[Simh] trouble selecting VAX ethernet on CentOS

[Michael L. Umbricht]

Ok. I gave it a try, but it segfaults during make.

-mikeu


$ make vax
lib paths are: /lib64/ /usr/lib64/ /usr/lib64/atlas/ /usr/lib64/mysql/
/usr/lib64/qt-3.3/lib/ /usr/lib64/xulrunner-2/
using libm: /usr/lib64//libm.so
using librt: /usr/lib64//librt.so
using libpthread: /usr/lib64//libpthread.so /usr/include/pthread.h
using libdl: /usr/lib64//libdl.so /usr/include/dlfcn.h
using libpcap: /usr/include/pcap.h
*** Simulator(s) being built with networking support using
*** Linux provided libpcap components
gcc -std=c99 -U__STRICT_ANSI__ -g -I . -D_GNU_SOURCE -DSIM_ASYNCH_IO
-DUSE_READER_THREAD  -DHAVE_DLOPEN=so  sim_BuildROMs.c -o BIN/BuildROMs
BIN/BuildROMs
make: *** [BIN/BuildROMs] Segmentation fault (core dumped)
make: *** Deleting file `BIN/BuildROMs'


> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: RE: [Simh] trouble selecting VAX ethernet on CentOS
> From: Mark Pizzolato - Info Comm <Mark at infocomm.com>
> Date: Sun, February 26, 2012 1:22 pm
> To: "Michael L. Umbricht" <mike at umbricht.org>, "simh at trailing-edge.com"
> <simh at trailing-edge.com>
> 
> 
> On Sunday, February 26, 2012 at 10:04 AM, Michael L. Umbricht wrote:
> > I'm having a little trouble choosing the ethernet interface for a VAX
> > in SimH. My Dell Precision M6400 laptop has the following interfaces:
> > 
> >   0  eth0   ; on-board gig ethernet
> >   1  wlan0  ; on-board wireless
> >   2  virbr0 ; used by Virtual Box
> >   3  eth1   ; PCMCIA card w/ 10b2 or 10bT connectors
> > 
> > I'd really like to use the eth1 ThinWire interface to connect SimH with
> > a hardware VAX, while using eth0 for my internet connection. When I try
> > to connect to eth0 or eth1 I get a segmentation fault. If I try just
> > "eth" it works fine and connects to eth0. I can't get it to attach to
> > eth1, though. Choosing from the "at xq ?" menu also leads to a core
> > dump. Is there anything that I am missing here?
> 
> Hi Mike,
> 
> There have been significant changes to the networking layer in the upcoming release.
> Solving your issue makes the most sense using the latest code base.
> Please download the latest sources to work out this issue:
> 
>     1 - Download https://github.com/markpizz/simh/zipball/master Saving what that URL returns as a .zip file
>     2 - Unpack that zip file with the command: 'unzip -aa zipfilename.zip'
>     3 - Build the vax simulator with: 'make vax'
> 
> This will build a simulator with networking support and we can work from there to troubleshoot your issue.
> 
> Let me know if you still have issues.
> 
> Good Luck.
> 
> - Mark Pizzolato