* stolendata.net <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008-03-14 22:34]:
> my 4.1 and 4.2 machines are -stable, and all are running i386, clearly.
> 
> My surprise and question was all in the fact that this changed from
> 4.1 to 4.2, and WHY it changed from 4.1 to 4.2. Otto Moerbeek has
> already explained that there was a change in the timecounter code, and
> your addition puts the rest in clear light and verifies that there is
> no change possible for getting the performance back.

well, it might be possible to speed up the code path gettimeofday() 
uses in the timecounter code. of course, that requires reading that code, 
and maybe profiling.

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