* Lee Elliott in "cpu arch performance" dated 2000/05/23 22:49 wrote:
> Hello list(s),
>
> Just something I noticed after setting up an x86 system after running
> Debian on m68k.
>
> The m68k system was an Amiga with an m68060/50MHz which gave a BogoMIP
> rating of 99.something. The x86 system is a dual PIII 650MHz system and
> it rates as 2600 BogoMIPs. This would seem to imply that on a per MHz
> basis, the m68060 is the equivalent of two PIIIs.
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
BogoMIPS bo'go-mips The number of million times a second a
processor can do absolutely nothing. The {Linux} OS measures
BogoMIPS at startup in order to calibrate some soft timing loops
that will be used later on; details at the BogoMIPS mini-HOWTO
(http://www.hobby.nl/~clifton). The name Linus chose, of course, is
an ironic comment on the uselessness of all _other_ {MIPS} figures.
--
Ashley Clark
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