* ML mail <mlnos...@yahoo.com> [2011-10-19 11:37]: > I read on this very nice tutorial about > pf https://calomel.org/pf_config.html that ACPIv2 and APCI should be enabled > in the BIOS for OpenBSD's firewall to work more efficiently.
calomel.org is a collection of bad advice. > Now I wanted to > ask you guys if you really think this should be enabled? and is it really an > advantage? are there maybe any disadvantages too? > I thought ACPI was just > about power management and I can't really imagine how this improves packet > filtering performance but I don't know much more about this topic... ACPI is not primarily about power management. ACPI is also not an option for halfway modern machines. stop pushing buttons. -- Henning Brauer, h...@bsws.de, henn...@openbsd.org BS Web Services, http://bsws.de, Full-Service ISP Secure Hosting, Mail and DNS Services. Dedicated Servers, Root to Fully Managed Henning Brauer Consulting, http://henningbrauer.com/
