OpenBSD 7.7 Released

The OpenBSD project hasannouncedOpenBSD 7.7,its 58^th release.

The new releasecontains a number of significant improvements, including but certainlynot limited to:

• Multiple SMP improvements have been made.TCP output and TCP timers now run in parallel.Only TCP input still uses exclusive netlock.
• drm(4) has been updated to to Linux 6.12.21
• Performance policy specification is now more flexible.[See earlier report]
• sysctl(8) now supports an input file.[See earlier report]
• Improvements to network hardware support include new drivers ice(4) for Intel E810 Ethernet devices, and ixv(4) for virtual functions of Intel 82598EB, 82559, and X540.
• By default, sysupgrade(8) now upgrades to the next release.[See earlier report]
• fw_update(8) now supports arbitrary dmesg files.[See earlier report]
• Support for FRAME sockets was added.[See earlier report]
• ifconfig scan can now detect/display WPA3 access points.
• (Limited) EFI boot manager support has been added to installboot(8).
• unwind(8) now supports wildcards in block list.[See earlier report]
• rpki-client(8) now has a stricter aging policy for Trust Anchor certificates.[See earlier report]
• LibreSSL 4.1.0[See earlier report for version 4.0.0]
• OpenSSH 10.0 [See earlier reports on sshd(8) splitting, and on release]

See thefull changelogfor more details of the changes made over this latest six monthdevelopment cycle.

TheInstallation Guidedetails how to get the system up and running with a fresh install,while those who already run earlier releases should follow theUpgrade Guide,in most cases usingsysupgrade(8).

Readers are encouraged to celebrate the new release bydonatingto the project to support further development of our favourite OS!