Posts in category NetBSD Blog

NetBSD 5.1.5 and 5.2.3 available for ...

Nov 21, 2014 ~ Written by snj
The NetBSD Project is pleased to announce NetBSD 5.1.5, the fifth security/bugfix update of the NetBSD 5.1 release branch, and NetBSD 5.2.3, the third security/bugfix update of the NetBSD 5.2 release branch. They represent a selected subset of fixes deemed important for security or stability reasons, and if you are running a prior release of [...]
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ARM multiprocessor support

Nov 06, 2014 ~ Written by martin
ARM multiprocessor support Those following the source-changes mailing list closely may have noticed several evbarm kernels getting \"options MULTIPROCESSOR\" in the last few days. This is due to those configurations now running properly in SMP mode, thanks to work mostly done by Matt Thomas and Nick Hudson. The list of supported multiprocessor boards currently is: Ba [...]
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NetBSD 6.1.5 and 6.0.6 released

Oct 07, 2014 ~ Written by snj
The NetBSD Project is pleased to announce NetBSD 6.1.5, the fifth security/bugfix update of the NetBSD 6.1 release branch, and NetBSD 6.0.6, the sixth security/bugfix update of the NetBSD 6.0 release branch. They represent a selected subset of fixes deemed important for security or stability reasons, and if you are running a prior release of [...]
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NetBSD developer summit at EuroBSDCon...

Sep 30, 2014 ~ Written by martin
There was a nice, friendly and informal summit of NetBSD developers (and interested users) in Sofia on Friday, September 26, 2014. Bernd Ernesti (veego@) took this photo: In the back row from left to right: Masao Uebayashi (uebayasi), Thomas Klausner (wiz), Yann Sionneau, Marc Balmer (mbalmer), Justin Cormack (justin), Jaap Boender (jaa [...]
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An Internet-Ready OS From Scratch in ...

Aug 08, 2014 ~ Written by antti kantee
An Internet-Ready OS From Scratch in a Week — Rump Kernels on Bare Metal The most time-consuming part of operating system development is obtaining enough drivers to enable the OS to run real applications which interact with the real world. NetBSD\'s rump kernels allow reducing that time to almost zero, for example for developing special-purpose operating systems for the cloud and embedded IoT devices. This arti [...]
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Unbloating the VAX install CD

Jun 08, 2014 ~ Written by martin
A recent discussion on the port-vax mailing list brought a problem with the default installation method (when booting from CD, which typically is the easiest way) to my attention: it would not work on machines with 16 MB RAM or less. So, can we do better? Looking at the size of a GENERIC kernel: text data bss dec hex file [...]
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Unbloating the VAX install CD

Jun 08, 2014 ~ Written by martin
A recent discussion on the port-vax mailing list brought a problem with the default installation method (when booting from CD, which typically is the easiest way) to my attention: it would not work on machines with 16 MB RAM or less. So, can we do better? Looking at the size of a GENERIC kernel: text data bss dec hex file [...]
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NetBSD 6.1.4 and 6.0.5 released!

Apr 19, 2014 ~ Written by snj
The NetBSD Project is pleased to announce NetBSD 6.1.4, the fourth security/bugfix update of the NetBSD 6.1 release branch, and NetBSD 6.0.5, the fifth security/bugfix update of the NetBSD 6.0 release branch. They represent a selected subset of fixes deemed important for security or stability reasons, and if you are running a prior release of [...]
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NetBSD 6.1.4 and 6.0.5 released!

Apr 19, 2014 ~ Written by snj
The NetBSD Project is pleased to announce NetBSD 6.1.4, the fourth security/bugfix update of the NetBSD 6.1 release branch, and NetBSD 6.0.5, the fifth security/bugfix update of the NetBSD 6.0 release branch. They represent a selected subset of fixes deemed important for security or stability reasons, and if you are running a prior release of [...]
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The playstation2 port is back

Mar 31, 2014 ~ Written by martin
In 2009 the playstation2 port was removed from the NetBSD sources, since it had not been compilable for months and no modern enough compiler was available. Due to a strange series of events the code changes needed to support the (slightly unusual) MIPS CPU used in the playstation2 had never been merged into gcc nor binutils mainline. Only re [...]
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The playstation2 port is back

Mar 31, 2014 ~ Written by martin
In 2009 the playstation2 port was removed from the NetBSD sources, since it had not been compilable for months and no modern enough compiler was available. Due to a strange series of events the code changes needed to support the (slightly unusual) MIPS CPU used in the playstation2 had never been merged into gcc nor binutils mainline. Only re [...]
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First ports switched to gcc 4.8

Mar 06, 2014 ~ Written by martin
After several months of preparation, the first ports (hppa, sparc and sparc64) have switched their compiler to gcc version 4.8 today. Amd64 and i386 should follow soon. Work is ongoing to bring this modern toolchain to all other ports too (most of them already work, but some more testing will be done). If you want to try it, just add (Read [...]
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First ports switched to gcc 4.8

Mar 06, 2014 ~ Written by martin
After several months of preparation, the first ports (hppa, sparc and sparc64) have switched their compiler to gcc version 4.8 today. Amd64 and i386 should follow soon. Work is ongoing to bring this modern toolchain to all other ports too (most of them already work, but some more testing will be done). If you want to try it, just add (Read [...]
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NetBSD 6.1.3, NetBSD 6.0.4, NetBSD 5....

Jan 27, 2014 ~ Written by Manuel Bouyer
The NetBSD Project is pleased to announce: NetBSD 6.1.3, the third security/bugfix update of the NetBSD 6.1 release branch, NetBSD 6.0.4, the fourth security/bugfix update of the NetBSD 6.0 release branch, NetBSD 5.2.2, the second security/bugfix update of the NetBSD 5.2 release branch, and NetBSD 5.1.4, the fourth security/bugf [...]
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NetBSD 6.1.3, NetBSD 6.0.4, NetBSD 5....

Jan 27, 2014 ~ Written by Manuel Bouyer
The NetBSD Project is pleased to announce: NetBSD 6.1.3, the third security/bugfix update of the NetBSD 6.1 release branch, NetBSD 6.0.4, the fourth security/bugfix update of the NetBSD 6.0 release branch, NetBSD 5.2.2, the second security/bugfix update of the NetBSD 5.2 release branch, and NetBSD 5.1.4, the fourth security/bugf [...]
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Interview with Amitai Schlair member ...

Dec 17, 2013 ~ Written by Matthew Sporleder
New interview with schmonz
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Interview with Amitai Schlair member ...

Dec 17, 2013 ~ Written by Matthew Sporleder
New interview with schmonz
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Survey of rump kernel network interfa...

Dec 17, 2013 ~ Written by antti kantee
A cyclic trend in operating systems is moving things in and out of the kernel for better performance. Currently, the pendulum is swinging in the direction of userspace being the locus of high performance. The anykernel architecture of NetBSD ensures that the same kernel drivers work in a monolithic kernel, userspace and beyond. One of thos [...]
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Survey of rump kernel network interfa...

Dec 17, 2013 ~ Written by antti kantee
A cyclic trend in operating systems is moving things in and out of the kernel for better performance. Currently, the pendulum is swinging in the direction of userspace being the locus of high performance. The anykernel architecture of NetBSD ensures that the same kernel drivers work in a monolithic kernel, userspace and beyond. One of thos [...]
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Call for Presentations: BSD devroom a...

Nov 16, 2013 ~ Written by Benny Siegert
FOSDEM 2014 will take place on 1–2 February, 2014, in Brussels, Belgium. Just like in the last years, there will be both a BSD booth and a developer\'s room (on Saturday). The topics of the devroom include all BSD operating systems. Every talk is welcome, from internal hacker discussion to real-world examples and presentations about new and [...]
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