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From: George Durbridge
Date: Thu, 07 Aug 1997 00:00

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Chris Saunderson (saundo@schroedinger.adelaide.maptek.com.au) wrote:

: IME, no. Besides, BogoMIPS aren't really a decent guide to
: processor speed or performance. (There's a reason there's
: "bogo" in the title :)

Agreed.

: I'd believe the HOWTO on this one.

Other way about, actually.  The text of the HOWTO says that BogoMIPS are 
a good way of checking if you have problems with (either of) your caches.  
This is not borne out by the tables.  Primary cache only, I suspect.

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