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On Sun, Jun 6, 2010 at 4:23 PM, Nick Rogers <ncrogers@gmail.com> wrote:

>
>
> On Sat, Jun 5, 2010 at 11:54 PM, Garrett Cooper <yanefbsd@gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>
>>     I agree with Jeremy. I think that the problem that you've
>> discovered is the fact that it's using stdio-based buffered output
>> instead of buffering more of the contents in a string and punting it
>> out in larger chunks.
>> HTH,
>> -Garrett
>>
>
> I don't think so. The performance difference when taking out the interface
> lookup is huge even though the data output to STDOUT is mostly the same.
> I'll try the other lists, thanks.
>
>
FYI there is a bugfix/patch for this issue being discussed in
freebsd-hackers:

http://www.mail-archive.com/freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org/msg157097.html

Thanks again for suggesting I try another list.