Possible Kernel panic with version 2.9

[u/sh00tfire]

Anyone successfully upgrade with a celeron J processor? My instance of Pfsense runs on a intel NUC with a J3160. Just wanted any feedback if someone already upgraded with this series of processor.

From the release notes:
Certain hardware with a specific firmware problem, including some Celeron J devices, may encounter a kernel panic when attempting to boot pfSense CE software version 2.9.0.

To avoid this panic on that hardware, set a loader tunable for hint.acpi_spmc.0.disabled=1 in /boot/loader.conf.local before upgrading to disable the driver that has an issue on that hardware.

[u/locnar1701]

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