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2024-08-14T20:39:18Z **Game of Trees 0.102 released!**
[Version 0.102](http://gameoftrees.org/releases/CHANGES) of [Game of Trees](https://gameoftrees.org) has been released and the [port updated](https://marc.info/?l=openbsd-ports-cvs&m=172366421826864&w=2).
[Read more…](https://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20240814203918) ⌘ [Read more](https://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20240814203918)
2024-08-14T05:31:59Z **The BSDCan 2024 Playlist is now complete**
As an update to a [earlier post](cgi?action=article;sid=20240630100913)…
The BSDCan 2024 video playlist is now complete and available on both
[YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLeF8ZihVdpFfct_WnzwObWtj4y9qH3H7X)
and [Peertube](https://toobnix.org/w/p/cnQ1NJHwU9SXVW63Q8z212). ⌘ [Read more](https://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20240814053159)
2024-08-08T09:26:12Z **OpenBSD -current moves to 7.6-beta**
[OpenBSD](https://www.openbsd.org/) `-current` has moved to 7.6-beta in preparation for the next release with this [commit](https://marc.info/?l=openbsd-cvs&m=172304631921459&w=2).
The release is traditionally about November 1st, but we shall see what happens this year. Snapshots are already beginning to show up on the [mirrors](https://www.openbsd.org/ftp.html). ⌘ [Read more](https://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20240808092612)
2024-07-29T12:27:04Z **Possible future vmm(4)/vmd(8) on arm64**
In an exciting move,
Mike Larkin ( `mlarkin@`)
has
[requested](https://marc.info/?l=openbsd-cvs&m=172212664020158&w=2)
hardware for
[`vmm(4)`](https://man.openbsd.org/vmm.4)
development on the arm64 platform:
> ```
> CVSROOT: /cvs
> Module name: www
> Changes by: mlarkin@cvs.openbsd.org 2024/07/27 18:31:12
>
> Modified files:
> . : want.html
>
> Log message:
> Mac mini M2 needed for vmm(4) developm ... ⌘ [Read more](https://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20240729122704)
2024-07-27T11:05:01Z **UDP parallel input committed to -current**
Support for UDP parallel input
[on which we reported [previously](cgi?action=article;sid=20240724052808)]
has been
[committed](https://marc.info/?l=openbsd-cvs&m=172200466732371&w=2)
to -current by Alexander Bluhm ( `bluhm@`):
> ```
> CVSROOT: /cvs
> Module name: src
> Changes by: bluhm@cvs.openbsd.org 2024/07/26 08:38:20
>
> Modified files:
> sys/netinet : in_proto.c
> sys/netinet6 : in6_proto.c
>
> Log message:
> Run UDP input on multiple C ... ⌘ [Read more](https://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20240727110501)
2024-07-24T05:28:08Z **Incoming: UDP parallel input**
UDP input is about to become faster and parallel on _[OpenBSD](https://www.openbsd.org/)_. In a message to `tech@` titled _[UDP parallel input](https://marc.info/?l=openbsd-tech&m=172174205515838&w=2)_, Alexander Bluhm ( `bluhm@`) offers a diff that enables parallel UDP input for `-current`.
The message reads,
> ```
> List: openbsd-tech
> Subject: UDP parallel input
> From: Alexander Bluhm
> Date: 2024-07-23 13:40:21
>
> ... ⌘ [Read more](https://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20240724052808)
2024-07-21T16:54:45Z **Libva's VA-API (Video Acceleration API) imported into xenocara**
In [this commit](https://marc.info/?l=openbsd-cvs&m=172139969119269&w=2), Rafael Sadowski ( `rsadowski@`) merged libva 2.22.0 into OpenBSD, enabling VA-API to accelerate video decoding and other hardware assisted operations:
[Read more…](https://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20240721165445) ⌘ [Read more](https://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20240721165445)
2024-07-14T15:42:57Z **Enable local-to-anchors tables in PF rules**
In a recent post to `tech@` titled _[let's make pf(4) anchors and tables better friends](https://marc.info/?l=openbsd-tech&m=172087404426865&w=2)_ (possibly originating at the ongoing [hackathon](https://www.openbsd.org/hackathons.html)) Alexandr Nedvedicky ( `sashan@`) introduced code to enable creating local [tables](https://man.openbsd.org/pf.conf#TABLES) inside [anchors](https://man.openbsd.org/pf.conf#ANCHORS) in [pf(4)](https://man.openbsd.org/pf) rulesets:
> ... ⌘ [Read more](https://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20240714154257)
2024-07-11T16:14:53Z **Game of Trees 0.101 released**
[Version 0.101](https://www.gameoftrees.org/releases/CHANGES)
of [Game of Trees](https://www.gameoftrees.org/)
has been released (and the port
[updated](https://marc.info/?l=openbsd-ports-cvs&m=172069428825732&w=2)).
> ```
> * got 0.101; 2024-07-11
> see git repository history for per-change authorship information
> ```
[Read more…](https://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20240711161453) ⌘ [Read more](https://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20240711161453)
2024-08-24T11:46:31Z **No unmodified files remain from original import of OpenBSD**
All files from the original import of
[OpenBSD](https://www.openbsd.org/)
have now been modified (or deleted).
Appropriately, Theo de Raadt ( `deraadt@`)
made the
[change](https://marc.info/?l=openbsd-cvs&m=172443408727088&w=2):
> ```
> CVSROOT: /cvs
> Module name: src
> Changes by: deraadt@cvs.openbsd.org 2024/08/23 11:29:08
>
> Modified files:
> games/quiz : Makefile
> games/quiz/datfiles: index
> Added files:
> games/quiz/datfiles: ship
> R ... ⌘ [Read more](https://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20240824114631)
2024-08-25T09:13:42Z **rpki-client 9.2 released**
Sebastian Benoit ( `benno@`)
[announced](https://marc.info/?l=openbsd-announce&m=172449237716591&w=2)
the release of
[version 9.2](https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/rpki-client/rpki-client-9.2.txt)
of
[rpki-client](https://www.rpki-client.org/), the essential component for routing security.
See the full
[announcement](https://marc.info/?l=openbsd-announce&m=172449237716591&w=2) for further details.
Here are some key excerpts from the release announcement:
> ```
> This release inc ... ⌘ [Read more](https://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20240825091342)
2024-09-10T05:39:09Z **Game of Trees 0.103 released**
[Version 0.103](https://www.gameoftrees.org/releases/CHANGES)
of [Game of Trees](https://www.gameoftrees.org/)
has been released (and the port
[updated](https://marc.info/?l=openbsd-ports-cvs&m=172589158810681&w=2)).
> ```
> * got 0.103; 2024-09-24
> see git repository history for per-change authorship information
> - fix bug causing performance to degrade as more and more pack files appear
> - tog: add d ... ⌘ [Read more](https://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20240910053909)