On Sun, 8 Oct 2000, m.nine.six wrote:
> hi, > > i'm using an thinkpad 570 with pII 366 mhz with debian potato. > > sometimes after rebooting the bios shows me that my cpu speed is only > 180 mhz. and also the linux kernel gets it as 180 mhz but then the > bogoMips shows 360 as following: > > > Detected 183630 kHz processor. > Console: colour VGA+ 80x25 > Calibrating delay loop... 363.72 BogoMIPS > > my question is: what's going on??? and also what i would know: is my box > now slower than my 4 years old server??? > > Two things here. One: many (mosgt) laptops allow you to change the actual CPU speed to save power. look into the linux-based utilities package (if any) for your brand of laptop, or (wince) install Windows and use the manufacturer's utility. Two: Bogomips are not very scientific. I have seen them off by a factor of 6, with no apparent change in actual performance or more exact benchmarks. take 'em with a grain of salt. Ben ================================================== My MP3 player says: I'm currently listening to "Think", by The Blues Brothers. Rock on! ==================================================
