Low perf with smp

[Mark Kirkwood]

Eric wrote:
> Sorry for time to answer, here is result in both  case (with/withou SMP) 
> with freebsd 4.11 :
> 
> kern.timecounter.method: 0
> kern.timecounter.hardware: i8254
> 
> 
> If you want I can do new installation with freebsd 6.0
> 

If you can spare the time and the machine, it would certainly be good to 
chase down why 6.0 is slower than 4.11! (As SMP in 6.0 is typically 
better than in 4.x...).

Cheers

Mark