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>BogoMips mini-Howto</H1
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>Wim van Dorst, WvD@clifton.nl</A
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><P
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>2006-03-02, version V38 <BR></P
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>Revision History</B
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>Revision v38</TD
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>2006-03-02</TD
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>Added legal stuff, updated and enhanced revhistory,
various improvements to the XML markup, general text editing,
plenty of new entries and some corrections, and a new highest
(6800.58), which is the real reason for a new update; added
new section; added the translators' names; added a colofon;
added birthdate of BogoMips (11 July 1993).</TD
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>Revision v34</TD
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>2003-08-07</TD
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>__ Jubilee edition: ten years of existence of
the BogoMips mini-Howto. Ratings have now reached new peaks
over 6000 BogoMips</TD
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>Revision somehow numbered 1.2</TD
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>1999-11-12</TD
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>Revision unnumbered publication. Probablye the first Linuxdoc
SGML version. Highest just over 900</TD
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>1999-02-08</TD
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>Revision First publication</TD
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>Late 1993</TD
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>__ named BogoMips Information Sheet, well before the
term Howto and mini-Howto were coined. Does anyone still have
a copy of this text for me, please? Plain Ascii list.</TD
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>The mini-howto text gives information about BogoMips, compiled
from various sources such as news and e-mail. New BogoMips entries
for the mini-Howto, notably for unlisted CPUs, will be highly
appreciated. They can be sent by <A
HREF="mailto:WvD@clifton.nl"
TARGET="_top"
>&#13; e-mail to the author Wim van Dorst</A
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>Table of Contents</B
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>1. <A
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>Introduction</A
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>1.1. <A
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>Colofon</A
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>2. <A
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>The highest and lowest BogoMips ratings</A
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>2.1. <A
HREF="bogo-hilo.html#AEN60"
>The highest single-CPU Linux boot sequence BogoMips value</A
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>2.2. <A
HREF="bogo-hilo.html#AEN72"
>The lowest Linux boot sequence BogoMips value</A
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>2.3. <A
HREF="bogo-hilo.html#AEN84"
>The highest dual core (SMP2, hypertreading) BogoMips value</A
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>2.4. <A
HREF="bogo-hilo.html#AEN96"
>The highest multiple-CPU Linux boot sequence BogoMips value</A
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>2.5. <A
HREF="bogo-hilo.html#AEN108"
>The highest non-Linux BogoMips value</A
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>3. <A
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>The frequently asked questions about BogoMips</A
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>3.1. <A
HREF="bogo-faq.html#AEN125"
>What are BogoMips</A
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>3.2. <A
HREF="bogo-faq.html#AEN149"
>How to estimate what the proper BogoMips rating should be</A
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>3.3. <A
HREF="bogo-faq.html#AEN158"
>How to determine what the current BogoMips rating is</A
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>3.4. <A
HREF="bogo-faq.html#AEN184"
>Variations in BogoMips rating</A
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>3.5. <A
HREF="bogo-faq.html#AEN192"
>New BogoMips algorithm?</A
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>3.6. <A
HREF="bogo-faq.html#AEN197"
>BogoMips ... failed</A
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>3.7. <A
HREF="bogo-faq.html#AEN211"
>What about clone CPUs (Cyrix, NexGen, AMD, etc)</A
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>3.8. <A
HREF="bogo-faq.html#AEN216"
>Why to pay attention to BogoMips</A
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>4. <A
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>Compilation of ratings</A
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>4.1. <A
HREF="bogo-list.html#AEN244"
>386 systems: SX, DX, Nexgen</A
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>4.2. <A
HREF="bogo-list.html#AEN248"
>Oddly or faultily configured 386 systems</A
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>4.3. <A
HREF="bogo-list.html#AEN252"
>486 systems</A
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>4.4. <A
HREF="bogo-list.html#AEN256"
>Oddly or faultily configured 486 systems</A
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>4.5. <A
HREF="bogo-list.html#AEN260"
>486 variations: Cyrix/IBM, UMC, Intel Overdrive</A
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>4.6. <A
HREF="bogo-list.html#AEN264"
>Pentium systems</A
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>4.7. <A
HREF="bogo-list.html#AEN268"
>Oddly or faultily configured Pentium systems</A
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>4.8. <A
HREF="bogo-list.html#AEN272"
>Pentium variations: Intel (MMX, Pro, II, Celeron, III, 4, M)</A
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>4.9. <A
HREF="bogo-list.html#AEN276"
>Pentium variations: Cyrix, AMD (K5/K6/K7, Duron, Athlon,
Opteron), Centaur</A
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>4.10. <A
HREF="bogo-list.html#AEN280"
>Alpha systems</A
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>4.11. <A
HREF="bogo-list.html#AEN284"
>Motorola systems</A
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>4.12. <A
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>Sparc systems</A
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>4.13. <A
HREF="bogo-list.html#AEN292"
>PowerPC systems</A
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>4.14. <A
HREF="bogo-list.html#AEN296"
>Other CPU systems: Mips, Intel 8088/286 ELKS, IBM,
Transmeta Crusoe, PA-RISC, Hitachi SH, Arm and StrongArm,
iDragon, Vax, CRIS Etrax, XScale, Rise</A
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>4.15. <A
HREF="bogo-list.html#AEN300"
>Dual-CPU systems (SMP2, hyperthreading, Dual core)</A
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>4.16. <A
HREF="bogo-list.html#AEN304"
>Multi-CPU systems (SMP4, Beowulf, others)</A
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>4.17. <A
HREF="bogo-list.html#AEN308"
>Non-Linux systems (reference only)</A
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>5. <A
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>Signature</A
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>Copyright <20> 1993&#8212;2006 Wim van Dorst, GNU Free Documentation
License (GFDL) </P
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>Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this
document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License,
Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software
Foundation; with the Invariant Sections being Introduction, The
highest and lowest BogoMips ratings, The frequently asked questions
about BogoMips, Compilation of ratings, and Signature, no Front-Cover
Texts, and no Back-Cover texts. A copy of the licence can be
retrieved from <A
HREF="http://www.gnu.org/copyleft"
TARGET="_top"
>the Free
Software Foundation.</A
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