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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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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

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