Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2005 18:44:53 -0400 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Nils Vogels <nivo+d+1124610375.2c11a4@yuckfou.org> Cc: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: How much performance loss? Message-ID: <20050814224453.GA8883@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <42FEF6B3.8040906@yuckfou.org> References: <42FEF6B3.8040906@yuckfou.org>
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--UugvWAfsgieZRqgk Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, Aug 14, 2005 at 09:45:55AM +0200, Nils Vogels wrote: > I am trying to get FreeBSD properly running on my Soekris net4801, and > for that reason I have compiled a custom kernel that doesnt have > support for the hardware that I do not have. >=20 > When booting, the kernel gives me the following complaint: >=20 > FreeBSD 5.4-RELEASE-p6 #2: Sat Aug 6 11:56:49 CEST 2005 > nivo@imhotep.yuckfou.org:/usr/src/sys/i386/compile/NET4801 > WARNING: debug.mpsafenet forced to 0 as ipsec requires Giant > WARNING: MPSAFE network stack disabled, expect reduced performance. >=20 > So, I expect a little perfomance loss. When, however, I try to use the > device as an access-point (WLAN 802.11g/WEP-128 in bridging mode) I > cannot seem to get more than 10kbit/s performance over the bridged > wlan interface. >=20 > Is this the kind of performance-loss I am being warned about? I > seriously hope not :-) No, it means "comparable performance to previous versions of FreeBSD". Something else must be wrong on your system. Kris --UugvWAfsgieZRqgk Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFC/8llWry0BWjoQKURArWyAKDzB31svIJOBRsz3SuOIPHPKk3OJwCg4W/H Mz1LsTmlsAJ9tLFToWb8f0s= =trcT -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --UugvWAfsgieZRqgk--
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