pf performance?

[Erich Weiler]

> If this machine is dedicated for pf then setting sysctl net.isr.direct=0
> might also improve performance, by forcing all packets to go through a
> single netisr thread (assuming that net.isr.maxthreads is 1).  Note that
> this will apply to traffic that does not go through pf, so if this
> machine were doing other network things (e.g. serving NFS) then it would
> bottleneck your other traffic behind your pf traffic.

Hmm, we see this:

[2.0.2-RELEASE][admin at fire02.cghub]/root(1): sysctl net.isr.direct
net.isr.direct: 1
[2.0.2-RELEASE][admin at fire02.cghub]/root(2): sysctl net.isr.maxthreads
net.isr.maxthreads: 3

Should I set net.isr.maxthreads=1 before setting net.isr.direct=0 ??