In message <199811182349.PAA06928@lestat.nas.nasa.gov>, Jason Thorpe writes:
>On Wed, 18 Nov 1998 16:44:30 -0700 
> "Michael K. Sanders" <msanders@confusion.net> wrote:
>
> > Is there a reason CPU speed isn't printed out along with the type at
> > boot time?
>
>No reason to know it?

Huh?  How is speed any less useful information than the type of CPU?

I have six different systems in racks, and it would be useful to me to
be able to determine the CPU speed, as well as type, without rebooting
them.