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The LibBSD Waf support splits the options and converts them to uppercase and
adds them -D options on the compiler command line.
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+SMP Requirements
+----------------
+
+In order to support
+[EPOCH(9)](https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=epoch&apropos=0&sektion=9)
+a scheduler with thread pinning support is required. This is the case if you
+use the default scheduler configuration. EPOCH(9) is a central synchronization
+mechanism of the network stack.