[ale] BogoMips uselsess?

[toiletduk at penguinpowered.com (Christopher S. Adams)]

your history is a little off

bogo came (loosely) from the vogons in the hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy,
i believe

Chris

-----Original Message-----
 From: Byron A Jeff <byron at cc.gatech.edu>
To: Nomad the Wanderer <nomad at orci.com>
Cc: ale at ale.org <ale at ale.org>
Date: Tuesday, May 04, 1999 10:18 PM
Subject: Re: [ale] BogoMips uselsess?


>>
>>
>>   I just built out a k6-2-400.  It reports 700+ bogomips.  Looks nice,
but
>> my Dual-P2-300 reports 600.  Should I be concerned that a 400 is faster
>> than mine?
>
>Bogo is derived from Bogus. The numbers only apply in the same chip
families.
>Since the P2 is completely different than the k6-2 the bogomip numbers
cannot
>in any way, shape, or form be related.
>
>BAJ