2013/5/19 Andrew Jones <a...@jonesy.com.au> > As for migration to another OS, I find FreeBSD better as a matter of >> network performance. The last time I checked OpenBSD was either >> lacking or was in the early stages of multiple cores support. >> > > If you do decide to go the FreeBSD route (you can run openbgpd on FreeBSD > if you like), check out the POLLING option on ethernet NICs, it cuts down > on the number of interrupts and can increase performance, particularly when > dealing with smaller packets. >
Polling on FreeBSD in modern NICs is discouraged. -- Eduardo Schoedler
