Re: 2.2.0pre4 detects a "166193960 Hz processor"

Chris Wedgwood (cw@ix.net.nz)
Wed, 6 Jan 1999 12:13:23 +1300


On Mon, Jan 04, 1999 at 09:55:20PM -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote:

> On Mon, 4 Jan 1999, Joey Hess wrote:
> >
> > Linux version 2.2.0-pre4 (root@kite) (gcc version 2.7.2.3) #1 Mon Jan 4 17:52:58 PST 1999
> > Detected 166193960 Hz processor.
> > ^^^^^^^^^
>
> Note the "Hz", and especially note the lack of any "M" anywhere.

I _seriously_ doubt it's that accurate -- we perhaps should only
stick to 4 or 5 significant figures, beyond that I'm very
skeptical... 166.2MHz in this case seems like a more logical claim.

-cw

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