NetBSD 6 is looking pretty good

[John Klos <john%ziaspace.com@localhost>]

Hi,

I have a VLC which is running netbsd-6 from 1-October. It's been compiling 
and doing various things for the last two weeks with no problems.

I did notice one thing, though. When running benchmarks/dhrystone/, the 
number I got was:

Microseconds for one run through Dhrystone:  569.1
Dhrystones per Second:                      1757.2

When I ran dhrystone on netbsd-5 earlier this year, though, I got 2164 
which is almost 1.25 times faster. What's also interesting is that the 
standard number given for dhrystones per second for the VAX 11/780 is 
exactly 1757, too. Does this mean that the inefficiencies of new 
toolchains has brought a 25 MHz 1991 machine down to the speed of a 5 MHz 
1977 machine?

John