Do I need to configure gpu/graphics to get optimal desktop performance?

[Hastur]

I performed a basic install a year or more ago and am now on 14p3 on a desktop i7 with 8g ram and a ssd with ufs. journaled softup.
I have 4 usb drives I use for mass storage all with ufs journal soft update.
1 How do I know if freebsd is using a GPU or the graphics card? Or needs more configuration.
2 I notice here that hugepages are disabled...... If that something that can be configured?
3 If I have 1200 torrents running, do I need to do anything with ufs to up the file limits like ulimit on linux? (seems fine with qbittorrent)

I think this is relevant dmesg section for i915 intel vid card:

drmn0: <drmn> on vgapci0
vgapci0: child drmn0 requested pci_enable_io
vgapci0: child drmn0 requested pci_enable_io
[drm] Unable to create a private tmpfs mount, hugepage support will be disabled(-19).
[drm] Got stolen memory base 0xb6800000, size 0x8000000
lkpi_iic0: <LinuxKPI I2C> on drmn0
iicbus0: <Philips I2C bus> on lkpi_iic0
iic0: <I2C generic I/O> on iicbus0
lkpi_iic1: <LinuxKPI I2C> on drmn0
iicbus1: <Philips I2C bus> on lkpi_iic1
iic1: <I2C generic I/O> on iicbus1
lkpi_iic2: <LinuxKPI I2C> on drmn0
iicbus2: <Philips I2C bus> on lkpi_iic2
iic2: <I2C generic I/O> on iicbus2
drmn0: successfully loaded firmware image 'i915/skl_dmc_ver1_27.bin'
drmn0: [drm] Finished loading DMC firmware i915/skl_dmc_ver1_27.bin (v1.27)
drmn0: [drm] failed to retrieve link info, disabling eDP
drmn0: [drm] [ENCODER:94:DDI B/PHY B] is disabled/in DSI mode with an ungated DDI clock, gate it
drmn0: [drm] [ENCODER:119:DDI D/PHY D] is disabled/in DSI mode with an ungated DDI clock, gate it
sysctl_warn_reuse: can't re-use a leaf (hw.dri.debug)!
lkpi_iic3: <LinuxKPI I2C> on drm1
iicbus3: <Philips I2C bus> on lkpi_iic3
iic3: <I2C generic I/O> on iicbus3
lkpi_iic4: <LinuxKPI I2C> on drm3
iicbus4: <Philips I2C bus> on lkpi_iic4
iic4: <I2C generic I/O> on iicbus4
lkpi_iic5: <LinuxKPI I2C> on drm5
iicbus5: <Philips I2C bus> on lkpi_iic5
iic5: <I2C generic I/O> on iicbus5
[drm] Initialized i915 1.6.0 20201103 for drmn0 on minor 0
VT: Replacing driver "efifb" with new "fb".
start FB_INFO:
type=11 height=1024 width=1280 depth=32
pbase=0xc03c0000 vbase=0xfffff800c03c0000
name=drmn0 flags=0x0 stride=5120 bpp=32
end FB_INFO

 

[SirDice]

How do I know if freebsd is using a GPU or the graphics card?

They're the same thing? Or did you mean the internal GPU that's builtin on certain CPU models and an external graphics card (usually in a PCIe x16 slot)? Check /var/log/Xorg.0.log to find out. On which connector the monitor is attached is usually a big clue too.

 

[YYY__]

1.

How to tell which Xorg video driver is in use.

I have figured out 2 ways from the xterm prompt. glxgears -info|grep GL_RENDERER glxinfo -B | grep Device Is there any GUI utility that shows the xorg video driver in use?

forums.freebsd.org

2.

Handled by the kernel if available for the port.
sysctl vm.pmap.pg_ps_enabled

Set vm.pmap.pg_ps_enabled to "1" in /boot/loader.conf.

FreeBSD 7.2-RELEASE Release Notes

FreeBSD is an operating system used to power modern servers, desktops, and embedded platforms.

www.freebsd.org

3.

Are you getting kernel errors? In this case, modify kern.maxfiles/kern.maxfilesperproc in /etc/sysctl.conf.
Check the current workload: sysctl kern.openfiles