Is it perhaps time for some #OpenBSD #76HYPE!
#OpenBSD 7.6 has a cool new bootloader feature, configurable in boot.conf(5), "machine idle [secs]", which will poweroff your machine when idling at the bootloader.
https://bsd.network/@brynet/112333726672623664
A longstanding issue with MSI interrupts in OpenBSD's azalia(4) audio driver on AMD chipsets has been fixed!
https://bsd.network/@brynet/112458299293388956
OpenBSD 7.6 will have some support for many Snapdragon X Elite laptops, starting with patrick@'s initial bringup on the Lenovo Yoga Slim 7x ~24 hours after the new hardware launched, also:
• ThinkPad T14s
• Asus Vivobook S15
• Samsung Galaxy Book4 Edge
• HP OmniBook X
https://bsd.network/@brynet/112645328344890243
Hardware accelerated video decode/encode (VA-API) support was added, libva imported.
https://bsd.network/@brynet/112813702107946930
Jonathan Gray (jsg@) backported support for Intel Meteor Lake (14th Gen) graphics, drm drivers updated to Linux 6.6.y/6.6.52, from 6.6.19.
https://bsd.network/@brynet/112952017130589350
System call pinning "pinsyscalls(2)" is now mandatory.
https://bsd.network/@brynet/112997987653463724
Many common USB mice should no constantly detaches/reattach, spamming the console.
https://bsd.network/@brynet/113034445342767163
AMD #SEV encrypted memory guests in #OpenBSD vmm(4)/vmd(8), added by Hans-Jörg Höxer (hshoexer@)
https://bsd.network/@brynet/113119843773088900
It's now possible to get some NVMe controller/namespace information on #OpenBSD using bioctl(8), as well as useful NVMe SMART data, like temperature, available spare sectors, device endurance via sysctl(1).
https://bsd.network/@brynet/113130520504973726
OpenBSD 7.6 has initial suspend-to-idle (S0/S0ix) "s2idle" support on amd64
https://bsd.network/@brynet/113177313717726815
..and much more for users to discover when 7.6 releases this month!