> Your numbers don't look entirely abnormal. That test issues > over a million small writes. (Although it really should be > using bufio).
Are you suggesting we ought to change pack? I don't mind doing it if it's likely to be accepted by the developers. On NetBSD and my slow Plan 9 network, there are a few places that trip up the tests because they seemingly take too long, if buffering would speed them up, I would be a lot more comfortable. ++L
