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OpenBSD 8.0 release will have inteldrm/radeondrm/amdgpu drivers from Linux 6.18

OpenBSD 8.0 release will have inteldrm/radeondrm/amdgpu drivers from Linux 6.18

17 hours ago

I think it's about time for some #OpenBSD #80HYPE :flan_hacker:​ :flan_cool:

Clang/LLVM 22 is now OpenBSD's base compiler on clang architectures, including updated libc++{,abi}, compiler-rt & libunwind support libraries.

bsd.network/@brynet/1166580624

OpenBSD/sparc64 switches to Clang by default! This was the last significant architecture to switch. This makes OpenBSD the only operating system to support sparc64 with a modern toolchain.

bsd.network/@brynet/1171301305

Since 7.9, Jonathan Gray (jsg@) has continued to update the drm graphics stack (inteldrm/radeondrm/amdgpu) bringing OpenBSD 8.0 to Linux 6.18.y/6.18.53, adding driver support for Intel Arc A-Series (DG2/Alchemist) cards.

Increased KVA (kernel virtual addresses) on amd64 (to 512G) now allows mapping more than 4G of VRAM (for example, GPU compute w/ Vulkan)

freshbsd.org/openbsd/src?q=drm

bsd.network/@brynet/1167944616

After a ton of work in Edmonton by Mike Larkin (mlarkin@) and Dave Voutila (dv@), OpenBSD vmm/vmd(8) now supports SMP guests up to 64 VCPUs per VM! :flan_cool:​ 🎉​

bsd.network/@brynet/1172950441

bsd.network/@brynet/1172997536

OpenBSD 8.0 adds qwz(4), new WiFi driver for Qualcomm WCN7850 "ath12k" devices.

bsd.network/@brynet/1165743693

A new driver, sambat(4), for monitoring battery status, cycle count/charge info on Samsung Galaxy Book4 Edge (Snapdragon arm64) machines.

bsd.network/@brynet/1166006745

Accelerated swap encryption on amd64 and arm64 by using AES CPU instructions.

bsd.network/@brynet/1170908422

OpenBSD/arm64 and OpenBSD/riscv64 boards can now heartbeat blinking LEDs to show system load averages.

:flan_hurrah:​ Das Blinkenlights!! :flan_hurrah:​

bsd.network/@brynet/1168794791

#OpenBSD httpd(8) now supports many new features:

  • Setting custom HTTP response headers.
  • New blocking/filtering rules based on received HTTP headers (e.g: User-Agent: )

bsd.network/@brynet/1173716044

bsd.network/@brynet/1169791332

See also rsadowski@'s report: rsadowski.de/posts/2026/w2k26-

.. and finally, :flan_peek:​

I made my first commit to #OpenSSH this release cycle!

bsd.network/@brynet/1170078335

And lots more to see in 8.0! :flan_thumbs:​:flan_hacker:​

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