Re: Does Optimization Effect BogoMips Value?

From: Horst von Brand
Date: Thu Jul 08 2004 - 09:01:07 EST


Justin Piszcz <jpiszcz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> said:
> Three identical Virtual Machines with three different compiler flags to
> compile the entire distribution, in this case, Gentoo 2004.1.
>
> However, why are the Bogomips values different (up to +82 points
> different)?

Because the CPUs run at slightly different speeds? Because the cristals
that give PCs wall clock are inaccurate (82 in 4866 is 1.6%)?
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