OpenBSD 8.0: released Oct 20, 2026

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We remain proud of OpenBSD's record of As in our previous releases, 8. 0 provides significant improvements, - pmap(9) direct map now placed at a random location. - Sped up swap encryption by using AES cpu instructions. - Sped up swap encryption by using AES cpu instructions. - Fixed m88k multiple CMMU register writes. - Faster CMMU walk in luna88k m8820x_cpu_number(). through elf_aux_info(3) AT_HWCAP and AT_HWCAP2 queries. - Added kernel support for the 'V' vector extension. - Added kernel support for the Sstc timer extension. - Added bounds check for the sparc64 relocation flags table.

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