The driver will be ported from OpenBSD. Didn’t know that OpenBSD was far ahead when it comes to this issue …
Tag: FreeBSD
-
The FreeBSD 15.0-RC3 release highlights include:
“- The packages contained on the dvd1.iso image have been adjusted in an attempt to fit within the 4.7 GB limit of DVDs; in particular, KDE was removed.
– Fixes to the handling of nvme namespace change events.
– OpenZFS updated to 2.4.0-rc4.
– A fix to the handling of IICHID “RESET” commands.” -
The fifth BETA build for the FreeBSD 15.0 release cycle is now available.
-
-
FreeBSD 15.0 Alpha 3 Highlights
- Release Status
- Third of four planned alpha releases.
- Stable release expected in December.
- Branching in the development tree set for early October.
- Key Improvements
- WiFi drivers: Ongoing updates, including LinuxKPI and other wireless driver work.
- Better laptop support: Enhancements in WiFi, power management, and desktop usability.
- Desktop experience: KDE option added to installer.
- Other Updates
- pkgbase fixes: Improvements to release image building and installation.
- Package updates: Includes
unboundandbc.
- Outlook
- WiFi support improving but still behind Windows, Linux, and macOS.
- Reproducible builds and broader hardware support make 15.0 a major update.
- Release Status
-
New in the FreeBSD Foundation Shop!
We’ve added fresh gear to help you show your support for FreeBSD:
-Foam Trucker Hat (Embroidery)
-Mouse Pad (Rectangle)
-Spiral Notebook
-Accent Coffee Mug
Every purchase supports the FreeBSD Foundation’s mission, funding development, advocacy, and community initiatives that keep FreeBSD strong.
Take a look at the new arrivals here:
👉 https://freebsd-foundation.myshopify.com/
#FreeBSD #OpenSource #Community #SupportFreeBSD
-
I. Background The libarchive(3) library provides a flexible interface for reading and writing streaming archive files such as tar(1) and cpio(1), and has been the basis for the FreeBSD implementation of the tar(1) and cpio(1) utilities since FreeBSD 5.3. II. Problem Description An integer overflow in the archive_read_format_rar_seek_data() function may lead to a double free problem. III. Impact Exploiting a double free vulnerability can cause memory corruption. This in turn could enable a threat actor to execute arbitrary code. It might also result in denial of service.
https://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-25:07.libarchive.asc
-
Some of the Q1-2025 achievements for FreeBSD include:
- FreeBSD is still working on a policy for generative AI created code and documentation.
- FreeBSD Ports has landed KDE Plasma 6.3, Qt 6.8.3, Rust 1.85.1, Wine 10.0, and many other package updates.
- Porting the Intel and AMD DRM kernel graphics drivers from Linux 6.7~6.8 over to FreeBSD.
- The Intel IWX WiFi driver has landed in FreeBSD.
- Continued work porting FreeBSD to the PinePhone Pro.
- Bhyvemgr has been seeing progress as a GUI for the Bhyve virtualization written in FreePascal/Lazarus.
- The framework-kmod kernel module continues to be worked on for allowing dynamically dimming of the screen when the computer is not in use and to restore display brightness on user return, based on evdev input driver activity.
-
“FreeBSD 14.3 Beta 3 adds in the KDE desktop packages to the DVD image. Due to the “x11/kde5” package no longer existing for KDE Plasma 5, the build script needed to be updated to “x11/kde” that in turn points to the new KDE Plasma 6 packages. Thus the KDE Plasma desktop packages are back to being available from the DVD ISOs. However, the KDE packages might end up being dropped later depending upon the size of the ISOs if they begin hitting DVD capacity limits.”
A summary of changes since BETA2 includes:
- DVD images now contain KDE packages, and no longer contain kernel modules compiled on FreeBSD 14.2.
- PATH is set correctly in the post-install shell from bsdinstall.
- A bug causing boot failures on powerpc64le has been fixed.
- 802.11 AUTH frames are no longer sent if BSS changes.
/root 