OpenBSD 7.8 Released (phoronix.com)
(Wednesday October 22, 2025 @11:30PM (BeauHD)
from the now-with-more-drivers-than-ever-before dept.)
- Reference: 0179852474
- News link: https://bsd.slashdot.org/story/25/10/22/205215/openbsd-78-released
- Source link: https://www.phoronix.com/news/OpenBSD-7.8-Released
OpenBSD 7.8 [1]has been released , adding Raspberry Pi 5 support, enhanced AMD Secure Encrypted Virtualization (SEV-ES) capabilities, and expanded hardware compatibility including new Qualcomm, Rockchip, and Apple ARM drivers. Phoronix reports:
> OpenBSD 7.8 also brings multiple improvements around enabling AMD Secure Encrypted Virtualization (AMD SEV) support with support for the PSP ioctl for encrypting and measuring state for SEV-ES, a new VMD option to run guests in SEV-ES mode, and other enablement work pertaining to that AMD SEV work in SEV-ES form at this point as a precursor to SEV-SNP. AMD SEV-ES should be working to start confidential virtual machines (VMs) when using the VMM/VMD hypervisor and the OpenBSD guests with KVM/QEMU.
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> OpenBSD 7.8 also improves compatibility of the FUSE file-system support with the Linux implementation, suspend/hibernate improvements, SMP improvements, updating to the Linux 6.12.50 DRM graphics drivers, several new Rockchip drivers, Raspberry Pi RP1 drivers, H.264 video support for the uvideo driver, and many network driver improvements.
The [2]changelog and [3]download page can be found via [4]OpenBSD.org .
[1] https://www.phoronix.com/news/OpenBSD-7.8-Released
[2] https://www.openbsd.org/plus78.html
[3] https://www.openbsd.org/ftp.html
[4] https://www.openbsd.org/78.html
> OpenBSD 7.8 also brings multiple improvements around enabling AMD Secure Encrypted Virtualization (AMD SEV) support with support for the PSP ioctl for encrypting and measuring state for SEV-ES, a new VMD option to run guests in SEV-ES mode, and other enablement work pertaining to that AMD SEV work in SEV-ES form at this point as a precursor to SEV-SNP. AMD SEV-ES should be working to start confidential virtual machines (VMs) when using the VMM/VMD hypervisor and the OpenBSD guests with KVM/QEMU.
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> OpenBSD 7.8 also improves compatibility of the FUSE file-system support with the Linux implementation, suspend/hibernate improvements, SMP improvements, updating to the Linux 6.12.50 DRM graphics drivers, several new Rockchip drivers, Raspberry Pi RP1 drivers, H.264 video support for the uvideo driver, and many network driver improvements.
The [2]changelog and [3]download page can be found via [4]OpenBSD.org .
[1] https://www.phoronix.com/news/OpenBSD-7.8-Released
[2] https://www.openbsd.org/plus78.html
[3] https://www.openbsd.org/ftp.html
[4] https://www.openbsd.org/78.html
Hats off (Score:3)
by ArchieBunker ( 132337 )
Hats off for the OpenBSD team for taking security seriously. I'll be upgrading my firewall/router box this weekend.
Re:I use Win11 (Score:4, Insightful)
This type of comment should not be posted anonymously. If you're going to attack someone's character, have the balls to do it in person.
And FWIW, no, Theo is neither insufferable or an asshole. I have met him personally and found him to be extremely knowledgeable and interesting person to talk to. Yes, he has very strong opinions. Yes, he has ruffled many feathers over the years. He's also frequently correct in his criticisms.
Re:I use Win11 (Score:4, Interesting)
> And FWIW, no, Theo is neither insufferable or an asshole. I have met him personally and found him to be extremely knowledgeable and interesting person to talk to. Yes, he has very strong opinions. Yes, he has ruffled many feathers over the years. He's also frequently correct in his criticisms.
He is actually a lot like Linus.
Re: (Score:2)
Why do you people keep replying to those trolling anonymous shitstains ?
This site should be changed so that every single anonymous post starts at a -1 moderation level. That would solve the problem of those sociopathic pieces of shit.
NEVER wresle with a pig. You will both get dirty, and the pig likes it.
Re:I use Win11 (Score:5, Informative)
> I'm pretty sure it's superior to whatever this is. It sounds like a hobbyist OS that runs primarily on older equipment? Or a way to breathe new life into old hardware for people that are willing to dive under the hood, so to speak.
Comparing OpenBSD to Windows 11 is not an apples-to-apples comparison. While some people may run OpenBSD as their desktop operating system, that's not a [1]stated goal of the project, [openbsd.org].
OpenBSD is best suited for server applications where an emphasis on security is desired. Their code is meticulously and proactively audited for bugs. Even bugs that have not been shown to be exploitable are fixed, and this has often led to cases where the mechanism behind newly discovered exploits had already been patched in OpenBSD.
The project also show a passion for accurate and complete documentation, and for robust testing. IIRC, preparing for a release includes running a command to build every single package in their ports collection without error.
[1] https://www.openbsd.org/goals.html