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[20150702]
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New binary releases for NetBSD on Raspberry Pi, including 7.0 RC1
NetBSD runs on many machnes, and the Raspberry Pi is one of them.
Getting the stock distribution is not that easy, and to help
in getting things going, Jun Ebihara is providing
ready-made images for quite some time.
There are images available that are
based on the latest development snapshot,
NetBSD-curent, and with the NetBSD 7.0 release
around the corner, there is also
an image based on NetBSD 7.0 Release Candidat 1.
See
the NetBSD wiki
for many more details,
and if you use your RPI for any cool hacks, be sure
to
let
us
know!
[Tags: arm, pkgsrc, raspberrypi, Releases]
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[20150622]
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Announcing first Release Candidate for NetBSD 7.0 (7.0_RC1)
The NetBSD-7 release branch is in preparation for quite some
time now, and now
the first release candidate of NetBSD 7.0 is available.
Release engineer Soren Jabson writes:
``Many changes have been made since 6.0. Here are a few highlights:
- Greatly improved support for modern Intel and Radeon graphics hardware
through a port of the Linux DRM/KMS code. Most X.Org components have
been updated as well.
- ARM multiprocessor support
- Support for new ARM boards, some of which are listed below:
- Raspberry Pi 2
- ODROID-C1
- BeagleBoard-xM
- BeagleBone
- BeagleBone Black
- Banana Pi
- Cubieboard 2
- Cubietruck
- Merii Hummingbird
- Marvell ARMADA XP
- GlobalScale MiraBox
- Kobo
- Sharp Netwalker PC-Z1
- GPT support in sysinst
- Lua kernel scripting
- Multiprocessor USB stack
- Many improvements to NPF, the NetBSD packet filter
- GCC 4.8.4 (and optionally, LLVM/Clang 3.6.1)
Binaries of NetBSD 7.0_RC1 are available for download at:
ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-7.0_RC1/
Those who prefer to build from source can either use the netbsd-7-0-RC1
tag or follow the netbsd-7 branch.
Please help us out by testing 7.0_RC1. We love any and all feedback.
Report problems through the usual channels (submit a PR or write to the
appropriate list). More general feedback is welcome at
releng@NetBSD.org. Your input will help us put the finishing touches on
what promises to be a great release! ''
[Tags: Releases]
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[20150529]
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Dell Networking OS 9 powered by NetBSD
I've stumbled across this somewhere on Facebook in the
japanese version, but this information is
available in english as well
from the Dell website:
``Designed to deliver high performance in the largest and most demanding IT environments in the world, Dell Networking OS 9 has been tested and hardened to meet stringent requirements for reliability, scalability and serviceability. OS 9 supports the full portfolio of Dell Networking data center switch products and enables you to build cost-effective, end-to-end networks while reducing operational complexity.
[...]
OS 9 leverages a distributed multiprocessor architecture that ensures reliability and delivers scalable protocols in each Dell Networking product line. Dell Networking E-Series and Z-Series route processor modules (RPMs) are designed with separate control-plane CPUs for Layer 2, Layer 3 and management functions, with distributed processing on line-card CPUs. Dell Networking C-Series RPMs and S-Series switches and routers use one control-plane CPU, with distributed processing on C-Series line cards and S-Series stack members.
The NetBSD kernel provides a stable operating system and performs efficient resource management via the HAL architecture, allowing it to deliver superior levels of concurrency, memory allocation and process scheduling. All other applications run as independent and modular processes in their own protected memory space.''
I guess this came in to dell via
Force 10 Networks,
which has a
track record of using NetBSD.
[Tags: dell, force10, Products]
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[20150304]
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Google Summer of Code 2015 and NetBSD
Google's "Summer of Code" is a chance for students to get paid
to work on Open Source software, with the associated
Open Source projects as mentoring organization. Now,
the 2015 mentoring organizations have been announced,
and I am in a sad position to tell that NetBSD is not among the
choosen mentoring organizations this year, again. :-(
Yet, fear not! While NetBSD itself is not in the game,
there are plenty of Open Source projects that are close,
in the game and that offer projects related to them and
NetBSD!
Here's the start of a list:
Feel free to drop me a note if you
know about more.
As always, interested students are welcome to contact
these projects early to get in touch and talk about their
ideas.
Good luck! :)
[Tags: google-soc]
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[20150225]
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NetBSD on IBM's SoftLayer and Microsoft's Azure and more
Xen is a common and popular virtualization platform today.
NetBSD was ported to it prety early.
Due to that, NetBSD cam be ran on any "cloud"
infrastructure that uses Xen, with
Amazon's EC2 cloud
probably the most prominent and largest one.
As the whole "cloud" and "platform as a service" (PaaS)
is lifting off, other virtualization platforms get popular,
which need attention from NetBSD.
The first one to note is
IBM's SoftLayer,
which uses its own virtualization technique that
supports many operating systems but strange enough not NetBSD.
To still get things going,
Emile "iMil" Heitor
has investigated the situation, and wrote
how to
install NetBSD (or any PV-capable system) on IBM's SoftLayer.
Another major platform to look for is Microsoft's Azure.
It uses Microsoft's ohn Hyper-V technique,
which there is no NetBSD support yet!
There is
a project description
"NetBSD/azure -- Bringing NetBSD to Microsoft Azure"
available that
got some pretty useful links
this week - any takers?
As starting point, there's code for
Running FreeBSD in Azure.
Last but not least, the last big
virtualization platfor amiss is KVM, which is used
e.g. in Google's cloud platform.
While there are some mentions that
NetBSD runs as guest operating system,
I am not sure what the latest state is.
Anyone in for a comparison? :)
[Tags: amazon, azure, ec2, google, ibm, microsoft, paas, softlayer, xen]
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[20140903]
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NetBSD running on OpenRISK 1000 CPUs
Matt Thomas
posted
that he has updated the NetBSD toolchain and build system to
build the userland for the OpenRISK 1000 CPU,
and will work on the kernel next.
From
Wikipedia:
``OpenRISC is the original flagship project of the OpenCores community. This project aims to develop a series of general purpose open source RISC CPU architectures. The first (and currently only) architectural description is for the OpenRISC 1000, describing a family of 32 and 64-bit processors with optional floating point and vector processing support.''
To start playing, use Qemu v1.2 or have a look at
the available
Javascript emulator.
Who's the first to give me an URL of the emulator running NetBSD
in my webbrowser? :)
[Tags: cpu, openrisk, or1k, Platforms]
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[20140801]
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BSDsec - Deadsimple BSD Security Advisories and Announcements
Found
on
DiscoverBSD,
there is now a new website that aims at providing a central point
of information for BSD related security information.
It covers general and security related announcements from
NetBSD,
FreeBSD, and
OpenBSD.
From DiscoverBSD: ``I take SA and A, and publish them on BSDSec.net website. Aim for website is to be very simple, intuitive and mobile-whatever frendly. Tags are available for better search (in case you want only FreeBSD). I also publish on Twitter. Discussion is available via Reddit.
All process is done by my application, so I do not need to do anything.
How it works?
App is open-source, built with Ruby on Rails. I will write details in my next post, as well with how-to on contributing and so. I have few ideas and anyone is welcome to join me and make this app better! ''
Check out BSDSec!
[Tags: Security]
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[20140715]
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NetBSD 7 branch date announced
NetBSD release engineer Jeff Rizzo has
announced
the timeline for branching the NetBSD 7 release:
``We will be creating the netbsd-7 CVS branch on or about July 26th, just under two weeks from today. The creation of this branch will mark the start of the Beta period, which is expected to last into September. Between now and branch time, our focus is on fixing bugs, updating documentation, and ensuring that the basics (build, installation, boot) work on as many platforms as possible. ''
In case you have some spare cycles, check out
riz' mail
for hints on how to help contributing to the release process.
[Tags: Release]
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[20140503]
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The NetBSD Foundation 2013 Financial Report
Following a recent internal meeting of the NetBSD project,
the
2013 financial report
is now available to the public.
This gives an overview of NetBSD's financial situation,
showing income from donations and merchandizing, and
where money goes to: hardware, consulting for development,
fees for banking, conferences and legal expenses.
While NetBSD's finances are pretty safe and sound, more money
is always welcome, to support developers working on features
for money ("consulting") can do so in good manner.
See
for more information on how to support NetBSD!
[Tags: money]
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[20140421]
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onetbsd.org is gone
onetbsd.org, the NetBSD related news aggregation site
that bundles many blogs and website feeds, is gone.
Due to some hickups at the provider the domain registration
was not extended, and the domain was taken by a domain swatter.
Interested parties can still access the site as
netbsd.fi.
[Tags: onetbsd]
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