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FreeBSD pf has been multithreaded for a long time. The FreeBSD 11 pf(4) man page from 2013 specifically says so[1]. [1] https://man.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?que
by dmm 3y ago
FreeBSD pf has been multithreaded for a long time. The FreeBSD 11 pf(4) man page from 2013 specifically says so[1].
[1] https://man.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=pf&apropos=0&sektion=4&manpath=FreeBSD+11.0-RELEASE&arch=default&format=html#end https://man.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=pf&apropos=0&sekti...
- Lammy 3y ago"SMP" might be a more useful search term. You're correct on the timeframe — merged into HEAD in 2012 https://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-pf/2012-September/006740.html https://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-pf/2012-Septembe... I'm not an OpenBSD user but it sounds like this changed recently in OpenBSD-land as well, because the "Will multiple processors help?" FAQ entry disappeared some time between January and March 2023: https://web.archive.org/web/20230112170731/https://www.openbsd.org/faq/pf/perf.html https://web.archive.org/web/20230112170731/https://www.openb...
- gigatexal 3y agoI didn’t know this but it makes sense. Either way for most of the use cases (homelabs on residential internet speeds) either FBSD or OpenBSD’s PF will perform just swimmingly.