BOGOMIPS

Section: User Commands (1)
Updated: 4 Jun 1994
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NAME

bogomips - BogoMIPs Benchmark Program  

SYNOPSIS

bogomips

 

DESCRIPTION

Bogomips is a standalone version of the benchmark program run by the Linux kernel at boot time.

 

COMMAND-LINE OPTIONS

No options are currently supported.

 

EXAMPLES

bogomips

 

PORTABILITY

Bogomips should compile on any ANSI C conforming system.

 

BUGS/LIMITATIONS

The "Bogo" in BogoMIPs stands for bogus. See the BOGOMips Mini-HOWTO document for more information on interpreting the results of the program. See also the "New Hacker's Dictionary" (sometimes known as the "Jargon File") for a definition of bogosity and bogon particle physics.

 

AUTHOR

Bogomips was written by Jeff Tranter (Jeff_Tranter@Mitel.COM) based on code from the Linux kernel, by Linus Torvalds. Additional changes suggested by Thomas McWilliams and Paul Healy.


 

Index

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
COMMAND-LINE OPTIONS
EXAMPLES
PORTABILITY
BUGS/LIMITATIONS
AUTHOR

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