From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Aug 14 22:44:56 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4AE7716A41F for ; Sun, 14 Aug 2005 22:44:56 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kris@obsecurity.org) Received: from fileserver.fields.utoronto.ca (fileserver.fields.utoronto.ca [128.100.216.10]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CF98343D48 for ; Sun, 14 Aug 2005 22:44:55 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kris@obsecurity.org) Received: from fields.fields.utoronto.ca (fields.localdomain [192.168.216.11]) by fileserver.fields.utoronto.ca (8.12.8/8.12.8/Fields 6.0) with ESMTP id j7EMisvf001140 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Sun, 14 Aug 2005 18:44:55 -0400 Received: from obsecurity.dyndns.org (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by fields.fields.utoronto.ca (8.12.8/8.12.8/Fields WS 6.0) with ESMTP id j7EMir6P000482; Sun, 14 Aug 2005 18:44:54 -0400 Received: by obsecurity.dyndns.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 885885137D; Sun, 14 Aug 2005 18:44:53 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2005 18:44:53 -0400 From: Kris Kennaway To: Nils Vogels Message-ID: <20050814224453.GA8883@xor.obsecurity.org> References: <42FEF6B3.8040906@yuckfou.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="UugvWAfsgieZRqgk" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <42FEF6B3.8040906@yuckfou.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Cc: freebsd-questions Subject: Re: How much performance loss? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2005 22:44:56 -0000 --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--