Re: Celeron doesn't reach proper BogoMIPS

Rogier Wolff (R.E.Wolff@BitWizard.nl)
Sat, 28 Aug 1999 10:16:34 +0200 (MEST)

> On Fri, 27 Aug 1999, Wolfram-Peter Stilz wrote:
> Hi Kernel-Mailing-List
>
> I habe a Notebook 'Fujitsu Liteline Celeron 400 DVD' on which
> I can't get the BogoMIPS which a Celeron 400 Processor should have
> according to the BOGOMIPS-HOWTO.

B.W. McAdams wrote:

> Aren't laptops notorious for significant performance decreasements
> when on battery power? Could that be the explanation?

I'd say that you might be right, but I see ...

> model name : Celeron (Mendocino)
> cpu MHz : 398.711756
> bogomips : 97.89

.... that somehow the correct number of MHz has been detected. The
number makes me suspect that it really is a measurement and not a
value from an eeprom or something like that.

Roger. 

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