[ale] Weird BogoMips Values

[Patrick Ramsey]

Bogomips are only relative to the processor.  Comparing two machines with a PII or two machines with a Pentium MMX would give you the results you are looking for.  But timing loops from processor to processor are all different, so comparing two different processors will not yield  true result comparitive results.

-Patrick

>>> "Michael A. Smith" <masmith at bsat.com> 07/16/99 09:01AM >>>
	I have noticed some strange BogoMips values on my machines.  I have a
Pentium 233 MMX that registers around 400 while my Pentium II 233 only
registers around 250.  Both have comparable configurations with same amount
of memory and swap space.  Do you think that the older Pentium 233 MMX could
actually be faster than the newer Pentium II 233?  Strange.....

Michael Smith
mike.smith at bigfoot.com