Re: Incorporating modules source code into build.sh

[Guy Madison <avonfarmguymadison%gmail.com@localhost>]

Hello,

I have a PIC64 curiosity board from Microchip, I am considering putting NetBSD on this… I worked on the kernel and drivers for MacOS X for over a decade so BSD was an obvious choice.

I was able to compile NetBSD but I was distracted with the lack of SDK support for the PIC64 at the current time, maybe its time to go back to looking at NetBSD as the best port option.

If there is any support for the PIC64 that would be great to hear.

Guy


> On Dec 26, 2025, at 3:13 PM, Nick Hudson <nick.hudson%gmx.co.uk@localhost> wrote:
> 
> 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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