Hi i have a strange behaviour with kernel 2.6 and BogoMips: [root@laptop tmp]# dmesg | grep -i bogo Calibrating delay loop... 2777.08 BogoMIPS --- [root@laptop tmp]# cat /proc/cpuinfo processor : 0 vendor_id : AuthenticAMD cpu family : 6 model : 8 model name : mobile AMD Athlon(tm) XP 1600+ stepping : 0 cpu MHz : 1400.686 cache size : 256 KB fdiv_bug : no hlt_bug : no f00f_bug : no coma_bug : no fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 1 wp : yes flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 mmx fxsr sse syscall mp mmxext 3dnowext 3dnow bogomips : 991.81 --- As you can see if i do "dmesg" my bogomips are 2777.08 but if i do "cat /procp/cpuinfo" i only see 991.81. Some info: [root@laptop tmp]# cat /etc/redhat-release Fedora Core release 1 (Yarrow) [root@laptop tmp]# uname -a Linux laptop 2.6.3-2.1.253custom #1 Sat Mar 20 01:52:05 CET 2004 i686 athlon i386 GNU/Linux [root@laptop tmp]# rpm -qa | grep -i kerne kernel-doc-2.6.3-2.1.253 kernel-2.6.3-2.1.253 kernel-source-2.6.3-2.1.253