Query about loops_per_jiffy

Russell King - ARM Linux linux at arm.linux.org.uk
Tue Jan 19 03:22:43 EST 2010


On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 03:42:53PM +0800, 胡杨树 wrote:
> Hi, oldhands:)
>      
> I have a question about how loops_per_jiffy converted to BogoMips, 
> 
> loops_per_jiffy * HZ  <-----------  that's number of instructions CPU executes in a second
> BogoMips <-------------------------- Millions of instructions CPU executes in a second

No.  The clue is in "Bogo" part of the name.



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