GNU Hurd gets 9pfs, OpenNTPD, dynamic /dev/ entries, and more
The GNU Hurd operating system kernel has published its latest quarterly development summary, featuring experimental support for 9pfs and a work-in-progress port of OpenNTPD. The Hurd has also seen improvements in how it handles entries in /dev/, with the goal of dynamically populating SATA devices at boot time. This development brings the Hurd closer to its goal of becoming a more robust and efficient operating system kernel.
- ▪The GNU Hurd now has experimental support for 9pfs.
- ▪A work-in-progress port of OpenNTPD, the NTP daemon from OpenBSD, is available.
- ▪The Hurd will be able to dynamically populate SATA devices at boot time, eliminating the need for static translators.
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Home > OS News > The Hurd gets 9pfs, OpenNTPD, dynamic /dev/ entries, and moreThe Hurd gets 9pfs, OpenNTPD, dynamic /dev/ entries, and more Thom Holwerda 2026-07-24 OS News 1 CommentThe hottest and most promising operating system kernel in development, the GNU Hurd, has published another summary of its most recent quarter of development. Hurd has experimental support for 9pfs now, a work-in–progress port of OpenNTPD, the NTP daemon from OpenBSD, a port of Neovim, and a few more ports here and there.Diving deeper into the actual kernel itself, there’s a major improvement to how the Hurd handles entries in /dev/:Mikhail Karpov added some checks for mmap in several places. He also worked on adding storeio to the bootstrap chain. This is actually quite interesting.
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