cpuinfo, bogomips and duo core

[Robert Moskowitz]

On 02/11/2013 06:07 PM, Reindl Harald wrote:
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> Am 11.02.2013 23:43, schrieb Robert Moskowitz:
>> Do I have this right?
>>
>> since on a duo core system, /proc/cpuinfo reports both cores and a bogomips number for each, that number is the
>> value for a core.  Thus 'in theory' the bogomips for the unit is the sum of the two values (the same in every duo
>> core I have seen)
> practically i would say this value is hmm useless
>
> is it hardcoded in the CPU?
> is it measured?
>
> if it is measured at which moment of time
> which stepping had the CPU at the moment :-)

I realize it is rather relative, but it helps me keep my various systems 
classified, like system 1 is probably twice the speed of system 2 (given 
same # of cores and memory).

So I use it only for classification.  Not for any "Great Expectations".