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In article <20050418114252.D38E.SHINO@fornext.org>,
	shino@fornext.org (Shunsuke SHINOMIYA) writes:

> sysctl kern.random.sys.harvest.ethernet=0
> sysctl kern.random.sys.harvest.interrupt=0
> 
>  affect to your router's performance?

No effect for me.

>  and, disabling interrupt moderation of em(4) affects the router too?

I will look into this, but had assumed device polling would mostly 
cover this problem?

-Paul-