FreeBSD HPC Status Report — September 2025

Infrastructure & Coordination

• Set up project infrastructure to support FreeBSD HPC development, including GitLab for source hosting, issues, and merge requests.
• Established category separation between blog posts and reports for clearer communication.

Upstream Work

• First patch merged upstream into Slurm, addressing sa_len handling on BSD platforms.
• Promising cooperation emerging with SchedMD developers, opening the door to further *BSD support.

Next Steps

• Expand CI integration to automate ports testing.
• Continue discussions with upstream on BSD compatibility improvements.
• Update sysutils/slurm-wlm to the latest release.
• Further expand FreeBSD’s HPC ports stack.
  • Push ready ports to be committed.