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Re: cpu speed measurement



On Tue, Nov 20, 2001 at 10:07:40AM -0800, Sam Clegg wrote:
> ATM when my machine is idle x86info tells me its 6Mhz and when I compile
> the kernel it goes back up to 850.  With speedstep disabled does 
> x86info always return the same value?

No, it will behave the same (at least approximately) with speedstep
disabled (which it may already be).  The difference is that with speedstep
on the max speed (compiling kernel) will be different depending on whether
or not you are running on battery.
-- 
David Roundy
http://civet.berkeley.edu/droundy/



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