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Theo de Raadt (deraadt@) has just tagged 6.6-beta: CVSROOT: /cvs Module name: src Changes by: [email protected] 2019/08/09 21:56:02 Modified files: etc/root : root.mail share/mk : sys.mk sys/arch/macppc/stand/tbxidata: ... [More] bsd.tbxi sys/conf : newvers.sh sys/sys : param.h usr.bin/signify: signify.1 Log message: move to 6.6-beta This serves as an excellent reminder to test both base and ports, and to report problems. [Less]

Theo de Raadt (deraadt@) has just tagged 6.6-beta: CVSROOT: /cvs Module name: src Changes by: [email protected] 2019/08/09 21:56:02 Modified files: etc/root : root.mail share/mk : sys.mk sys/arch/macppc/stand/tbxidata: ... [More] bsd.tbxi sys/conf : newvers.sh sys/sys : param.h usr.bin/signify: signify.1 Log message: move to 6.6-beta This servers as an excellent reminder to test both base and ports, and to report problems. [Less]

Stefan Sperling (stsp@) is developing a version control system, "Game of Trees". From <https://gameoftrees.org/>: Game of Trees (Got) is a version control system which prioritizes ease of use and simplicity over flexibility. Got is still ... [More] under development; it is being developed exclusively on OpenBSD and its target audience are OpenBSD developers. Got uses Git repositories to store versioned data. At present, Got supports local version control operations only. Git can be used for any functionality which has not yet been implemented in Got. It will always remain possible to work with both Got and Git on the same repository. GoT has been added to the ports tree as devel/got. It is the subject of a talk at EUROBSDCON 2019. Stefan has been involved in the discussion on Lobste.rs. [Less]

Martijn van Duren (martijn@) has committed a new Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) client, snmp(1): CVSROOT: /cvs Module name: src Changes by: [email protected] 2019/08/09 00:17:59 Added files: usr.bin/snmp : Makefile mib.c mib.h ... [More] smi.c smi.h snmp.1 snmp.c snmp.h snmpc.c Log message: Import snmp(1), a new snmp client which aims to be netsnmp compatible for supported features. It only supports get, getnext, walk, bulkget, bulkwalk, trap, mibtree, and is SNMPv1 and SNMPv2c for now. This will shortly replace snmpctl entirely. People using snmpctl are encouraged to test and migrate to this code as soon as possible. Much help with the manpage from schwarze@ and jmc@ No objections from reyk@ "Roll it in" deraadt@ This should be appearing in snapshots shortly; if you use snmpctl much today, please do test and report back to Martijn about any unexpected behaviour or possibly even feature requests. [Less]

David Gwynne (dlg@) has committed to -current another new network driver - an 802.1Q Two-Port MAC Relay driver, tpmr(4). The main commit message explains the raison d'être: CVSROOT: /cvs Module name: src Changes by: [email protected] 2019/07/31 ... [More] 21:05:46 Added files: sys/net : if_tpmr.c Log message: add tpmr(4), a quick and dirty 802.1Q Two-Port MAC Relay implementation a TPMR is a simplified bridge (as supported by bridge(4)). it only supports two ports, and unconditionally forwards frames between them. this is unlike a real bridge which can support an arbitrary number of ports and implements a learning algorithm. Read more… [Less]

On his blog, Joshua Stein (jcs@) has written an [another!] excellent article on an involved investigation into a complex issue: the non-arrival of interrupts for certain touchpad devices.

Claudio Jeker (claudio@) has announced the release of a new version of OpenBGPD: We have released OpenBGPD 6.5p1, which will be arriving in the OpenBGPD directory of your local OpenBSD mirror soon. This is the first stable update for the 6.5 version. Read more…

Andrew Fresh (afresh1@) has committed OpenBSD::Unveil(3p), a Perl interface to unveil(2): CVSROOT: /cvs Module name: src Changes by: [email protected] 2019/07/09 14:41:54 Added files: gnu/usr.bin/perl/cpan/OpenBSD-Unveil: Unveil.xs ... [More] gnu/usr.bin/perl/cpan/OpenBSD-Unveil/lib/OpenBSD: Unveil.pm gnu/usr.bin/perl/cpan/OpenBSD-Unveil/t: OpenBSD-Unveil.t Log message: Add OpenBSD::Unveil, a perl interface to unveil(2) OK brynet@, bluhm@ This parallels OpenBSD::Pledge(3p) / pledge(2). [Less]

David Gwynne (dlg@) has committed to -current a dedicated Link Aggregation (EEE 802.1AX) driver, aggr(4). The main commit message explains the raison d'être: CVSROOT: /cvs Module name: src Changes by: [email protected] 2019/07/04 19:35:58 Added ... [More] files: sys/net : if_aggr.c Log message: add aggr(4), a dedicated driver that implements 802.1AX link aggregation 802.1AX (formerly known as 802.3ad) describes the Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP) and how to use it in a bunch of different state machines to control when to bundle interfaces into an aggregation. technically the trunk(4) driver already implements support for 802.1AX, but it had a couple of problems i struggled to deal with as part of that driver. firstly, i couldnt easily make the output path in trunk mpsafe without getting bogged down, and the state machine handling had a few hard to diagnose edge cases that i couldnt figure out. the new driver has an mpsafe output path, and implements ifq bypass like vlan(4) does. this means output with aggr(4) is up to twice as fast as trunk(4). the implementation of the state machines as per the standard means the driver behaves more correctly in edge cases like when a physical link looks like it is up, but is logically unidirectional. the code has been good enough for me to use in production, but it does need more work. that can happen in tree now instead of carrying a large diff around. some testing by ccardenas@, hrvoje popovski, and jmatthew@ ok deraadt@ ccardenas@ jmatthew@ [Less]

Ken Westerback wrote in with some good news: The OpenBSD Foundation is happy to announce that individual contributions from the OpenBSD community have again exceeded CDN$50,000, making the community the 1st Platinum level donor for 2019! These ... [More] smaller regular contributions are the backbone of longer term spending planning. The Foundation would like to thank all the individuals who made and continue to make regular monthly contributions. Thanks Ken! [Less]