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

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.