compaq r4000 /proc/cpuinfo reports 997 and should be 2400

[thomas at cs.wisc.edu (David Thompson)]

Jerry Geis wrote:
>Hi
>
>I have a compaq R4000 with the 2.4GIG AMD 64 bit. 4000+ rated.
>proc cpuinfo reports
>
>cpu Mhz as 997.481
>
>Do I have to run the 64 bit version to have things run correctly?
>I just have the normal 4.2 loaded at this time.
>
>The laptop seems slow for 4000+ as reflected by the cpu Mhz also.
>
>Any thoughts on running the 32 bit version of 4.2 vs the 64 bit version 
>of 4.2?

See AMD "Cool'n'Quiet" which reduces the CPU speed when not under load (and/or 
on 'niced' processes).  You can disable the cpuspeed init to make it always 
run at the maximum speed.

Dave Thompson
UW-Madison