From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Hal MacArgle Subject: Re: Linux detection of processor speed - accurate? Date: Sat, 4 Oct 2003 09:42:59 -0400 Sender: linux-newbie-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <20031004134259.GA536@lnx2.w8mch.ampr.org> References: <5.2.1.1.0.20031003150225.034167f8@no.incoming.mail> Reply-To: haltec@kvinet.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <5.2.1.1.0.20031003150225.034167f8@no.incoming.mail> List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-newbie@vger.kernel.org On 10-03, Jeff Woods wrote: > At 10/3/2003 02:33 PM -0500, James Miller wrote: > >So, who's right - the BIOS report or Linux's bootup record? Can the OS > >use the processor's full speed, even though the BIOS doesn't seem to > >recognize it? > > In my experience, yes, the processor can run faster than the BIOS knows how > to report the speed. > > -- > Jeff Woods Greetings: Being parochial about Linux I would trust what it reports above anything else.. Linux developers "care." M$'s MSD program still reports a 1Ghz processor as a "486", whatever. You must be familiar with the 'bogomips' report either run alone or check dmesg.. I find that a clue as to what really goes on... Someone may know it's not really accurate either and I suspect that's why it's called "bogus million operations a second." At least we're forewarned and disclaimed.. Keep busy. Cheers, Hal - in Terra Alta, WV - Slackware GNU/Linux 9.0 (2.4.20) Proprietary Formats Unacceptable . - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs