Nick Sayer wrote in list.freebsd-hackers:
> Linux generates a meric of CPU performance as a byproduct of calibrating
> a delay loop.
It's not a metric of CPU performance. It's just a meaningless
number, and its relation to the actual performance of the
machine is very questionable.
> We don't require doing any such thing, and so adding it would be purely
> cosmetic.
> However, I allege that cosmetic things aren't in and of themselves evil,
> so long as
> they don't break anything in the process.
It would break user's confidence in the seriousness of the
system.
> Would anyone scream and projectile-vomit if I added this to identcpu.c?
I would, FWIW.
Regards
Oliver
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