2026-10-14T11:42:34Z https://yabu.me Emile "iMil" :netbsd: Heitor https://yabu.me/npub1zkcjkafryadg7vz7aww0ryxa46a5wdlkuek3ydm207nq6l9fkkgs3plz5c https://media.bsd.cafe/bsdmmedia01/accounts/avatars/115/172/680/303/987/046/original/510162ea508b9d84.png https://media.bsd.cafe/bsdmmedia01/accounts/avatars/115/172/680/303/987/046/original/510162ea508b9d84.png https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsfv9zkvpz6nzgdccmrh9k2jjkeemw6a35fnyca82s63cnjusy0j6czyq2mz2m4yvn44restm4eeuvsmkhtk3eh7mnx6y3hdfl6vrtu4x6ez3q8lr7 Thanks to <a href="https://github.com/vmaction">https://github.com/vmaction</a> and <a href="https://anyvm.org/">https://anyvm.org/</a> I can now build the smolBSD builder image with NetBSD in GH&#39;s CI &lt;3 2026-09-21T11:15:49Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2t695hckf0dtcuqsxvuxz0mwygpf5qppdn96hxw0q0wef9ht72dszyq2mz2m4yvn44restm4eeuvsmkhtk3eh7mnx6y3hdfl6vrtu4x6ezt2lzlq From <a href="https://github.com/marketplace/actions/netbsd-vm">https://github.com/marketplace/actions/netbsd-vm</a><br/><br/>Note: 11.0-microvm is a fast-boot VARIANT of 11.0 [...]: anyvm boots NetBSD&#39;s official MICROVM kernel directly on QEMU&#39;s microvm machine type (no BIOS/PCI/ACPI, virtio over MMIO), which cuts boot-to-ssh about 4x vs the pc machine (7.4s vs 29.6s under KVM)<br/><br/>🥰 2026-09-20T16:49:22Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszr3fvlt02sk0zxra2dh58zspvlegee2zsfztdcjvmvpjyavh7etszyq2mz2m4yvn44restm4eeuvsmkhtk3eh7mnx6y3hdfl6vrtu4x6eza627pl Hey <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1j3kv97tqfs2u8clfj5eq0y0q24gkxgqdgl2wx4emcxwhjthyp94sx8rc5q" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>formorer</span> (<span class="italic">npub1j3k…rc5q</span>)</a></span> great work on <a href="https://github.com/credativ/FrOSCon2026-microvm/">https://github.com/credativ/FrOSCon2026-microvm/</a> !<br/>You might want to try NetBSD MICROVM / smolBSD kernel which boots in ~10ms <a href="https://smolbsd.org/">https://smolbsd.org/</a> :)<br/>This guy even tried it on Proxmox <a href="https://github.com/rcarmo/pve-microvm/blob/main/docs/guests.md">https://github.com/rcarmo/pve-microvm/blob/main/docs/guests.md</a><br/>Thanks <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1unqjnr22xr9wwfzl4h9n7shqnfn7qlf5cu343ngmk48q7m7mug7s5p0xp7" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>dasga</span> (<span class="italic">npub1unq…0xp7</span>)</a></span> for the heads up on this project &lt;3 2026-08-25T06:32:21Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswswmdzs0pkp7xm7gzhr2zf047trrqp08pdfkqveh7h8kju6fdutszyq2mz2m4yvn44restm4eeuvsmkhtk3eh7mnx6y3hdfl6vrtu4x6ezfumvdx <a href="https://www.theregister.com/os-platforms/2026/08/20/netbsd-11-lands-with-risc-v-support-and-lightning-fast-vm-boots/5289713">https://www.theregister.com/os-platforms/2026/08/20/netbsd-11-lands-with-risc-v-support-and-lightning-fast-vm-boots/5289713</a> 🥰 2026-08-20T17:47:20Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsv5r3hv84gv72tfah828uvl57vtlupss2tkl02ezvhqdm97rfxd9szyq2mz2m4yvn44restm4eeuvsmkhtk3eh7mnx6y3hdfl6vrtu4x6ezpy6xag woo! 15ms on an Apple M4 <a href="https://gist.github.com/lbartoletti/f0ee95c025cad7369edc31036e3e1bb1">https://gist.github.com/lbartoletti/f0ee95c025cad7369edc31036e3e1bb1</a><br/><br/>Thanks <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub12jslaah3qnkf9ukn0at8gx32k3gpcau4mrs3gsacaare47ja365sry5kck" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Loïc Bartoletti</span> (<span class="italic">npub12js…5kck</span>)</a></span> for the test &lt;3<br/><br/>cc <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ef53dd26zz26wlxa70xrl238fywamsrfp24nxxysesczwv425r0q6tgcpc" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Stefano Marinelli</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ef5…gcpc</span>)</a></span> 2026-08-14T14:52:45Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsfn9juurdtgc88th85qj6ytdsmnc6506jce5x285hkmnh7vxrggpszyq2mz2m4yvn44restm4eeuvsmkhtk3eh7mnx6y3hdfl6vrtu4x6ez4qwhjz In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsv40yh4j4jzrse2tne4egpxy6l7dh2a94yps2fgwaty079ggemfssnqq222'>nevent1q…q222</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I&#39;m spoiled XD 2026-08-14T14:24:26Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs08llpyw34zzsp0krsllgakjlxavf05qnskr7gp6jncljm8w2z50szyq2mz2m4yvn44restm4eeuvsmkhtk3eh7mnx6y3hdfl6vrtu4x6ezphrl4s In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0n0fnuz9wethjel40gjkqqnnmscxk9435qsl2asp9x5232p07hkgf8geus'>nevent1q…geus</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>A friend (<span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1lr4gz8m22u6qr06lfh49wdrpulrhxgmmqkwgfujejvtm7tvkgrgs8arfjm" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Yves "Yorzian" Rougy</span> (<span class="italic">npub1lr4…rfjm</span>)</a></span>) has this <a href="https://gist.github.com/yrougy/a26edb521113e9810b58bcc1a356e0b9">https://gist.github.com/yrougy/a26edb521113e9810b58bcc1a356e0b9</a> with a Macbook Air M1 2026-08-14T14:20:34Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswdpwpn250fcjswfpaqvlhg0j4scz4psk2mxqfxq67yp7485ths5qzyq2mz2m4yvn44restm4eeuvsmkhtk3eh7mnx6y3hdfl6vrtu4x6ezjzf0tj In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0n0fnuz9wethjel40gjkqqnnmscxk9435qsl2asp9x5232p07hkgf8geus'>nevent1q…geus</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>hmm, 121ms, not bad but much slower than on x86...<br/><br/>Thanks for testing! 2026-08-14T14:18:39Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsy3xctqjx7ac85524mcwamte4xf2emds6ptv000ft94yf07s5j4yszyq2mz2m4yvn44restm4eeuvsmkhtk3eh7mnx6y3hdfl6vrtu4x6ezftz6se In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspyj6uvn6vksscyyfhwsavpgt87p9uva9udhrutvvmz9pxtkmugms2j7zd9'>nevent1q…7zd9</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I&#39;ve just added the boot time printing like in x86 SMOL kernels, could you try bmake kernfetch and tell me what&#39;s your kernel boot time? 😇 2026-08-14T11:16:50Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs88qx987lr9c9ved6r6q4a3a7534s3rkustsc6ypsk4ldshx4p0qgzyq2mz2m4yvn44restm4eeuvsmkhtk3eh7mnx6y3hdfl6vrtu4x6ez8s4rpj In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs025dtlrtasq767hjd7sl349pa5dp3s336u9q0um7ckvxrzvg9uuc25adzp'>nevent1q…adzp</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>w00t! what CPU? 2026-08-14T06:40:01Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2cj3a09xvua7jd4uyyfka9gpfep6w4pp9untslhasvaly4ktcmcqzyq2mz2m4yvn44restm4eeuvsmkhtk3eh7mnx6y3hdfl6vrtu4x6ez50ysu7 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdpzh2g4cszjkaeg4tf5w8nqh29x7z0umhuyeqljf7gyndmtjj3vgs69yvq'>nevent1q…9yvq</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>same way that on x86:<br/><br/>from <a href="https://github.com/NetBSDfr/smolBSD">https://github.com/NetBSDfr/smolBSD</a><br/><br/>example:<br/><br/>bmake kernfetch<br/>bmake SERVICE=rescue build<br/>./startnb.sh -i images/rescue-evbarm-aarch64.img 2026-08-14T06:33:40Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswxujrrpnn2utp7vpk9c7kx4wpy5cknl4l0r9v040n6gq7sex4n5qzyq2mz2m4yvn44restm4eeuvsmkhtk3eh7mnx6y3hdfl6vrtu4x6ez6l0h84 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgcwdhu5k0vyyzvzvk0l95x046r5v5l7nuqvsuzxdkvtpq8r7zz8qghzx47'>nevent1q…zx47</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>RPI boot fixed, arm64 kernel successfully tested on:<br/><br/>* Macbook w/ M4 (macOS 26.6.1)<br/>* Orange Pi 5 (Debian)<br/>* RPI4 (Debian)<br/><br/>Updated configuration <a href="https://imil.net/NetBSD/MICROVM.aarch64">https://imil.net/NetBSD/MICROVM.aarch64</a> 2026-08-14T06:19:39Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs074calgg9hmnmn66p5qzk2mh96gy595kz9agwk9xkn975pewwjkgzyq2mz2m4yvn44restm4eeuvsmkhtk3eh7mnx6y3hdfl6vrtu4x6ez47k5ux In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8wz9lwpvlwxfdcqr37wv5ejdhdjdy6tl9s2tmpkwqnwn7dqtpcpc25cfs6'>nevent1q…cfs6</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>do not hesitate to ping me if any help is needed! 2026-08-13T08:03:47Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgcwdhu5k0vyyzvzvk0l95x046r5v5l7nuqvsuzxdkvtpq8r7zz8qzyq2mz2m4yvn44restm4eeuvsmkhtk3eh7mnx6y3hdfl6vrtu4x6ez4625se 🎉 smolBSD has now its SMOL NetBSD kernel for aarch64 too! 🎉<br/><br/><a href="https://smolbsd.org/assets/netbsd-SMOL-aarch64.img">https://smolbsd.org/assets/netbsd-SMOL-aarch64.img</a> is live for use with any arm64/aarch64 host, like RPi&#39;s, Orange Pi&#39;s or Apple&#39;s M[0-9]&#39;s and it&#39;s FAST<br/><br/>git pull &amp;&amp; bmake kernfetch and you&#39;re set! 2026-08-13T06:46:48Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsv2rtgaedjsz243a25nducww4dnr7kwc2ztky3p8jkr92gd2vg2zqzyq2mz2m4yvn44restm4eeuvsmkhtk3eh7mnx6y3hdfl6vrtu4x6ezl75sg4 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstkm3z57t7twtp2s79ha7yy3vup47ev68deuwx8mtz7y7qrn36krg9ucay2'>nevent1q…cay2</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I has smolBSD in mind sorry, newer macs run on arm64 which I didn&#39;t touched. You can still run the microvm kernel on an old x86 mac, I used one for my tests :) 2026-08-08T05:39:23Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqst94rtlm4e3sk80z8t565fkwgpm3upkjz9d5yjj7r4g0kq8d3p2hczyq2mz2m4yvn44restm4eeuvsmkhtk3eh7mnx6y3hdfl6vrtu4x6eze3dwqg In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqw7m7cf3hcwh6pwghzsxw4jmxc2ef94mr409uetpdek03ekugtzcvt52uu'>nevent1q…52uu</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>nope, Linux or macOS will also do just fine :) 2026-08-07T21:30:09Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvl7j6yv262ejynl896u74d2jvajv6y66xfcrnrpfqqa0ke8rnlsqzyq2mz2m4yvn44restm4eeuvsmkhtk3eh7mnx6y3hdfl6vrtu4x6ezdpvn8w Need a secure ssh jumpbox and everything&#39;s closed except HTTPS? smol got your back <a href="https://github.com/NetBSDfr/smolBSD/tree/main/service/ttyd">https://github.com/NetBSDfr/smolBSD/tree/main/service/ttyd</a> 2026-07-27T09:18:19Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0wncm8kah9kn0uhjhz7akz0r7txyryu0un53htj6uw0nj2pzfjhqzyq2mz2m4yvn44restm4eeuvsmkhtk3eh7mnx6y3hdfl6vrtu4x6ezwedsu6 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrmca5u4vk8yrr6jfl6crte9nsppq9swdwkfjja9nacfherfx48cs6xvtun'>nevent1q…vtun</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>don&#39;t hesitate if you have any question I&#39;ll be glad to help! [@jaypatelani](<a href="https://bsd.network/@jaypatelani">https://bsd.network/@jaypatelani</a> ) 2025-11-21T09:27:32Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstmh8gdjmw7lgthxkuetcm85qglpkuq705en3jxac8rg7d4t2y4zczyq2mz2m4yvn44restm4eeuvsmkhtk3eh7mnx6y3hdfl6vrtu4x6ez7tn53l In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqf2ecuaw2me0l5rv3jczx4nx5nfxdzh7cnznndgr8r5knapn648q2c9cuu'>nevent1q…9cuu</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>for the record, this is #smolBSD <a href="https://smolBSD.org">https://smolBSD.org</a> 2025-11-21T08:24:44Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqf2ecuaw2me0l5rv3jczx4nx5nfxdzh7cnznndgr8r5knapn648qzyq2mz2m4yvn44restm4eeuvsmkhtk3eh7mnx6y3hdfl6vrtu4x6ez5sdzqq In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvckwje6v3zl5ccnz9952rn7nq3r0vqdg2g4xy9hq37accg93frdghvcg2d'>nevent1q…cg2d</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>do you? :)<br/> <img src="https://media.bsd.cafe/bsdmmedia01/media_attachments/files/115/586/722/062/796/773/original/0798dee5c0115c4c.png"> <br/> 2025-11-21T08:23:42Z