Bryan Steele 🦋🍁
@brynet.ca
AKA brynet@. Canadian 🇨🇦. I like tinkering with OpenBSD and occasionally other Unix-like systems. In other words, not a MCP. He/Him. hacker^Wslacker. @canadianbryan previously.
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In OpenBSD 7.8, rge(4) should support the RTL8127 2x 10GbE chipset in these ARM machines thanks to Kevin Lo (kevlo@). Same goes for the CIX CP8180 SoC (OpenBSD supports the Orion O6, as well).
I'd be interested in seeing a dmesg.
I'd be interested in seeing a dmesg.
November 11, 2025 at 7:14 AM
In OpenBSD 7.8, rge(4) should support the RTL8127 2x 10GbE chipset in these ARM machines thanks to Kevin Lo (kevlo@). Same goes for the CIX CP8180 SoC (OpenBSD supports the Orion O6, as well).
I'd be interested in seeing a dmesg.
I'd be interested in seeing a dmesg.
yes, "everything else" is what's missing. all the softwares.
November 9, 2025 at 8:35 AM
yes, "everything else" is what's missing. all the softwares.
just a heads up, there's no macppc binary packages for 7.8 yet :-(
hopefully soon! so you'll have to compile stuff from ports, or stick with 7.7 for now.
hopefully soon! so you'll have to compile stuff from ports, or stick with 7.7 for now.
OpenBSD/macppc release packages usually show up about week or so, they just take a bit longer to build. That's why it currently says "powerpc: xxx" on the 78.html page. 😊
I also try to make a post about it when they show up. We're still waiting on 32-bit arm packages for 7.8 too.
I also try to make a post about it when they show up. We're still waiting on 32-bit arm packages for 7.8 too.
November 9, 2025 at 8:28 AM
just a heads up, there's no macppc binary packages for 7.8 yet :-(
hopefully soon! so you'll have to compile stuff from ports, or stick with 7.7 for now.
hopefully soon! so you'll have to compile stuff from ports, or stick with 7.7 for now.
OpenBSD vi(1) is also nvi, not classic vi. But it's not the 'nvi2' that's often found on other systems. Bug fixes have occasionally flowed between them over the years, though.
My favourite was a memory leak that I found the hard way, could run your system into swap by resizing an xterm window. 😅
My favourite was a memory leak that I found the hard way, could run your system into swap by resizing an xterm window. 😅
'CVS: cvs.openbsd.org: src' - MARC
marc.info
November 4, 2025 at 3:38 AM
OpenBSD vi(1) is also nvi, not classic vi. But it's not the 'nvi2' that's often found on other systems. Bug fixes have occasionally flowed between them over the years, though.
My favourite was a memory leak that I found the hard way, could run your system into swap by resizing an xterm window. 😅
My favourite was a memory leak that I found the hard way, could run your system into swap by resizing an xterm window. 😅
OpenBSD/macppc release packages usually show up about week or so, they just take a bit longer to build. That's why it currently says "powerpc: xxx" on the 78.html page. 😊
I also try to make a post about it when they show up. We're still waiting on 32-bit arm packages for 7.8 too.
I also try to make a post about it when they show up. We're still waiting on 32-bit arm packages for 7.8 too.
Quick heads up, 7.7 packages for OpenBSD/armv7 (32-bit arm) & OpenBSD/macppc (32-bit powerpc) are not ready at the moment.
It usually takes a tad longer for these architectures as they're slower.
It usually takes a tad longer for these architectures as they're slower.
October 30, 2025 at 4:24 AM
OpenBSD/macppc release packages usually show up about week or so, they just take a bit longer to build. That's why it currently says "powerpc: xxx" on the 78.html page. 😊
I also try to make a post about it when they show up. We're still waiting on 32-bit arm packages for 7.8 too.
I also try to make a post about it when they show up. We're still waiting on 32-bit arm packages for 7.8 too.
Should've just asked a fun gal. 😌
October 22, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Should've just asked a fun gal. 😌
Yes, OpenBSD ignores srand(3) calls, because most were variations of srand(time(NULL));
October 22, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Yes, OpenBSD ignores srand(3) calls, because most were variations of srand(time(NULL));
Amusingly, the linker warning is for portability reasons, unless you call srand_determininstic(3), rand(3) is non-deterministic on OpenBSD, lol.
marc.info?l=openbsd-te...
marc.info?l=openbsd-te...
rand(3) - OpenBSD manual pages
man.openbsd.org
October 22, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Amusingly, the linker warning is for portability reasons, unless you call srand_determininstic(3), rand(3) is non-deterministic on OpenBSD, lol.
marc.info?l=openbsd-te...
marc.info?l=openbsd-te...