DIfferent BogoMIPS value after bbaa06702719 ("clocksource/drivers/arm_global_timer: Register delay timer")

[Russell King - ARM Linux]

On Thu, Mar 02, 2017 at 02:36:23PM +0100, Rafał Miłecki wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I just updated kernel on my SmartRG SR400ac (bcm4708-smartrg-sr400ac.dts) from
> 4.4 to 4.9 and noticed that this part of the log:
> [    0.020820] Calibrating delay loop... 1594.16 BogoMIPS (lpj=7970816)
> (...)
> [    0.190806] Brought up 2 CPUs
> [    0.200022] SMP: Total of 2 processors activated (3188.32 BogoMIPS).
> 
> became:
> [    0.027082] Calibrating delay loop (skipped), value calculated using timer frequency.. 800.00 BogoMIPS (lpj=4000000)
> (...)
> [    0.078858] Brought up 2 CPUs
> [    0.088254] SMP: Total of 2 processors activated (1600.00 BogoMIPS).
> 
> This is caused by commit bbaa06702719 ("clocksource/drivers/arm_global_timer:
> Register delay timer").
> 
> Is this something expected?

Yes.

> Or should I be worried about this? I'm aware it's just BogoMIPS, but I
> still prefer to ask :)

It's *bogus*.  Bogomips is the calibration value that the kernel uses
to achieve delays.  It has nothing to do with the speed of the CPU on
modern systems that use a timer instead.  (In that case, it's a
calibration value for the timer, rather than a calibration value for
the number of software loops required to achieve a delay.)

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