On Sun, 2004-06-06 at 22:12, StoneBeat wrote: > 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 Thats the speed you booted up at. > model name : mobile AMD Athlon(tm) XP 1600+ But you have a mobile Athlon. > bogomips : 991.81 Which the powernow-k7 driver saw, and provided a means for the system to scale the processor speed. You have a cpuspeed service running which will ramp up the speed when you need it and scale it back down when you don't. This should add some extra life to your battery. It's questionable if its any use on mains, but it should generate less heat and run a little quieter at least 8-) Dave
