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Cc: net@freebsd.org, current@freebsd.org, Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
Subject: Re: em interrupt storm
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Mihail Balikov wrote:

> try to enable kern.polling
> 
> sysctl -w kern.polling.enable=1
> 
> 

Polling solves specific problems, but isn't a good choice for
every situation.

Scott