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Feature #7593

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Enable FreeBSD 11 pvclock module in 2.4 builds

Added by Markus Stockhausen almost 7 years ago. Updated over 6 years ago.

Status:
Rejected
Priority:
Normal
Assignee:
-
Category:
Operating System
Target version:
Start date:
05/21/2017
Due date:
% Done:

0%

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Description

FreeBSD brings the pvclock module. According to https://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-arch/2015-January/016587.html using a paravirtualized clocksource can save unneccessary VM exists and improve performance in some workloads. In the forums (https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=109071.0) it was suggested that the module will ship with pfsense 2.4. A current beta install shows no signs of it.

  1. cd /boot/kernel
  2. ls -al pvclock*
    ls: No match.
  3. kldload pvclock
    kldload: can't load pvclock: No such file or directory

Even it won't be enabled by default the module should be available with pfsense 2.4 supporting KVM installs.

Actions #1

Updated by Renato Botelho over 6 years ago

  • Status changed from New to Rejected

pvclock is not a module, it's a standard piece of the kernel as you can see at original review at https://reviews.freebsd.org/D1429

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