FreeBSD MySQL still WAY slower than Linux

[Robert Backhaus]

Having just read this thread, I'd like to say that all messages are
making valid points, and all participants  agree with each other.
However, the argumentative discussion is creating a lot of noise.
Meanwhile, there are people doing meaningful work on this. 
A good standby would be to patch your 5.4 with ATAMKIII. As a CURRENT
user, i'd like to state that this code is very stable, although I
havn't done benchmarks, valid or otherwise.