance of the machine is very > questionable. It is not as meaningless as it seems. The computed value is used for some driver timing. It can also detect some CPU misconfigurations. Quite valuable thing. Milan Kopacka To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message