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SubjectRe: Celeron doesn't reach proper BogoMIPS
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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.

-hpa
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