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UDP input is about to become faster and parallel on OpenBSD. In a message to tech@ titled UDP parallel input, Alexander Bluhm (bluhm@) offers a diff that enables parallel UDP input for -current.

The message reads,

List:       openbsd-tech
Subject:    UDP parallel input
From:       Alexander Bluhm <bluhm () openbsd ! org>
Date:       2024-07-23 13:40:21

Hi,

mvs@ has completed the final bits to make socket buffer MP safe for
UDP packets.  This means that we can run UDP input on multiple
threads.  Diff below activates this.

undeadly honked 21 Jul 2024 19:30 +0200

Libva's VA-API (Video Acceleration API) imported into xenocara

In this commit, Rafael Sadowski (rsadowski@) merged libva 2.22.0 into OpenBSD, enabling VA-API to accelerate video decoding and other hardware assisted operations: