> 1) This is WAY off topic for a mailing list that deals with 4.77Mhz CPUs
> primarily
>
> 2) There's no such thing as kernel 2.0.38
>
> 3) Linux won't tell you the CPU Mhz, but your BIOS should.
The newer kernels do (or at a minimum, claim to):
bash$ cat /proc/cpuinfo
processor : 0
vendor_id : GenuineIntel
cpu family : 6
model : 1
model name : Pentium Pro
stepping : 7
cpu MHz : 199.436034 <--------------- cpu clock speed
cache size : 256 KB
fdiv_bug : no
hlt_bug : no
sep_bug : no
f00f_bug : no
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 2
wp : yes
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 sep mtrr pge mca cmov
bogomips : 199.07