[rincebrain]

Sure, I'm not suggesting that they're a good idea to use blindly at this point - I think most people are building on filesystem-based setups so most of the polish is going there.

But that was the original logic.

I also would be curious to see benchmarks for them on FBSD and Linux, because FBSD and Linux (the platforms at large) diverged in how they handle "disks", with FBSD opting for only character devices (unbuffered) and Linux only block devices (buffered).