>
> Hello netbsd-i386 community,
>
> I'm performing and comparing some benchmarks on a Linux server and on a
> NetBSD server at the moment.
> Of course, I'm trying to optimize the settings on both systems.
>
> I've just optimized the settings for the harddrives of Linux
> installation. Now I'm searching for an equivalent to hdparm for NetBSD.
> Could you recommend me a tool?

NetBSD drive IDE controller optimal by default.

flags in kernel config can be used as "hdparm" mostly for turning
features off. not needed with not broken hardware.