sigh.  when i rebooted with the new kernel and started X i
saw an immediate improvement.  X took just over 1/2 as long
to start up.  then a few hours later i decided to try out
the dhry tests again.  i almost wish i hadn't.

splode ~> ./dhry-dynamic
total time was 32.82169
null time was 0.90861
page faults (0), swaps (0), context switches (466)
number of dhrystones per sec (31258.5)

splode ~> ./dhry-static
total time was 19.11255
null time was 0.87449
page faults (0), swaps (0), context switches (351)
number of dhrystones per sec (52843.5)

splode ~> cp /usr/lib/libc.so.12.0 .
splode ~> setenv LD_LIBRARY_PATH .
splode ~> ldd ./dhry-dynamic
./dhry-dynamic:
        -lc.12 => ./libc.so.12.0 (0x402c000)
splode ~> ./dhry-dynamic
total time was 19.369082
null time was 0.90685
page faults (0), swaps (0), context switches (276)
number of dhrystones per sec (51871.5)

.mrg.