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

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. https://bsd.network/@brynet/116658062479940402 > 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. 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 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) https://freshbsd.org/openbsd/src?q=drm&committer[]=jsg https://bsd.network/@brynet/116794461642940154 > 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:​ 🎉​ https://bsd.network/@brynet/117295044109301163 https://bsd.network/@brynet/117299753668348206 > OpenBSD 8.0 adds qwz(4), new WiFi driver for Qualcomm WCN7850 "ath12k" devices. https://bsd.network/@brynet/116574369382033904 > A new driver, sambat(4), for monitoring battery status, cycle count/charge info on Samsung Galaxy Book4 Edge (Snapdragon arm64) machines. https://bsd.network/@brynet/116600674574234896 > Accelerated swap 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 show system load averages. > > :flan_hurrah:​ Das Blinkenlights!! :flan_hurrah:​ https://bsd.network/@brynet/116879479168132932 > #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: ) https://bsd.network/@brynet/117371604463587328 https://bsd.network/@brynet/116979133275422995 See also rsadowski@'s report: https://rsadowski.de/posts/2026/w2k26-edmonton-openbsd-hackathon/ .. and finally, :flan_peek:​ > I made my first commit to #OpenSSH this release cycle! https://bsd.network/@brynet/117007833531799959 And lots more to see in 8.0! :flan_thumbs:​:flan_hacker:​

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