I simple don't know if they have some analog of CPUID? From your answer I infer - they have not, right ?
----- Original Message ----- From: "Lynn W. Taylor" <l...@buscom.net> To: "Raistmer" <raist...@mail.ru>; "BOINC dev" <boinc_dev@ssl.berkeley.edu> Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2009 11:03 AM Subject: Re: [boinc_dev] [boinc_alpha] Card Gflops in BOINC 6.10 > If we assume that all processors have an x86 heritage, sure. > > What about the PowerPC processor, or Sun SPARC, or Motorola 68000 family > parts, or VAX machines? > > They aren't mainstream, but they're still around. > > Raistmer wrote: >>> Just having a rough idea of system performance solves a lot of problems. >>> >> BTW, some estimation of computer performance can be aquired from CPUID >> instruction. >> CPU type + freq would give not bad estimation of FLOPS it can do. At >> least if we talk about error of few times of value itself accepted... >> >> _______________________________________________ >> boinc_dev mailing list >> boinc_dev@ssl.berkeley.edu >> http://lists.ssl.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/boinc_dev >> To unsubscribe, visit the above URL and >> (near bottom of page) enter your email address. >> > _______________________________________________ boinc_dev mailing list boinc_dev@ssl.berkeley.edu http://lists.ssl.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/boinc_dev To unsubscribe, visit the above URL and (near bottom of page) enter your email address.
