I think it's about time for some
#OpenBSD #80HYPE 
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!
🎉
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.
Das Blinkenlights!!
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,
I made my first commit to
#OpenSSH this release cycle!
https://bsd.network/@brynet/117007833531799959
And lots more to see in 8.0!
