On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 10:06 AM, Denis Kirjanov <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi! > > The function calibrate_delay() from init/main.c comtains the following line: > printk(KERN_CONT "%lu.%02lu BogoMIPS (lpj=%lu)\n", > loops_per_jiffy/(500000/HZ), > (loops_per_jiffy/(5000/HZ)) % 100, loops_per_jiffy); > > Please explain how bogoMIPS is computed. Why loops_per_jiffy is divided by > 500000.
Chapter 7 can be useful. http://lwn.net/Kernel/LDD3/ Notice that it's (500000/HZ), not just 500000. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to [email protected] Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ
