Wednesday, March 29 2017 @ 18:56 CEST
Contributed by: tingo
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DragonFly BSDversion 4.8 brings EFI boot support in the installer, further speed improvements in the kernel, a new NVMe driver, a new eMMC driver, and Intel video driver updates. Version 4.8.0 released 27 March 2017.
EFI support - The installer can now create an EFI or legacy installation. Numerous adjustments have been made to userland utilities and the kernel to support EFI as a mainstream boot environment. The /boot filesystem may now be placed either in its own GPT slice, or in a DragonFly disklabel inside a GPT slice.
eMMC booting - This kernel release includes support for eMMC storage as the boot device.
brand new SMP-friendly, high-performance NVMe SSD driver (PCIe SSD storage).
Improved graphics support - The i915 driver has been updated to match the version found with the Linux 4.6 kernel. Broadwell and Skylake processor users will see improvements.