> > > performance."
> > >
> > > The NetBSD approach is "Detect the controller and HD, and automatically
> > > configure for the highest throughput supported by both devices."
> >
> > Interesting, how come Linux beats NetBSD at the HD performance on i386
> > in _all_ cases?
> 
> i can get max 7.5MB/s with linux from my machine (pentium 133, intel TX,
> 5400 HDD) doing lot of work with hdparm.
> 
> generic NetBSD kernel just gives 16MB/s with less CPU load.

Are you both talking about raw disk performance (using dd) or
performance when using a filesystem? I suppose those are two totally
different things.

Bye	Pavel