Re: NetBSD on Allwinner D1 / Mango Pi MQ-Pro

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

On 27/05/2026 06:17, Phil Nelson wrote:
> On Tue, 26 May 2026 07:32:04 +0100
> Nick Hudson <nick.hudson%gmx.co.uk@localhost> wrote:
>>> I was able to get things running :) I used the u-boot binary boot blocks
>>> from here:
>>> https://mail-index.netbsd.org/port-riscv/2026/04/01/msg000269.html
>> 
>> Not sure why this hasn't made it into pkgsrc
> So, why isn't this in src?

You could ask this question of a lot of things...

> This isn't linked in the kernel, so having
> it in source would allow us to build everything without relying on
> pkgsrc or having to go get it.  It looks like U-boot is GPL-2.0 and
> we have other GPL software in src.  Or am I missing something here?

apparently you can use build.sh to cross compile pkgsrc these days

https://www.netbsd.org/gallery/presentations/riastradh/asiabsdcon2015/pkgsrc-cross.pdf