Bluerise | 4 years ago | on: Honeycomb LX2 ARM Workstation: An Alternative to x86
I'm running OpenBSD on it with an amdgpu WX2100 card, works nicely.
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Bluerise | 5 years ago | on: AMD Launches Ryzen 5000 Mobile: Zen 3 and Cezanne for Notebooks
OpenBSD obviously doesn't have NVIDIA support, but amdgpu(4) works pretty well. I'd also prefer to use AMD's own GPU, not only because I can't use NVIDIA, but also because I don't support NVIDIA's business practice.
Bluerise | 5 years ago | on: Asahi Linux: Linux on Apple Silicon project
First of all the feature wasn't available in the initial Big Sur release and it only got available during the Betas for the first minor patch. Second of all, some Apple developer stated on Twitter that (during M1 unveil) he's finally able to show all the boot policy work they worked on the past year(s) to allow users to boot foreign OSes and without opening up holes for attackers.
Basically it boils down to: they could have just used iBoot without changing it at all to keep it as a brick like the iPhone/iPad/Watch, but instead they invested plenty of resources to allow it.
With all that work done to allow it, I'm sure there'll be plenty of people inside of Apple who'd protest if someone changes their mind and decides all this has to go away.
Bluerise | 6 years ago | on: Game of Trees: A Version Control System for OpenBSD
No, it‘s a completely new implementation. The whole backend and frontend is written from the ground up.
Bluerise | 10 years ago | on: OpenBSD laptops
Which patches from Bitrig are you exactly talking about?
Bluerise | 10 years ago | on: OpenBSD laptops
Bitrig does not have support for ZFS. Must be something different from Bitrig the poster is talking about.
Bluerise | 10 years ago | on: Raspberry Pi 2 Model B on OpenBSD
The difference is that the rPi blobs actually run on the GPU, the CPU is unharmed.
Still, both have access to the same memory. But that's a similar issue on the PC.
Bluerise | 10 years ago | on: Raspberry Pi 2 Model B on OpenBSD
I'm sorry, but that is wrong.
The main blobs are being run on the GPU, as bootloaders, even before the actual operating system is loaded. OpenBSD does not need to run _any_ blob itself.
There used to be a 3d graphics driver blob, but afaik that got open sourced. Also, if you don't do 3d, you wouldn't even need it.
Bluerise | 10 years ago | on: Raspberry Pi 2 Model B on OpenBSD
I did read them. Now and a few months back. Janne raises concerns about running a blob on the CPU (which does not happen), while Stuart explains the boot stages correctly in detail and compares it to very similar issues on newer x86 technology.
Bluerise | 10 years ago | on: Raspberry Pi 2 Model B on OpenBSD
OpenBSD does not run on the rPi because there are only a handful developers taking care of the arm subtree, and none of them have time for it or are simply not interested. Heck, their whole arm subtree has been rotting and needs some major overhaul.
The main components of the new rPi are rather simple to get to work, so it's not a technical issue. The only real crapware inside is the usb controller.
I bet if someone supplied a diff they'd gladly take it. Also, I wonder why this rather old post is up here.
Bluerise | 10 years ago | on: NSA announces plans for transitioning to quantum resistant algorithms
Bluerise | 11 years ago | on: Theo de Raadt on OpenSSL vulnerabilities coming on the 19th
That is true. OpenBSD/Theo refuses to take part in embargos, which means they don't get a heads up. Don't have a citation right now, but Theo said that publicly when Hardbleed or so happened.
Bluerise | 11 years ago | on: OpenBSD 2014 by the numbers
The funny thing is that even though they have OpenCVS in their source tree, they do not use it. It never took off and probably had too many bugs and issues.
Instead they are and have been using GNU CVS instead.
OpenCVS was linked to the normal build for a while but has been removed from it four years ago.
http://cvsweb.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/usr.bin/Makefil...
Bluerise | 11 years ago | on: Bitrig 1.0 Released – OpenBSD fork
For me personally, better armv7 support. Even though many things stem from our hands, NetBSD and FreeBSD are a great resource. I have already started working on SMP support, based on their example.
Otherwise I do not have any NetBSD stuff in mind. Can't speak for our other developers though. ;)
I would love to have FreeBSD's bhyve on Bitrig. I will dedicate some time in January for that goal. DragonflyBSD is an inspiration for us, too. We have an experimental branch (smpns) for revamping the kernel for decent SMP support.
Bluerise | 11 years ago | on: Bitrig 1.0 Released – OpenBSD fork
Bitrig developer here, feel free to shoot questions!
Bluerise | 11 years ago | on: Bhyve – BSD Hypervisor
They wrote their own. A completely new implementation.
Bluerise | 11 years ago | on: OpenSSL Releases Bugfixes, Advance Notice To Some Vendors But Not OpenBSD
OpenBSD did not want to be on the list of distros to be notified[0].
It's no conspiracy due to LibreSSL, but maybe rather Theo's ignorance.
Bluerise | 12 years ago | on: Odroid-U3: A quad-core 1.7GHz ARM single-board computer for $59
Bitrig is working on support though. The devs have a few Exynos based devices, including that particular one.
Bluerise | 12 years ago | on: Odroid-U3: A quad-core 1.7GHz ARM single-board computer for $59
Have a look at i.MX6 based machines. Namely CuBox-i, HummingBoard, SABRE Lite and Wandboard. The Utilite is fine, too.
Bluerise | 12 years ago | on: LibreSSL
They don't care about that. Their main interest is to have a library conforming to OpenBSD standards.
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