From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 22 May 2002 19:40:10 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 22 May 2002 19:40:09 -0400 Received: from neon-gw-l3.transmeta.com ([63.209.4.196]:12047 "EHLO neon-gw.transmeta.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 22 May 2002 19:40:08 -0400 To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org From: "H. Peter Anvin" Subject: Re: It hurts when I shoot myself in the foot Date: 22 May 2002 16:39:37 -0700 Organization: Transmeta Corporation, Santa Clara CA Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <200205221615.g4MGFCH30271@directcommunications.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Disclaimer: Not speaking for Transmeta in any way, shape, or form. Copyright: Copyright 2002 H. Peter Anvin - All Rights Reserved Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Followup to: <200205221615.g4MGFCH30271@directcommunications.net> By author: Chris In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel > > I looked inside the box and found a Pentium II 400, and a Pentium II 450. > > Oddly enough they run together as a 266. > The fact that they have different BogoMIPS figures indicate that that is not really the case. It looks more like the second processor is running at 333 MHz or something. You definitely have a bizarre box here, and you probably should be running with the "notsc" option. Heck, maybe you can reconfigure your mobo and actually run both processors at 400 MHz. You'd get quite a performance boost, too... -hpa -- at work, in private! "Unix gives you enough rope to shoot yourself in the foot." http://www.zytor.com/~hpa/puzzle.txt