OpenBSD 8.0 expands RISC-V support and retires the Loongson port

Rutherfordium at pbxscience.com covers what’s new in OpenBSD 8.0, released October 20, 2026. It’s the project’s 61st release, and it adds a batch of work to the riscv64 port. The changes go past basic booting and start to use features of newer RISC-V chips, including kernel support for the vector…

hardwarereleases

Sources