Subject: Re: probing CPU speed?
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From: Simon Burge <simonb@telstra.com.au>
List: port-i386
Date: 11/19/1998 13:51:32
On Wed, 18 Nov 1998 17:44:18 -0800 (PST) David Brownlee wrote:
> It may be dead weight, but it would be nice to get a rough
> rating of CPU 'speed' across ports, something akin to (dare
> I mention it) Linux's bogomips. Even if you're not printing
> out Mhz on the CPU, a bogomips (or similar) rating would
> help you match up CPU to speed.
Or just install lmbench (which someone previously mentioned), and type
"mhz"... Works even if the message buffer has overflowed and your
/var/adm/message* have rotated the last boot message out of existance.
Doesn't even require a reboot to get the new functionality :-)
Simon.