On Fri, 25 Oct 1996, Ron G. Minnich wrote:

> 
> So what's going on? I don't think the 'we just have a better os' really 
> cuts it as an explanation :=)

Solaris does have the overhead of "true" multiprocessing.  I'm betting a
duel processor system runs better on solaris than it would on NetBSD.
Does NetBSD even have support for Multiprocssing at this point?

Anyway, all those locks and checks come at a cost.