On 10-03, Jeff Woods wrote:
> At 10/3/2003 02:33 PM -0500, James Miller wrote:
> >So, who's right - the BIOS report or Linux's bootup record? Can the OS
> >use the processor's full speed, even though the BIOS doesn't seem to
> >recognize it?
>
> In my experience, yes, the processor can run faster than the BIOS knows how
> to report the speed.
>
> --
> Jeff Woods <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Greetings: Being parochial about Linux I would trust what it reports
above anything else.. Linux developers "care." M$'s MSD program still
reports a 1Ghz processor as a "486", whatever. <grin>
You must be familiar with the 'bogomips' report either run alone or
check dmesg.. I find that a clue as to what really goes on... Someone
may know it's not really accurate either and I suspect that's why
it's called "bogus million operations a second." <grin> At least we're
forewarned and disclaimed.. Keep busy.
Cheers,
Hal - in Terra Alta, WV - Slackware GNU/Linux 9.0 (2.4.20)
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