OpenBSD/loongson hardware platform retired

submited 19 July 2026

OpenBSD has retired the loongson hardware platform after clang 22 rebuilds hit deterministic SIGSEGV on mips64el, with debugging deemed impractical given long rebuild times and modern ports requiring C++11.

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20 July 2026
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OpenBSD/loongson hardware platform retired  

OpenBSD has retired the loongson hardware platform after clang 22 rebuilds hit deterministic SIGSEGV on mips64el, with debugging deemed impractical given long rebuild times and modern ports requiring C++11.

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