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SubjectRe: [PATCH] init: calibrate: don't print out bogomips value on boot
On Thu, Oct 10, 2013 at 10:52:35PM +0100, Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Wed, 9 Oct 2013 15:57:20 +0100 Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com> wrote:
>
> > @@ -295,9 +295,7 @@ void calibrate_delay(void)
> > }
> > per_cpu(cpu_loops_per_jiffy, this_cpu) = lpj;
> > if (!printed)
> > - pr_cont("%lu.%02lu BogoMIPS (lpj=%lu)\n",
> > - lpj/(500000/HZ),
> > - (lpj/(5000/HZ)) % 100, lpj);
> > + pr_cont("lpj=%lu\n", lpj);
> >
> > loops_per_jiffy = lpj;
> > printed = true;
>
> Kidding? BogoMIPS is an industry-standard metric which was established
> before many of us were born. It even has its own wikipedia page!

Crikey, have you looked at that page? ARM is ominously described as `not
enough data (yet)' when discussing its BogoMIPS `rating'. This is all more
food for the marketing machines :(

> You have no heart.

Maybe I should stop worrying and learn to love the BogoMIPS.

Will


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