Why clock speed isn't correct to the CPU installed as seen within /proc/cpuinfo?
Issue
- Why clock speed isn't correct in /proc/cpuinfo? The system has a Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU 2.93GHz installed, but
/proc/cpuinfoshows the following:
$ grep MHz /proc/cpuinfo
cpu MHz : 2933.000
cpu MHz : 1600.000
cpu MHz : 1600.000
cpu MHz : 1600.000
cpu MHz : 2933.000
cpu MHz : 1600.000
cpu MHz : 1600.000
cpu MHz : 1600.000
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
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