Bryan Steele 🦋🍁
@brynet.ca
AKA brynet@. Canadian 🇨🇦. I like tinkering with OpenBSD and occasionally other Unix-like systems. In other words, not a MCP. He/Him. hacker^Wslacker. @canadianbryan previously.
https://brynet.ca/
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Bryan Steele 🦋🍁
@brynet.ca
· Oct 1
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Reminder: Donations are not donations if there are strings attached. 😔
November 29, 2025 at 5:24 AM
Reminder: Donations are not donations if there are strings attached. 😔
Reposted by Bryan Steele 🦋🍁
If any of my past work on #OpenBSD, or my highlight posts here (or Twitter/Mastodon) has been helpful to you, a small recurring monthly donation would be extremely appreciated. Reposts welcome. 🍕🐡
brynet.ca/wallofpizza....
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Donate to Bryan Steele
Help support Bryan Steele by donating or sharing with your friends.
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October 1, 2025 at 12:37 PM
If any of my past work on #OpenBSD, or my highlight posts here (or Twitter/Mastodon) has been helpful to you, a small recurring monthly donation would be extremely appreciated. Reposts welcome. 🍕🐡
brynet.ca/wallofpizza....
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#HelpSky #MutualAid
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I don't suppose that I have any #bsd #openbsd #unix #thinkpad friends out there willing to signal boost my pinned profile post, by chance? 🍕💻
#opensource #foss #fossfunding
#opensource #foss #fossfunding
December 1, 2025 at 6:27 PM
I don't suppose that I have any #bsd #openbsd #unix #thinkpad friends out there willing to signal boost my pinned profile post, by chance? 🍕💻
#opensource #foss #fossfunding
#opensource #foss #fossfunding
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Long rumored and eagerly anticipated by some, the fourth edition of The Book of PF is now available for preorder
More: nxdomain.no/~peter/yes_t... (bsdly.blogspot.com/2025/07/yes-...), nostarch.com/book-of-pf-4... @nostarch #openbsd #freebsd #pf #networking #bookofpf #freesoftware #firewalls
More: nxdomain.no/~peter/yes_t... (bsdly.blogspot.com/2025/07/yes-...), nostarch.com/book-of-pf-4... @nostarch #openbsd #freebsd #pf #networking #bookofpf #freesoftware #firewalls
Yes, The Book of PF, 4th Edition Is Coming Soon
nxdomain.no
December 5, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Long rumored and eagerly anticipated by some, the fourth edition of The Book of PF is now available for preorder
More: nxdomain.no/~peter/yes_t... (bsdly.blogspot.com/2025/07/yes-...), nostarch.com/book-of-pf-4... @nostarch #openbsd #freebsd #pf #networking #bookofpf #freesoftware #firewalls
More: nxdomain.no/~peter/yes_t... (bsdly.blogspot.com/2025/07/yes-...), nostarch.com/book-of-pf-4... @nostarch #openbsd #freebsd #pf #networking #bookofpf #freesoftware #firewalls
"There is nothing wrong with your television set. Do not attempt to adjust the picture."
December 2, 2025 at 2:25 PM
"There is nothing wrong with your television set. Do not attempt to adjust the picture."
I'm compelled to make that joke every time, thanks for understanding.
December 2, 2025 at 7:48 AM
I'm compelled to make that joke every time, thanks for understanding.
FreeBSD 15.0 released! Upgrade to OpenBSD 7.8 today! ☺️
FreeBSD 15.0 has been published: https://distrowatch.com/12655
December 2, 2025 at 7:34 AM
FreeBSD 15.0 released! Upgrade to OpenBSD 7.8 today! ☺️
I don't suppose that I have any #bsd #openbsd #unix #thinkpad friends out there willing to signal boost my pinned profile post, by chance? 🍕💻
#opensource #foss #fossfunding
#opensource #foss #fossfunding
December 1, 2025 at 6:27 PM
I don't suppose that I have any #bsd #openbsd #unix #thinkpad friends out there willing to signal boost my pinned profile post, by chance? 🍕💻
#opensource #foss #fossfunding
#opensource #foss #fossfunding
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The Call for Papers for #bsdcan is open, see www.bsdcan.org/2026/papers.... and nxdomain.no/~peter/what_... for some background (f you want to explain to less BSD-savvy friends) #bsdcan #bsd #freebsd #netbsd #openbsd #freesoftware #libresoftware #development #sysadmin #devops #conference
Call for papers — BSDCan
BSDCan is a technical BSD conference held in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
www.bsdcan.org
December 1, 2025 at 6:11 PM
The Call for Papers for #bsdcan is open, see www.bsdcan.org/2026/papers.... and nxdomain.no/~peter/what_... for some background (f you want to explain to less BSD-savvy friends) #bsdcan #bsd #freebsd #netbsd #openbsd #freesoftware #libresoftware #development #sysadmin #devops #conference
This work (PMF support in WiFi drivers) has been committed by Stefan! 😎
iwm(4): marc.info?l=openbsd-cv...
iwx(4): marc.info?l=openbsd-cv...
qwx(4): marc.info?l=openbsd-cv...
iwm(4): marc.info?l=openbsd-cv...
iwx(4): marc.info?l=openbsd-cv...
qwx(4): marc.info?l=openbsd-cv...
December 1, 2025 at 5:41 PM
This work (PMF support in WiFi drivers) has been committed by Stefan! 😎
iwm(4): marc.info?l=openbsd-cv...
iwx(4): marc.info?l=openbsd-cv...
qwx(4): marc.info?l=openbsd-cv...
iwm(4): marc.info?l=openbsd-cv...
iwx(4): marc.info?l=openbsd-cv...
qwx(4): marc.info?l=openbsd-cv...
@dlg.bsky.social Oops, sorry if my bsky post assuming the esp device name was compatible w/ arm64 made you do extra work here. 😅
marc.info?l=openbsd-cv...
marc.info?l=openbsd-cv...
November 29, 2025 at 2:58 PM
@dlg.bsky.social Oops, sorry if my bsky post assuming the esp device name was compatible w/ arm64 made you do extra work here. 😅
marc.info?l=openbsd-cv...
marc.info?l=openbsd-cv...
Reminder: Donations are not donations if there are strings attached. 😔
November 29, 2025 at 5:24 AM
Reminder: Donations are not donations if there are strings attached. 😔
It is now possible to load files from the ESP (EFI System Partition) instead of an #OpenBSD filesystem.
For example, you can copy both OpenBSD's BOOTX64.efi and a kernel (e.g: bsd.rd) to your ESP, and then boot it from there.
boot> boot esp0a:bsd.rd
marc.info?l=openbsd-cv...
For example, you can copy both OpenBSD's BOOTX64.efi and a kernel (e.g: bsd.rd) to your ESP, and then boot it from there.
boot> boot esp0a:bsd.rd
marc.info?l=openbsd-cv...
November 29, 2025 at 4:01 AM
It is now possible to load files from the ESP (EFI System Partition) instead of an #OpenBSD filesystem.
For example, you can copy both OpenBSD's BOOTX64.efi and a kernel (e.g: bsd.rd) to your ESP, and then boot it from there.
boot> boot esp0a:bsd.rd
marc.info?l=openbsd-cv...
For example, you can copy both OpenBSD's BOOTX64.efi and a kernel (e.g: bsd.rd) to your ESP, and then boot it from there.
boot> boot esp0a:bsd.rd
marc.info?l=openbsd-cv...
You can now install the CDE desktop port on OpenBSD/sparc64.. because naturally, where else would you run it? 😌
marc.info?l=openbsd-po...
marc.info?l=openbsd-po...
Antoine Jacoutot (ajacoutot@) imported CDE (Common Desktop Environment) into #OpenBSD -current ports today, please desktop responsibly.
November 28, 2025 at 7:38 AM
You can now install the CDE desktop port on OpenBSD/sparc64.. because naturally, where else would you run it? 😌
marc.info?l=openbsd-po...
marc.info?l=openbsd-po...
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Hope my American friends have a Happy Thanksgiving tomorrow.
p.s: Thanksgiving was last month.
p.p.s: It's a long-standing, and totally not made up, tradition to send a Canadian a pizza on this day..
p.s: Thanksgiving was last month.
p.p.s: It's a long-standing, and totally not made up, tradition to send a Canadian a pizza on this day..
November 27, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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Hope my American friends have a Happy Thanksgiving tomorrow.
p.s: Thanksgiving was last month.
p.p.s: It's a long-standing, and totally not made up, tradition to send a Canadian a pizza on this day..
p.s: Thanksgiving was last month.
p.p.s: It's a long-standing, and totally not made up, tradition to send a Canadian a pizza on this day..
November 26, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Hope my American friends have a Happy Thanksgiving tomorrow.
p.s: Thanksgiving was last month.
p.p.s: It's a long-standing, and totally not made up, tradition to send a Canadian a pizza on this day..
p.s: Thanksgiving was last month.
p.p.s: It's a long-standing, and totally not made up, tradition to send a Canadian a pizza on this day..
*Phew* bills paid... and now I'm broke again.
November 26, 2025 at 8:57 AM
*Phew* bills paid... and now I'm broke again.
Good news! 😊
joshua stein (jcs@) has root caused the long standing ACPI issue (boot delay) that have plagued several Intel Mac models.
It is now fixed in #OpenBSD -current! 😎
marc.info?l=openbsd-cv...
joshua stein (jcs@) has root caused the long standing ACPI issue (boot delay) that have plagued several Intel Mac models.
It is now fixed in #OpenBSD -current! 😎
marc.info?l=openbsd-cv...
November 24, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Good news! 😊
joshua stein (jcs@) has root caused the long standing ACPI issue (boot delay) that have plagued several Intel Mac models.
It is now fixed in #OpenBSD -current! 😎
marc.info?l=openbsd-cv...
joshua stein (jcs@) has root caused the long standing ACPI issue (boot delay) that have plagued several Intel Mac models.
It is now fixed in #OpenBSD -current! 😎
marc.info?l=openbsd-cv...
Call for testing from Stefan Sperling, baby steps toward WPA3 support in #OpenBSD, testing required for initial support for PMF (Protected management frames) in iwm, iwx, and qwx drivers.
Made possible through sponsorship by NLnet Foundation's NGI0 Commons Fund.
Made possible through sponsorship by NLnet Foundation's NGI0 Commons Fund.
November 23, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Call for testing from Stefan Sperling, baby steps toward WPA3 support in #OpenBSD, testing required for initial support for PMF (Protected management frames) in iwm, iwx, and qwx drivers.
Made possible through sponsorship by NLnet Foundation's NGI0 Commons Fund.
Made possible through sponsorship by NLnet Foundation's NGI0 Commons Fund.
November 21, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Reposted by Bryan Steele 🦋🍁
The rpki-client project needs financial support www.undeadly.org/cgi?action=a... #openbsd #rpkiclient #routing #security #networking #bgp #rpki #pki #freesoftware #libresoftware
The rpki-client project needs financial support
www.undeadly.org
November 19, 2025 at 8:36 AM
The rpki-client project needs financial support www.undeadly.org/cgi?action=a... #openbsd #rpkiclient #routing #security #networking #bgp #rpki #pki #freesoftware #libresoftware
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The Call for Papers period for both #AsiaBSDCon and #BSDCan are open, until end of November for AsiaBSDCon, until Jan 17 for BSDCan.
If you can, submit!
Or read "What is BSD? Come to a conference to find out!" nxdomain.no/~peter/what_... for more info #bsd #freebsd #openbsd #netbsd #dragonflyBSD
If you can, submit!
Or read "What is BSD? Come to a conference to find out!" nxdomain.no/~peter/what_... for more info #bsd #freebsd #openbsd #netbsd #dragonflyBSD
What is BSD? Come to a conference to find out!
nxdomain.no
November 16, 2025 at 7:10 PM
The Call for Papers period for both #AsiaBSDCon and #BSDCan are open, until end of November for AsiaBSDCon, until Jan 17 for BSDCan.
If you can, submit!
Or read "What is BSD? Come to a conference to find out!" nxdomain.no/~peter/what_... for more info #bsd #freebsd #openbsd #netbsd #dragonflyBSD
If you can, submit!
Or read "What is BSD? Come to a conference to find out!" nxdomain.no/~peter/what_... for more info #bsd #freebsd #openbsd #netbsd #dragonflyBSD
Heads up for #OpenBSD 7.8 users (especially desktop), the recent 006_libunwind syspatch restores a local performance optimization lost in the LLVM 19 merge.
"Prompted by robert@ [...] a runtime of an executed macro of 5 minutes in libreoffice.
"With this the execution is reduced to 58 seconds."
"Prompted by robert@ [...] a runtime of an executed macro of 5 minutes in libreoffice.
"With this the execution is reduced to 58 seconds."
OpenBSD 7.8 Errata
the OpenBSD errata page
www.openbsd.org
November 17, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Heads up for #OpenBSD 7.8 users (especially desktop), the recent 006_libunwind syspatch restores a local performance optimization lost in the LLVM 19 merge.
"Prompted by robert@ [...] a runtime of an executed macro of 5 minutes in libreoffice.
"With this the execution is reduced to 58 seconds."
"Prompted by robert@ [...] a runtime of an executed macro of 5 minutes in libreoffice.
"With this the execution is reduced to 58 seconds."