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Old 30th April 2022
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Kernel relink at boot has been the standard action for the OS for several years. It's a security feature.
This feature was announced in 2017 with OpenBSD 6.2:
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Originally Posted by 6.2 Release Announcement
Kernel Address Randomized Link (KARL), a new "link-kit" allows the .o files of the kernel to be relinked in a random order, creating a unique kernel for each boot.
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