[hobbit] fping tuning

[Schwimmer, Eric E *HS]

> I've had a look at the fping sources.
> 
> There aren't any really obvious reasons why it should take so long.
> If you run it with "time", it also claims that the user- and 
> system-time
> are really low (I tried with ~1500 hosts), but the wall-clock time is
> like 90 seconds (default options). Which kind of points at the code 
> not really doing parallel pings.
> 
> 
> I think I'll try some modifications to it over the week-end. If any of
> it seems to improve it, I'll let you know.
> 

I gave the source a quick peruse before sending my initial email, and
my gut was telling me likewise.  Thanks for looking in to it :)

-Eric