Tuesday, April 02, 2019

Re: Is it worth considering compling a generic MPPF kernel for user convenience

No, this is not our style, it very much doesn't fit the development
process to have users running prototype code for 6 months.

And anyways why do you want this, since pf is going away.

Tom Smyth <tom.smyth@wirelessconnect.eu> wrote:

> I was wondering what devs / more experienced users think about
> having BSDMPPF kernel as an option in the upcoming release
> so that users could opt to test that by selecting alternate BSDMPPF kernel
> (without having to re-compile the kernel)
>
> the tested benefits on a PC engines apuc2 is at least 2x performance
> from my lab testing here
>
> I think having a higher install base of consistently complied generic
> kernels with
> pf enabled would be beneficial
>
> what do the more experienced users of OpenBSD think about this?
>
> are there any down sides with this approach ?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Tom Smyth
>

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