#NetBSD

https://youtu.be/Tv6Q4MZS5LI

Since this got a bit of a reach (from my humble point of view), never forget the story how FFS now known as UFS came to life and that it did/does the heavy lifting since ages.

https://www.usenix.org/system/files/login/articles/584-mckusick.pdf

#OpenBSD #FreeBSD #NetBSD #BSD

We got #CentOS Mascot before #GTA6
https://blog.centos.org/2025/05/release-the-quokka/

Let's go #NetBSD we should get Mascot other than logo

@dgl @cks @lyda

In the majority of cases there actually is no separate inet_pton() manual page.

https://man.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=inet_pton&sektion=3

https://man.netbsd.org/inet_pton.3

http://tribblix.org/man/man3c/inet_pton.html

https://man.omnios.org/man3c/inet.3c

http://uw714doc.xinuos.com/en/man/html.3N/inet.3N.html

Although most of those call out inet_pton(), SCO #UnixWare in fact documented the four human-readable IPv4 formats for inet_pton(), and did not even have an inet_aton().

In #NetBSD, the internal inet_pton4() function was indeed updated by Christos Zoulas from the old Paul Vixie code to support the four human-readable formats of inet_aton(), 22 years ago; although it's not clear where this additional IPv4 conversion functionality is actually used.

The old Paul Vixie code from 1996 is retained in GNU libc, #FreeBSD, & #OpenBSD; this being code from the BIND DNS client library.

It was superseded by a from-scratch reimplementation based around a str2inet_addr() function in #Solaris/ #Illumos/ #Tribblix/ #OmniOS. musl libc also has its own from-scratch version.

@ska

🚩 NetBSD's Kernel Supports Lua Scripting But Don't Look For Rust In There Anytime Soon - Phoronix

｢ Diminishing the prospects of Rust code within the NetBSD kernel is that there are many CPU architectures supported where Rust isn't even available. That would be the lead and immediate blocker to Rust programming language use by NetBSD that supports a diverse array of architectures in a meaningful manner ｣

https://www.phoronix.com/news/No-Rust-In-NetBSD-Kernel

#netbsd #lualang #opensource

@cks @lyda

Everything that can accept human-readable IPv4 addresses in place of hostnames, and that does so by using the conventional C library inet_aton() or inet_pton() functions.

A single (32-bit) number has been an accepted human-readable form from the start, back in the 4.3BSD days. It's a thing that gets regularly rediscovered.

(Bernstein's networking tools use a ip4_scan() function that only supports strict 4-decimal-numbers form. But several of them special case and re-map the string "0" before calling this function. libowfat's scan_ip4() is similar to ip4_scan(). As is ip4_scan() in @ska's libstddjb.)

This and three other accepted formats are explained in all of the #FreeBSD, #OpenBSD, #NetBSD, and Linux GNU libc manual pages. They also explain why 0x00000000 and 0x7F000001 and 0177.1 will work as IPv4 addresses with such programs.

#BerkeleySockets

Just added short 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗼𝗳 𝗣𝗙 (𝟰𝘁𝗵 𝗘𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻) [Book of PF] review/update to 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸𝘀 𝗔𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗕𝗦𝗗 [Books About FreeBSD] article.

https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2022/02/04/books-about-freebsd#book-pf-4th

#verblog #freebsd #openbsd #netbsd #pf #firewall

Just added short 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗼𝗳 𝗣𝗙 (𝟰𝘁𝗵 𝗘𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻) [Book of PF] review/update to 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸𝘀 𝗔𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗕𝗦𝗗 [Books About FreeBSD] article.

https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2022/02/04/books-about-freebsd#book-pf-4th

#verblog #freebsd #openbsd #netbsd #pf #firewall

Down from near Bonn, Germany via Deutsche Telekom network (5:28pm UTC) #NetBSD

netbsd.org down for everyone else or just me?

(ignore www, that's on fastly)

#netbsd #pkgsrc

@ptribble I've been quite impressed by @fastmail's spam filtering. It took a while to make it recognise that anything from #NetBSD's "Charlie Root" was legit, but other than that the only kosher emails it thinks are spam are invoices that do look hella spammy even when they're not.

Arguments against incorporating Rust into the NetBSD kernel - Post by Benny Siegert
@bentsukun #Rust #NetBSD https://bentsukun.ch/posts/netbsd-rust-kernel/

https://bentsukun.ch/posts/netbsd-rust-kernel/

#rust #netbsd

RT: https://bsd.network/users/jaypatelani/statuses/116004550797346180

Rust in the NetBSD kernel seems unlikely

Rust is everywhere, and it's no surprise it's also made its way into the lowest levels of certain operating systems and kernels, so it shouldn't be surprising that various operating system developers have to field questions and inquiries about Rust. NetBSD developer Benny Siegert wrote a blog post about this very subject, and in it, details why it's unlike

https://www.osnews.com/story/144326/rust-in-the-netbsd-kernel-seems-unlikely/

#NetBSD

Rust in the NetBSD Kernel, and other odd decisions https://lobste.rs/s/4wlhhv #netbsd
https://bentsukun.ch/posts/netbsd-rust-kernel/

Rust in the Kernel, and other odd decisions
#NetBSD

https://bentsukun.ch/posts/netbsd-rust-kernel/

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#verblog #vernews #news #bsd #freebsd #openbsd #netbsd #linux #unix #zfs #opnsense #ghostbsd #solaris #vermadenday

My BSDCan submission has been approved!

It will be wonderful to be back in Ottawa, meet again all the "old" (and new) friends from the BSD world and, this time, present something that has saved me more than once... and it’s based on NetBSD!

#BSDCan #BSDCon #NetBSD #FreeBSD #OpenBSD #DragonFlyBSD #RunBSD #BSDCan2026 #Ottawa #Canada #BSD

EDIT: more here: https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/@stefano/116000601385091531

I’ve just received a wonderful email. I’m so excited!

More about this in the coming days.

#RunBSD #NetBSD

#NetBSD peeps! There is a (mostly) working #Valgrind implementation for NetBSD at https://github.com/paulfloyd/valgrind-netbsd. It would be great if we could get a (binary) package for it!

#MAME 0.285 compiles on #HaikuOS after adding a small upstream patch (a missing #include).

If you're struggling to compile the latest version of MAME (I bet #FreeBSD and #NetBSD probably have the same issue), give this a go: https://github.com/mamedev/mame/commit/ffde4d3920ae99d2730db83982ffa9f8fbd8abd2

Anyway, there's a PR on HaikuPorts for the update, so it should be with you lovely people in the next few days.

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MAME 0.285 launcher, running on Haiku R1B5, viewed via a VNC connection on a Linux box. In the background is a tmux session, also running on the Haiku box, viewed via SSH on the Linux box.

Deadline this weekend - apply by Feb 1st, 2026!

Do you want to go to EuroBSDCon https://2026.eurobsdcon.org/ but need support to do so?

Or do you know someone in that situation? Apply for the Paul Schenkeveld Travel Grant before February 1st, 2026!

https://eurobsdconfoundation.org/travel-grant.html

#eurobsdcon #netbsd #openbsd #freebsd #conference #travelgrant

System Administration, Week 1: Warming up to EC2

In this short video, we prepare for our first homework assignment and demonstrate how to launch a #NetBSD instance in AWS EC2.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cA_pgRH0IDw

Note: the AMI in the video is outdated; I have up to date images listed here:
https://stevens.netmeister.org/615/netbsd-amis.html

Or you can create your own:
https://www.netmeister.org/blog/creating-netbsd-ec2-amis.html

#sysadmin #devops #sre

@pu

That's difficult to answer without a concrete idea of what a dependency is.

If it's who develops it, then #GhostBSD's major developers are in Canada, and #MirBSD's major developers are in the E.U./Switzerland.

If it's which BSDs would be unaffected if Microsoft-owned GitHub decided to pull the rug out from underneath them, then the answer is rather different.

Financial dependencies, and WWW/mail/other hosting dependencies, are different again.

#FreeBSD #OpenBSD #MidnightBSD #DragonFlyBSD #NetBSD

@nzbr @nixos_org Very cool! I’ve been wondering about how to do this for ages.

Right now, I can boot #NetBSD from a USB stick, then install NetBSD on to a completely zeroed disk with only binaries generated from source from that USB stick. I do this in part because compiling is a good stress test of a system.

Now if I could build everything on the USB stick from a small, hand-auditable (for certain values of hand) bootstrap, that’d be awesome.

Excellent work! Reading it now :)

This morning I was thinking about something: one of the reasons why every enthusiast should consider going to a BSDCon is simple.

I eat a lot and I still come back slimmer 😄

2024 - EuroBSDCon: ate twice as much as usual, came back from Dublin 1 kg lighter.
2025 - BSDCan: breakfasts that could cover a whole day’s calories, huge delicious meals... came back from Ottawa 0.5 kg lighter.
2025 - EuroBSDCon: double breakfast (sweet + savory), massive lunches, delicious dinners (including a huge pizza, as @outofcreativity, @angie and @mwl can confirm) and still came back 0.5 kg lighter.

Positive emotions burn calories.

So come to BSDCons: you’ll come back happy and slimmer!

#RunBSD #FreeBSD #NetBSD #OpenBSD #DragonFlyBSD #BSDCon #AsiaBSDCon #BSDCan #EuroBSDCon

Schrodinger still isn't sure if his toaster runs #NetBSD.

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#verblog #vernews #news #bsd #freebsd #openbsd #netbsd #linux #unix #zfs #opnsense #ghostbsd #solaris #vermadenday

Provoked by a toot from @jamesoff I made the experiments with the #2k38 time boundary on #OpenBSD (bigger screendump) and #NetBSD as illustrated.
Both survived ;) of course.
NetBSD however seems to accept a date as UTC and then translates it to my local CET. OpenBSD seems to trot happily on in CET.
This means that in 12 years, when I'll be 92 years old, I won't have to worry about any time apocalypse.
I'll sleep as quietly as ever on that night. Nice to know.

James' sticker are fun anyway ;)

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Playing with y2k38 on openbsd

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Playing with y2k38 on netbsd