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On Jan 15, 2008, at 1:40 PM, John Baldwin wrote:

>> Where can one go to read up on what MSI is and how it helps us?
>>
>> Is enabling it just setting a sysctl?  Does that have to be done in
>> loader.conf or can it happen later?
>
> loader.conf (though it is now default on in RELENG_6).
>
> hw.pci.msi_enable=1
> hw.pci.msix_enable=1


Thanks for the info.  But can anyone point me to some documentation on  
why MSI is good for me?