Re: Off-topic: what is bogoMIPS?

1999-05-12 Thread Bernd Mayer
Hans van den Boogert schrieb: > > I understand what MIPS is (Million Instructions per Second), but what does > the bogo stand for? My 486-33 measures 4 bogoMIPS during Linux boot-up, so > how is this calculated? -Hans > hello Hans, the Bogomips-howto may give you further information. It it is

Re: Off-topic: what is bogoMIPS?

1999-05-12 Thread Robert Norris
> I understand what MIPS is (Million Instructions per Second), but what does > the bogo stand for? My 486-33 measures 4 bogoMIPS during Linux boot-up, so > how is this calculated? -Hans It means 'bogus MIPS', in that it's not the real MIPS value for your system, but a calculated one. I have no ide

Re: Off-topic: what is bogoMIPS?

1999-05-12 Thread Brian Servis
*- On 12 May, Hans van den Boogert wrote about "Off-topic: what is bogoMIPS?" > I understand what MIPS is (Million Instructions per Second), but what does > the bogo stand for? My 486-33 measures 4 bogoMIPS during Linux boot-up, so > how is this calculated? -Hans > >

Off-topic: what is bogoMIPS?

1999-05-12 Thread Hans van den Boogert
I understand what MIPS is (Million Instructions per Second), but what does the bogo stand for? My 486-33 measures 4 bogoMIPS during Linux boot-up, so how is this calculated? -Hans