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To: Kurt Olsen <kurto@bootp.sls.usu.edu>
Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: CFD: "bogomips" CPU performance metric 
In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 02 Sep 1999 15:05:01 MDT."
             <199909022105.PAA43424@bootp.sls.usu.edu> 
Date: Thu, 02 Sep 1999 16:34:02 -0700
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From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@zippy.cdrom.com>
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> CPU: Pentium/P54C (132.73-MHz 586-class CPU)
>   Origin = "GenuineIntel"  Id = 0x52c  Stepping=12
>   Features=0x1bf<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,MCE,CX8>
> 
> Seems more precise and informative. For 386/486 based hardware
> someone could adapt one of the numerous CPU speed detection routines
> out there.

Indeed.  In fact, if someone is truly motivated to go and find
something to do, rather than adding a BogoMIPS counter why not instead
figure out some way to add CPU speed detection to SMP machines?  As
anyone with an SMP box knows, that speed information is disabled for
various reasons.

- Jordan


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