OpenBSD 7.6 released

https://cdn.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/7.6/ANNOUNCEMENT

by brynet • 2 years ago

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The release notes state "Support for Milk-V Pioneer board", but I can't seem to find the related code in the kernel sources - any hints?

brynet3• 2 years ago

Support was added to existing drivers for similar hardware, a number of commits mention the Milk-V Pioneer board, I can't comment on how well it is supported, though:

https://freshbsd.org/openbsd/src?q=Milk-V

johndoe08152• 2 years ago

Thanks - I was grepping through the kernel sources and could not find any references to the Pioneer, Milk-V or the SG2042 SoC. It makes sense it's mentions in the commit logs instead, especially if the hardware is rather similar to existing supported components... I didn't know about the freshbsd site, nice to have this!

snvzz• 2 years ago

Likely works fine in UEFI boards, using sbi for uart and timers, as long as the rest of the hardware is relatively standard.

brynet3• 2 years ago

OpenBSD 7.6 release artwork by Sue Doeksen

https://www.openbsd.org/images/LifeIsButADream.jpg

https://www.openbsd.org/images/puffy76.gif

https://www.openbsd.org/76.html

jmclnx• 2 years ago

The art is based upon Theseus as mentioned in the email:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ship_of_Theseus

which is probably due to this:

https://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20240824114631

tiffanyh• 2 years ago

OT: does anyone know what the terminology is for the design style of the OpenBSD artwork for v7.6, linked below, where it looks like it was screen printed / water colors (if you zoom in to see the color detail)

https://www.openbsd.org/images/LifeIsButADream.jpg

cmplxconjugate• 2 years ago

To my eye it looks like either (silk) screen printed or wood block pressed.

blueflow• 2 years ago

Lithography? Its less a design style, but more the fact that lithography is easier of you only have 3 or 4 colors.

OpenBSD 7.6 released

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