Messages in this thread | | | From | (H. Peter Anvin) | Subject | Re: Celeron doesn't reach proper BogoMIPS | Date | 28 Aug 1999 10:15:12 GMT |
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Followup to: <199908280816.KAA00657@cave.BitWizard.nl> By author: R.E.Wolff@BitWizard.nl (Rogier Wolff) In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel > > I'd say that you might be right, but I see ... > > > model name : Celeron (Mendocino) > > cpu MHz : 398.711756 > > bogomips : 97.89 > > .... that somehow the correct number of MHz has been detected. The > number makes me suspect that it really is a measurement and not a > value from an eeprom or something like that. >
That it is; it compares the CPU time stamp counter to the timer clock. However, if you're doing thermal throttling (STPCLK asserted), then the TSC will still advance.
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