Catching up to BSD, news about the NetBSD project, a BSD Phone, and a bunch of OpenBSD and TrueOS News.
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Headlines
NetBSD 7.1 released
This update represents a selected subset of fixes deemed important for security or stability reasons, as well as new features and enhancements.compat_linux(8): Fully support sched_setaffinity and sched_getaffinity, fixing, e.g., the Intel Math Kernel Library.Avoid redefined symbol errors when loading the module.Fix module autoload.Fix matching of ICMP queries when NAT'd through IPF.Fix lookup of original destination address when using a redirect rule. This is required for transparent proxying by squid, for example.ipsec(4): Fix NAT-T issue with NetBSD being the host behind NAT.Add vioscsi driver for the Google Compute Engine disk.ichsmb(4): Add support for Braswell CPU and Intel 100 Series.wm(4):Add C2000 KX and 2.5G support.Add Wake On Lan support.Fixed a lot of bugsNetBSD-SA2017-001 Memory leak in the connect system call.NetBSD-SA2017-002 Several vulnerabilities in ARP.Support for Raspberry Pi Zero.ODROID-C1 Ethernet now works.Summary of the preliminary LLDB support project
What has been done in NetBSD
What has been done in LLDB
Native Process NetBSD Plugin
The MonitorCallback function
Other LLDB code, out of the NativeProcessNetBSD Plugin
Automated LLDB Test Results Summary
Plan for the next milestone
Actually building a FreeBSD Phone
There have been a number of different projects that have proposed building a FreeBSD based smart phoneThis project is a bit different, and I think that gives it a better chance to make progressIt uses off-the-shelf parts, so while not as neatly integrated as a regular smartphone device, it makes a much better prototype, and is more readily available.Hardware overview: X86-based, long-lasting (user-replaceable) battery, WWAN Modem (w/LTE), 4-5" LCD Touchscreen (Preferably w/720p resolution, IPS), upgradable storage.Currently targeting the UDOO Ultra platform. It features Intel Pentium N3710 (2.56GHz Quad-core, HD Graphics 405 [16 EUs @ 700MHz], VT-x, AES-NI), 2x4GB DDR3L RAM, 32GB eMMC storage built-in, further expansion w/M.2 SSD & MicroSD slot, lots of connectivity onboard.Software: FreeBSD Hypervisor (bhyve or Xen) to run atop the hardware, hosting two separate hosts.One will run an instance of pfSense, the "World's Most Popular Open Source Firewall" to handle the WWAN connection, routing, and Firewall (as well as Secure VPN if desired).The other instance will run a slimmed down installation of FreeBSD. The UI will be tweaked to work best in this form factor & resources tuned for this platform. There will be a strong reliance on Google Chromium & Google's services (like Google Voice).The project has a detailed log, and it looks like the hardware it is based on will ship in the next few weeks, so we expect to see more activity.***
News Roundup
NVME M.2 card road tests (Matt Dillon)
DragonFlyBSD’s Matt Dillon has posted a rundown of the various M.2 NVMe devices he has testedSAMSUNG 951SAMSUNG 960 EVOTOSHIBA OCZ RD400INTEL 600PWD BLACK 256GMYDIGITALSSDPLEXTOR M8PeIt is interesting to see the relative performance of each device, but also how they handle the workload and manage their temperature (or don’t in a few cases)The link provides a lot of detail about different block sizes and overall performance***
ZREP ZFS replication and failover
"zrep", a robust yet easy to use ZFS based replication and failover solution. It can also serve as the conduit to create a simple backup hub.The tool was originally written for Solaris, and is written in kshHowever, it seems people have used it on FreeBSD and even FreeNAS by installing the ksh93 portHas anyone used this? How does it compare to tools like zxfer?There is a FreeBSD port, but it is a few versions behind, someone should update itWe would be interested in hearing some feedback***
Catching up on some TrueOS News
TrueOS Security and Wikileaks revelationsNew Jail management utilitiesKen Moore's talk about Sysadm from Linuxfest 2016The Basics of using ZFS with TrueOS***
Catching up on some OpenBSD News
OpenBSD 6.1 coming May 1OpenBSD Foundation 2016 Fundraising (goal: $250K actual: $573K)The OpenBSD Foundation 2017 Fundraising CampaignOpenBSD MitM attack against WPA1/WPA2OpenBSD vmm/vmd Update***
Beastie Bits
HardenedBSD News: Introducing CFI New version of Iocage (Python 3) on FreshPortsDragonFly BSD Network performance comparison as of todayKnoxBUG recap***
Feedback/Questions
Noel asks about moving to bhyve/jails***
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