Announcing NetBSD 11.0 (July 30, 2026)
发表于 : 2026-08-03 10:44
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Introduction
The NetBSD Project is pleased to announce NetBSD 11.0, the nineteenth major release of the NetBSD operating system.
Upgrade instructions
An existing installation can be upgraded by booting an installation image and selecting the Upgrade option.
If you are using other update methods, update the kernel and modules first, then reboot and update your userspace. You will need to adjust any package repository URL and update all third-party packages. Note also the addition of the various new sets, which may need to be installed separately with sysinst(8).
Please take particular note of Incompatible changes if you are upgrading from an earlier release.
Changes since NetBSD 10.1
Highlights
*New port to the RISC-V processor architecture. NetBSD 11.0 is the first stable release to include support for 64-bit RISC-V platforms, including a range of StarFive JH71XX-based devices such as the VisionFive 2, PINE64 STAR64, as well as QEMU.
*Enhanced compliance with POSIX.1-2024 and C23 programming interface standards.
*Enhanced support for Linux system calls in compat_linux(8), including epoll (implemented around kqueue), POSIX message queues, statx, readahead, close_range, waitid, renameat2, clone3, sync_file_range, syncfs, and inotify.
*Initial support for the Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite platform.
*Improvements to the npf(7) firewall, including layer 2 and user/group filtering.
*New MICROVM kernel for x86, supporting both i386 and amd64, NetBSD 11.0 introduces a dedicated MICROVM kernel designed for extremely fast virtual machine boot, leveraging PVH boot, VirtIO MMIO, and multiple kernel optimizations, it can boot in about 10 ms on 2020-era x86 CPUs.
*New virt68k port, for running the Motorola 68000 port in QEMU using paravirtualized devices.
Introduction
The NetBSD Project is pleased to announce NetBSD 11.0, the nineteenth major release of the NetBSD operating system.
Upgrade instructions
An existing installation can be upgraded by booting an installation image and selecting the Upgrade option.
If you are using other update methods, update the kernel and modules first, then reboot and update your userspace. You will need to adjust any package repository URL and update all third-party packages. Note also the addition of the various new sets, which may need to be installed separately with sysinst(8).
Please take particular note of Incompatible changes if you are upgrading from an earlier release.
Changes since NetBSD 10.1
Highlights
*New port to the RISC-V processor architecture. NetBSD 11.0 is the first stable release to include support for 64-bit RISC-V platforms, including a range of StarFive JH71XX-based devices such as the VisionFive 2, PINE64 STAR64, as well as QEMU.
*Enhanced compliance with POSIX.1-2024 and C23 programming interface standards.
*Enhanced support for Linux system calls in compat_linux(8), including epoll (implemented around kqueue), POSIX message queues, statx, readahead, close_range, waitid, renameat2, clone3, sync_file_range, syncfs, and inotify.
*Initial support for the Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite platform.
*Improvements to the npf(7) firewall, including layer 2 and user/group filtering.
*New MICROVM kernel for x86, supporting both i386 and amd64, NetBSD 11.0 introduces a dedicated MICROVM kernel designed for extremely fast virtual machine boot, leveraging PVH boot, VirtIO MMIO, and multiple kernel optimizations, it can boot in about 10 ms on 2020-era x86 CPUs.
*New virt68k port, for running the Motorola 68000 port in QEMU using paravirtualized devices.