Re: ppc: bogomips at 73 when CPU is at 1GHz

From: Junichi Uekawa
Date: Tue May 16 2006 - 23:18:49 EST


Hi,

> > I've noticed the very log value on bogomips on self-compiled 2.6.16.16
> > on iBook G4.
>
> .../...
>
> Normal. We don't use CPU bogo loops for short timings, we use the CPU
> timebase instead, thus you now get bogomips derived from the timebae
> frequency of the machine.

Thanks.

I was tracking down a possibly unrelated problem with USB wlan device
(GW-US11H) and suspected this to be a cause of the problem.


Incidentally, if anyone has any success using USB wlan device
(GW-US11H), I'd like to hear that ... it's rather inconvenient to be
at Debian Conference with a wireless connection that hangs your
machine after 5 minutes.

http://www.netfort.gr.jp/~dancer/diary/daily/2006-May-17.html.en#2006-May-17-05:18:32


regards,
junichi
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