On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 4:16 PM, Chris Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm building up an OpenBSD box on an Atom D510 (dual core) platform > running -current . Use will be strictly as a firewall running PF. I've > read that SMP doesn't really help PF, but it may assist in speeding up > compiling when keeping up with -current. What are the tradeoffs here? > Will the mp kernel harm PF performance? As x86 and amd64 are both > supported are there any strong arguments for running either one?
You're not going to push enough traffic through an atom based system to notice any difference. (If you do notice a difference, it's a sign to get a real computer.) i386 and amd64 are pretty similar, except amd64 has a larger address space (rarely needed) and less shit works.
