Re: Questions about the building process (Olimex lime2)

[Jared McNeill <jmcneill%invisible.ca@localhost>]

On Thu, 11 Jul 2019, tlaronde%polynum.com@localhost wrote:

> With 8.0 there are too many discrepancies (hence my questions) to sort 
> out for the beginner I am what the source of the problem is (for 
> example, I used a a10-olinuxino-lime u-boot---because it was what was in 
> pkgsrc and I thought that with compatibility it could load on the 
> a20---and it didn't boot---and then the question was: is it a hardware, 
> a firmware or a software problem? Did I already fry the board? Does the 
> missing lime2 dtb cause the problem? Etc.).

NetBSD's sunxi port was transitioning from static config to dts when 8.0 
as branched. Unfortunately, the A20 SoC stuff didn't get moved over in 
time. To use a dtb, you'll need to run -current with the GENERIC kernel.

Cheers,
Jared