Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 21 May 1998 16:06:05 +0200 | From | Vojtech Pavlik <> | Subject | Re: Cyrix 6x86MX and Centaur C6 CPUs in 2.1.102 |
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On Thu, May 21, 1998 at 03:44:27PM +0200, Martin Mares wrote:
> > BTW TSC calibration in the setup code would allow showing MHz rating in > > /proc/cpuinfo, so people would stop wondering why they get bogomips such > > and such everytime a new x86 processor comes out. > > This would be interesting, but remember that CPU clock speed need not > to be equal TSC frequency.
Yes, but for all the chips produced up to now it is equal, and for later chips we may decide based on the chip revision / manufacturer and if needed apply a TSC per sec / CPU clocks per sec ratio for the respective chip to get the correct CPU frequency.
Vojtech
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