#OpenBSD 7.7 adds ice(4), a new driver for Intel E810 based 100Gb Ethernet devices, and ixv(4), a driver for the virtual functions (SR-IOV) of the Intel 82598EB, 82559, and X540.
https://bsd.network/@brynet/113411620687454163
UEFI support improvements, such as preferring GPT in the installer over MBR when installing on modern machines... as well an initial UEFI boot manager support!
https://bsd.network/@brynet/114001271669308309
https://bsd.network/@brynet/114032859758474770
https://bsd.network/@brynet/114291458529230770
Jonathan Gray (jsg@) updated the drm(4) graphics drivers (inteldrm/radeondrm/amdgpu) in #OpenBSD 7.7 to 6.12.y/6.12.21 longterm stable drivers, from 6.6.68.
https://bsd.network/@brynet/113960404744684278
OpenBSD 7.7 extends pf(4) HFSC Queues to support larger than 4Gbit/s values.
https://bsd.network/@brynet/113469322883795072
OpenBSD now has separate performance policies (hw.perfpolicy) for when on battery power vs. on AC power, extending the syntax for hw.perfpolicy=ac-policy,battery-policy.
https://bsd.network/@brynet/113520914552845426
AF_FRAME a new socket(4) type, intended for implementing low-overhead/data rate protocols, such as LLDP.
https://bsd.network/@brynet/113657729323839447
Many previously unsupported internal webcams now work on more laptops, numerous improvements to the uvideo(4) driver, USB3 speeds, and video(4), the V4L2 compat layer.
https://bsd.network/@brynet/113698420641534149
https://bsd.network/@brynet/114088125248117126
An issue with flaky PS/2 keyboards/trackpads on some laptops, such as chromebooks was fixed by Miod Vallat.
https://bsd.network/@brynet/113981026507464726
Support for the Radxa Orion O6 Armv9 motherboard was as added for OpenBSD 7.7.
https://bsd.network/@brynet/114000276863849190
#OpenBSD/arm64 now has SVE (Scalable Vector Extension) support.
https://bsd.network/@brynet/113987732150965462
..and lots more for users to discover in the 7.7 release! Keep a look out for the announcement later this month!
