Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > Thanks all for your input. > > The problem is solved in a way. > > Before mucking with hardware i tried few software things. > > With 2.0.36 compiled as 686 and as 586 i had only 350Bogomips with a 350MHz > K6-2 > > BUT (!) with 2.2.0pre7 compiled with CONFIG_M586TSC=y i have my full 700 > bogomips ! > with it /proc/cpuinfo shows everything right (CPU clock,etc...) > > That's strange isn't it ? Probably a strange compilation quirk somewhere.... > > I'll stick with 2.0.36 for now (as 350Bogomips should be enough to serve only > few web pages), but i will wait anxiously to 2.2.0 final > > Patrick > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
i've not messed around with BogoMIPS really, but i do have one question. your BogoMIPS count went up dramatically, but did it really feel like you had a performance increase? if so, why switch back? if not, why care about them unless it was just idle curiosity? -James Pollard