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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.

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