Re: Orange Pi R1 Plus LTS

[Robert Swindells <rjs%fdy2.co.uk@localhost>]

"Jonathan A. Kollasch" <jakllsch%kollasch.net@localhost>
> On Tue, Sep 30, 2025 at 03:37:43AM +0300, Valery Ushakov wrote:
>> On Mon, Sep 29, 2025 at 09:16:54 -0500, Jonathan A. Kollasch wrote:
>> 
>> > Aside from getting a upstream-style u-boot for it, and a
>> > sufficiently compatible device tree, I'd think it should just work.
>> 
>> I guess, I should be able to re-use the /boot from their linux image,
>> shouldn't I?  (I'm still very uncomfortable around u-boot).
>
> Not necessarily; the Linux-sourced Device Trees do not have stable
> bindings, so you really need a DT that matches the kernels ability to
> interpret the DT.  For NetBSD that means matching the version of
> DTs already in our tree, and supported by the relevant drivers.

Now that we have branched NetBSD-11, I think it would be a good time
to update the device tree sources.

Then fix any drivers that don't work.

Trying to backport device tree changes for individual boards is too
hard.