Call for testing: em(4) TX interrupt mitigation

Are you an OpenBSD user with a low power device such as a PC Engines APU2, with one or more em(4) network interfaces?

Darren Tucker (dtucker@) has a new diff out that may be of use to you, posted in a message to tech@:

List:       openbsd-tech
Subject:    em(4) TX interrupt mitigation
From:       Darren Tucker <dtucker () dtucker ! net>
Date:       2025-05-19 8:52:13

Hi.

TL;DR: if you use em(4), particularly on a low-power device such as a
pcengines APU2, please try this diff.

The em(4) driver has 5 interrupt mitigation timers[0].

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