OpenBSD 5.7 Released

http://marc.info/?l=openbsd-misc&m=143043178115828

by fcambus • 11 years ago

128 22 11 years ago

iwwr• 11 years ago

Any reason for the removal of loadable kernel modules?

brynet• 11 years ago

LKM(4) support had mostly been only "compile tested" for years. Practically nothing used it, and at the time of it's removal the ports tree contained a single module.. a firmware flasher for some old Dell servers.

zdw3• 11 years ago

OpenBSD also makes it pretty easy to compile drivers into a custom kernel:

http://www.openbsd.org/faq//faq5.html#Why

And to configure an already compiled kernel with UKC:

http://www.openbsd.org/faq//faq5.html#BootConfig

So most of the time there's little need for kernel modules.

mp3geek• 11 years ago

How about a reason for nginx removal?

stsp• 11 years ago

see https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9202522

krylon• 11 years ago

About time!

Just kidding. It is impressive how the OpenBSD developers manage to stick to their release schedule.

Mathnerd314• 11 years ago

It's interesting that OpenBSd's xhci driver is new, while Linux has had an xhci driver for several years...

nickysielicki• 11 years ago

Not really. Intel pays people to write drivers for linux.

OpenBSD is basically entirely volunteers.

zdw3• 11 years ago

OpenBSD tends to re-engineer things rather than use reference implementations - for example, their ACPI (power management) interface is a ground up implementation, whereas most others are simply copies of Intel's code: http://www.bsdcan.org/2009/schedule/events/131.en.html

Xylemon• 11 years ago

It's so weird to see one of my programs on the packages FTP. Feels pretty awesome!

zdw3• 11 years ago

Out of curiosity, which one?

christianbryant• 11 years ago

Simply one of the finest and most reliable systems to date. Kudos.

chrissnell2• 11 years ago

If I wanted to buy the sweetest laptop available that works well with OpenBSD 5.7, what would I buy?

foodstances• 11 years ago

Depends what specs you want, but a ThinkPad X240 would be well supported.

chrissnell2• 11 years ago

Interesting. I want a "developer-class" laptop. Well-built, moderately fast, reliable. The reviews on Amazon for that X240 complain about a crappy trackpad. Wonder if there are other good options.

erglkjahlkh• 11 years ago

Probably not anything new from Asus. I just recently purchased one, and it's pure UEFI. The newest models have begun removing the options to enable "legacy mode", so you can't run legacy operating systems anymore.

This will probably become more and more common, and after the next couple years it will be extremely hard to find any good laptop that would run openBSD.

elchief• 11 years ago

Excellent! Congrats to the team.

Glad to see postgres 9.4 in packages, and more improvements to libressl.

Anybody got an opinion on a decent openbsd vps?

hobarrera• 11 years ago

https://arpnetworks.com/

I've been with them about five years now. No real issues during this time.

marios• 11 years ago

It is possible to install OpenBSD on vultr.com by using the custom ISO procedure. I got one last month, and it works great. You can also try using the SSDVPS coupon code to gain $20 of credit (it worked last month, but I can't seem to find if it's still active).

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