>> Ok, but what does the bogo bit stand for? (And don't look it up. Anyone >> can do that! :-)
> bogo as in "does not mean anything really, has no real value". What > bogomips measures is, how much CPU time it takes to do a specified loop. > This value is then used in the kernel to time other things. The prefix > "bogo" is used, because there's no real corellation between the value of > bogomips and the power/speed of the CPU. Even though, there is a corelation > between CPU's MHz and bogomips, for each model of a CPU. This was sent directly to me (and not to the list) by one Juraj Ziegler. Many thanks. 'bogo' as in 'bogus' then. sebyte -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
