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OpenBSD 8.0 Release Highlights
OpenBSD 8.0 delivers modern toolchains, hardware support, and security features for users.
In brief
OpenBSD 8.0 delivers modern toolchains, hardware support, and security features for users. OpenBSD 8.0 includes Clang/LLVM 22, sparc64 support, and accelerated swap encryption. Originally reported by Bsd.
OpenBSD 8.0 Release
OpenBSD 8.0 is released with Clang/LLVM 22 as the base compiler for clang architectures.
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sparc64 Support
OpenBSD switches to Clang by default on sparc64, making it the only OS with modern toolchain support.
Graphics Stack Updates
Jonathan Gray updates drm graphics stack for Intel Arc A-Series cards in OpenBSD 8.0.
Hardware Acceleration
Increased KVA on amd64 allows mapping more than 4G of VRAM for GPU compute with Vulkan.
Virtualization Improvements
OpenBSD vmm/vmd(8) supports SMP guests up to 64 VCPUs per VM with new features.
At a glance
OpenBSD 8.0 includes Clang/LLVM 22, sparc64 support, and accelerated swap encryption.
