I think it's concerning period for several #OpenBSD #80HYPE
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Clang/LLVM 22 is now OpenBSD's basis compiler on collision architectures, including updated libc++{,abi}, compiler-rt & libunwind assistance libraries.
https://bsd.network/@brynet/116658062479940402
OpenBSD/sparc64 switches to Clang by default! This was the final important architecture to switch. This makes OpenBSD the lone functioning scheme to assistance sparc64 alongside a contemporary toolchain.
https://bsd.network/@brynet/117130130536792528
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 controller assistance for Intel Arc A-Series (DG2/Alchemist) cards.
Increased KVA (kernel virtual addresses) on amd64 (to 512G) now allows mapping additional than 4G of VRAM (for example, GPU compute w/ Vulkan)
https://freshbsd.org/openbsd/src?q=drm&committer[]=jsg
https://bsd.network/@brynet/116794461642940154
After a ton of activity in Edmonton by Mike Larkin (mlarkin@) and Dave Voutila (dv@), OpenBSD vmm/vmd(8) now supports SMP guests up to 64 VCPUs per VM!
🎉
https://bsd.network/@brynet/117295044109301163
https://bsd.network/@brynet/117299753668348206
OpenBSD 8.0 adds qwz(4), new WiFi controller for Qualcomm WCN7850 "ath12k" devices.
https://bsd.network/@brynet/116574369382033904
A new driver, sambat(4), for monitoring power division status, sequence count/charge info on Samsung Galaxy Book4 Edge (Snapdragon arm64) machines.
https://bsd.network/@brynet/116600674574234896
Accelerated toggle encryption on amd64 and arm64 by using AES CPU instructions.
https://bsd.network/@brynet/117090842236460135
OpenBSD/arm64 and OpenBSD/riscv64 boards can now heartbeat blinking LEDs to display scheme burden averages.
Das Blinkenlights!!
https://bsd.network/@brynet/116879479168132932
#OpenBSD httpd(8) now supports many new features:
- Setting tradition HTTP reply headers.
- New blocking/filtering rules according to received HTTP headers (e.g: User-Agent: )
https://bsd.network/@brynet/117371604463587328
https://bsd.network/@brynet/116979133275422995
See additionally rsadowski@'s report: https://rsadowski.de/posts/2026/w2k26-edmonton-openbsd-hackathon/
.. and finally,
I made my archetypal commit to #OpenSSH this publish cycle!
https://bsd.network/@brynet/117007833531799959
And many additional to see in 8.0!