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Subject: Re: Machines misreporting Bogomips
To: gboyce@rakis.net (Greg Boyce)
Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2002 23:59:56 +0000 (GMT)
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> > L1 and L2 cache both disabled comes up as about 2.5 bogomips typically on
> > a Pentium II/III.
> 
> The machine I'm reporting shows 512K of cache though.  I included a second
> machine as a comparison, and apparently choose poorly.  That was the
> machine reporting no cache.

It isnt the amount of cache, it is whether the cache is enabled. You can
have 512K of cache showing that is disabled in software