Re: Incorporating modules source code into build.sh

[Nick Hudson <nick.hudson%gmx.co.uk@localhost>]

Hi,

On 26/12/2025 16:54, Anoduck, The Anonymous Duck wrote:
> Purchased a PineTab-V tablet, and interested in running NetBSD as the 
> primary OS for that system. I am unsure about exactly how to integrate 
> the necessary firmware to achieve a bootable system.
>
> The pinetab-v uses a U-Boot-SPL to begin the boot process, then loads a 
> device tree blob (or itb) to provide necessary sbi firmware information 
> before loading U-Boot proper, and lastly boot the OS(syslinux for linux).

Take a look at

https://cvsweb.netbsd.org/bsdweb.cgi/pkgsrc/sysutils/u-boot-visionfive2/

https://cvsweb.netbsd.org/bsdweb.cgi/pkgsrc/sysutils/opensbi-visionfive2/#dirlist


> Currently StarFive provides a PineTab-V SDK, which uses the buildroot 
> framework to build the necessary components for boot, and system images. 
> The idea was to extract the source code required for drivers from 
> buildroot, or directly from the repositories containing it, and 
> integrate it into the build.sh framework somehow.
>
> I normally run OpenBSD, and it has been well over a decade since I got 
> intimate with NetBSD. So, the entire build.sh framework is new for me, 
> but it seems pretty cool.
>
> Sincerely,
> The Duck, Anoduck
>
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