RE: Getting CPU model and speed without rebooting
On Thu, 26 Jul 2001, Ian Perry wrote:
> None of my machines give MHz... only bogomips
> Next Question.... What is a bogomip ???
It used to be the number of millions of time the processor could run:
inc
jmp -1
Ie how high it can count in a second. The number recently took a major jump
so it may mean something else now.
It no real correlation to processor speed.
> processor: 0
> cpu: 686
> model: <NULL>
> vendor_id: GenuineIntel
> stepping: 3
> fdiv_bug: no
> hlt_bug: no
> f00f_bug : no
> fpu : yes
> fpu_exception : yes
> cpuid : yes
> wp : yes
> flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 sep mtrr pge mca cmov
> 16 17 18 mmx 24 25
> bogomips : 450.56
Hmmmm what does uname -a say ???
Yours Tony.
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