[Simh] Network Problem

Priya Chincholikar priyachinc at gmail.com
Tue Dec 31 07:52:53 EST 2013 

Hi,

I am trying boot a vax disk on SIMH and it keeps getting hung while
starting network like TCP/IP.
I have the required lipcap packages. My host is RedHat VM. The simulator
was built with network support.


*******INTERnet Started**************

%UCX-I-DEFINTE, Defining interfaces
%UCX-E-INVINTER, Error defining interface: SE0
-UCX-I-ACPQIO, Failure on Internet ACP QIO
-SYSTEM-W-NOSUCHDEV, no such device available
-SYSTEM-W-NOSUCHDEV, no such device available
%UCX-E-INVINTERNAM, Invalid interface name
-UCX-I-DRIVERQIO, Failure on Internet driver QIO
-UCX-E-INVNETMASK, Invalid network mask
%UCX-E-DELINTER, Error deleting interface: SE0
-UCX-I-ACPQIO, Failure on Internet ACP QIO ----> gets hung here
usr/local/vax/bin/vax.ini-47> boot cpuname

Simulation stopped, PC: 8358DF47 (BBC #3,26C(R3),8358DF9B)
sim>

*This is the build*:

root at dt558 simh-master]# make vax
lib paths are: /lib/ /usr/lib/ /usr/lib/qt-3.3/lib/ /usr/lib/sse2/
using libm: /usr/lib//libm.so
using librt: /usr/lib//librt.so
using libpthread: /usr/lib//libpthread.so /usr/include/pthread.h
using libdl: /usr/lib//libdl.so /usr/include/dlfcn.h
using libpcap: /usr/local/lib/libpcap.a /usr/local/include/pcap.h
*** Warning ***
*** Warning *** vax Simulator being built with networking support using
*** Warning *** libpcap components from www.tcpdump.org.
*** Warning *** Some users have had problems using the www.tcpdump.orglibpcap
*** Warning *** components for simh networking.  For best results, with
*** Warning *** simh networking, it is recommended that you install the
*** Warning *** libpcap-dev package from your Linux distribution
*** Warning ***
*** Warning *** Building with the components manually installed from
www.tcpdump.org
*** Warning *** is officially deprecated.  Attempting to do so is
unsupported.
*** Warning ***
*** Warning ***
*** Warning *** vax Simulator are being built with
*** Warning *** minimal libpcap networking support
*** Warning ***
*** Warning *** Simulators on your Linux platform can also be built with
*** Warning *** extended Ethernet networking support by using VDE Ethernet.
*** Warning ***
*** Warning *** To build simulator(s) with extended networking support you
*** Warning *** should read 0readme_ethernet.txt and follow the instructions
*** Warning *** regarding the needed libvdeplug components for your Linux
*** Warning *** platform
*** Warning ***
***
*** vax Simulator being built with:
*** - compiler optimizations and no debugging support. GCC Version: 4.1.2.
*** - networking support using libpcap components from www.tcpdump.org.
*** - Local LAN packet transports: PCAP TAP
***
*** git commit id is 86e342501deaec3df79b31c13dd6d622938176e2.
***
mkdir -p BIN
gcc -std=c99 -U__STRICT_ANSI__  -O2 -finline-functions -fgcse-after-reload
-fno-unsafe-loop-optimizations
-DSIM_GIT_COMMIT_ID=86e342501deaec3df79b31c13dd6d622938176e2
-DSIM_COMPILER="GCC Version: 4.1.2" -I . -D_GNU_SOURCE -DUSE_READER_THREAD
-DSIM_ASYNCH_IO  -DHAVE_DLOPEN=so -DHAVE_GLOB  sim_BuildROMs.c -o
BIN/BuildROMs
BIN/BuildROMs
rm -f BIN/BuildROMs
mkdir -p BIN
gcc -std=c99 -U__STRICT_ANSI__  -O2 -finline-functions -fgcse-after-reload
-fno-unsafe-loop-optimizations
-DSIM_GIT_COMMIT_ID=86e342501deaec3df79b31c13dd6d622938176e2
-DSIM_COMPILER="GCC Version: 4.1.2" -I . -D_GNU_SOURCE -DUSE_READER_THREAD
-DSIM_ASYNCH_IO  -DHAVE_DLOPEN=so -DHAVE_GLOB  VAX/vax_cpu.c VAX/vax_cpu1.c
VAX/vax_fpa.c VAX/vax_io.c VAX/vax_cis.c VAX/vax_octa.c  VAX/vax_cmode.c
VAX/vax_mmu.c VAX/vax_stddev.c VAX/vax_sysdev.c VAX/vax_sys.c
 VAX/vax_syscm.c VAX/vax_syslist.c PDP11/pdp11_rl.c PDP11/pdp11_rq.c
PDP11/pdp11_ts.c PDP11/pdp11_dz.c PDP11/pdp11_lp.c PDP11/pdp11_tq.c
PDP11/pdp11_xq.c PDP11/pdp11_vh.c PDP11/pdp11_cr.c PDP11/pdp11_io_lib.c
scp.c sim_console.c sim_fio.c sim_timer.c sim_sock.c sim_tmxr.c sim_ether.c
sim_tape.c sim_disk.c sim_serial.c sim_video.c -DVM_VAX -DUSE_INT64
-DUSE_ADDR64 -I VAX -I PDP11 -DUSE_NETWORK -DHAVE_PCAP_NETWORK -isystem
-I/usr/local/include/ /usr/local/lib/libpcap.a -DHAVE_TAP_NETWORK -o
BIN/microvax3900 -lm -lrt -lpthread -ldl
cp BIN/microvax3900 BIN/vax


*Show version and show ethernet :*

KA655-B V5.3, VMB 2.7
Performing normal system tests.
40..39..38..37..36..35..34..33..32..31..30..29..28..27..26..25..
24..23..22..21..20..19..18..17..16..15..14..13..12..11..10..09..
08..07..06..05..04..03..
Tests completed.
>>>usr/local/vax/bin/vax.ini-47> boot cpu

Simulation stopped, PC: 20043601 (BSBW 2004367B)
sim> sh ver
MicroVAX 3900 simulator V4.0-0 Beta
        Simulator Framework Capabilities:
                64b data
                64b addresses
                Ethernet Packet transport:PCAP:TAP:UDP
                Idle/Throttling support is available
                Virtual Hard Disk (VHD) support
                RAW disk and CD/DVD ROM support
                Asynchronous I/O support
        Host Platform:
                Compiler: GCC 4.1.2 20080704 (Red Hat 4.1.2-46)
                Simulator Compiled: Dec 30 2013 at 17:52:32
                Memory Access: Little Endian
                Memory Pointer Size: 32 bits
                Large File (>2GB) support
                OS clock tick size: 3ms
                OS: Linux dt558.***.com 2.6.18-164.el5 #1 SMP Tue Aug 18
15:51:54 EDT 2009 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux

        git commit id: 86e34250
sim> sh eth
ETH devices:
 eth0   eth0                                 (No description available)
 eth1   tap:tapN                             (Integrated Tun/Tap support)
 eth2   udp:sourceport:remotehost:remoteport (Integrated UDP bridge support)
Open ETH Devices:
 XQ     eth0 (No description available)
Ethernet Device:
  Name:                    eth0
  Reflections:             0
  Self Loopbacks Sent:     2
  Self Loopbacks Rcvd:     0
  Host NIC Address:        00:0C:29:59:50:83
  Packets Sent:            4
  Asynch Interrupts:       Disabled
  Read Queue: Count:       0
  Read Queue: High:        0
  Read Queue: Loss:        0
  Peak Write Queue Size:   1
sim> quit
Goodbye
NVR: writing buffer to file
Eth: closed eth0

[root at dt558 /]# cat proc/version
Linux version 2.6.18-164.el5 (mockbuild at x86-002.build.bos.redhat.com) (gcc
version 4.1.2 20080704 (Red Hat 4.1.2-46)) #1 SMP Tue Aug 18 15:51:54 EDT
2009

*Vax.ini :*
;
;load CPU microcode
load -r /usr/local/vax/data/ka655x.bin
;
; Attach non-volatile RAM to a file
attach nvr /usr/local/vax/data/nvram.bin
;
; This virtual machine has 64M memory
set cpu 64m
;
; Define disk drive types. RA92 is largest-supported VAX drive.
set rq0 ra92
set rq1 rauser=10240
set rq2 rauser=10240
set rq3 cdrom
;
; Attach defined drives to local files
attach rq0 /usr/local/vax/data/d0.dsk
;attach rq1 /usr/local/vax/data/d1.dsk
attach rq2 /usr/local/vax/data/d2.dsk
;
; Attach the CD-ROM to its file (read-only)
;attach -r rq3 /usr/local/vax/data/cd.iso
;
; Disable unused devices. It's also possible to disable individual devices,
; using a construction like "set rq2 disable" if desired.
;
set rl disable
set ts disable
;
; Attach Ethernet to a network interface
set XQ mac=00:1D:D8:B7:1C:00
set XQ type=DELQA
attach XQ eth0
;
;Uncomment the line below to enable auto-boot
;dep bdr 0
;
; Choose one of the following lines. SET CPU CONHALT returns control to the
; VAX console monitor on a halt event (where behavior will be further
; determined by whether auto-boot is set--see above. SET CPU SIMHALT will
; cause the simulator to get control instead.
set cpu conhalt
;set cpu simhalt
;
; Now start the emulator
boot cpu
;
;Exit the simulator
;exit

-Priya
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