2004/12/03

BogoMIPS

The word BogoMIPS is made up of "Bogus" and "MIPS".

When Linux Kernel boots up, it executes a busy loop to measure the CPU speed in terms of Million Instruction Per Second (MIPS), called BogoMIPS. BogoMIPS is bogus.

Another interpretation of MIPS is "Meaningless Indication of Processor Speed".

My RH station has a calibrated delay loop of 799.53 bogoMIPS. It rides on a K6III 450 MHz CPU. For a single CPU station with P4 3.4 CPU, there could be 6717 BogoMIPS.

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