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From: Jeff Woods <kazrak+kernel@cesmail.net>
To: James Miller <jamtat@mailsnare.net>
Cc: Linux-Newbie list <linux-newbie@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Linux detection of processor speed - accurate?
Date: Fri, 03 Oct 2003 15:04:24 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <5.2.1.1.0.20031003150225.034167f8@no.incoming.mail> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.58.0310031421150.1378@homenet>

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 <kazrak+kernel@cesmail.net> 


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  reply	other threads:[~2003-10-03 22:04 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2003-10-03 19:33 Linux detection of processor speed - accurate? James Miller
2003-10-03 22:04 ` Jeff Woods [this message]
2003-10-04 13:42   ` Hal MacArgle

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