Tuning pfsense setting /boot/loader.conf.local or /boot/loader.conf?

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FreeBSD

Hello.
Question: There is such a manual: https://teklager.se/en/knowledge-base/apu2-1-gigab... in it, in order to achieve "1Gbit thoughput" on the APU platform in pfsense, they suggested making changes to the file / boot/loader.conf.local
But this file is not on my system, there is only /boot/loader.conf
So is it the same file or are they different files and it (file /boot/loader.conf.local) is really necessary create with the given settings?
pfsense is the latest stable version.
Thank you. And don't get sick!

Answer 1

manloader.conf

FILES
  /boot/defaults/loader.conf	default settings -- do not change this file.
  /boot/loader.conf		user defined settings.
  /boot/loader.conf.local	machine-specific settings for sites with a common loader.conf.

Just create a file /boot/loader.conf.localwith the necessary settings.