Re: [patch 00/2] improve .text size on gcc 4.0 and newer compilers

Dave Jones
2005-12-30T03:56:36Z

On Thu, Dec 29, 2005 at 10:47:28PM -0500, Mark Lord wrote:
> >If we change some /proc file thing, breakage is often totally
> >unintentional, and complaining is the right thing - people might not even
> >have realized it broke.
>
> Okay, I'm complaining: /proc/cpuinfo is no longer correct
> for my Pentium-M notebook, as ov 2.6.15-rc7. Now it reports
> a cpu speed of approx 800Mhz for a 2.0Mhz Pentium-M.

It's reporting the 'current running speed'. You have speedstep-centrino
loaded, (and probably a governor changing the speed down when idle).

I don't see how this can be construed as breakage btw.
Which application breaks due to this changing ?

Dave