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BogoMIPS
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2014-04-26 11:54:15 -04:00
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/bogomips/ , n. The number of million times a second a processor can do
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absolutely nothing. The Linux OS measures BogoMIPS at startup in order to
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calibrate some soft timing loops that will be used later on; details at the
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BogoMIPS mini-HOWTO. The name Linus chose, of course, is an ironic comment
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on the uselessness of all other MIPS figures.
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