Why is MySQL nearly twice as fast on Linux/AMD64 Vs. FreeBSD/AMD64?

[JG]

At 02:44 PM 5/20/2004 +0100, you wrote:
>Maybe silly but have your tried the same box under i386 and possibly trying:
>WITH_LINUXTHREADS=yes
>also. Would be interesting to see the results.
>
>     Steve

Steve,

Yeah I was thinking about this last night.

What a shame that would be though huh?

I'll give it a try a bit later and post the results.