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Subject: Re: Machines misreporting Bogomips
To: gboyce@rakis.net (Greg Boyce)
Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2002 23:41:39 +0000 (GMT)
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> The machine is reporting that the cache is enabled.  Even if this was
> true, I have trouble believing that turning on the cache would result in a
> 50,000% increase in speed (4 bogomips compared to 500).

L1 and L2 cache both disabled comes up as about 2.5 bogomips typically on
a Pentium II/III.