[Simh] NetBSD 5.1 on MicoVAX 3900 boot error

Anders Magnusson ragge at ludd.ltu.se
Sat Apr 22 15:55:02 EDT 2017


Den 2017-04-22 kl. 18:01, skrev Mark Pizzolato:
> [...]
>> qt0 at uba0 csr 174440 vec 764 ipl 17
>> qt0: delqa-plus in Turbo mode, hardware address 08:00:2b:d3:52:d9
> [...]
>
> Thanks for checking this Peter.
>
> Meanwhile, since NetBSD 6.1.5 works, and NetBSD 5.x.x doesn't, these
> questions arise:
>     1) What is different in that driver between those NetBSD versions?
I looked at the CVS logs and no bugfixes to the qt code.
>     2) Why were these differences introduced?
>     3) Are you sure the qt driver NetBSD 5.x.x truly worked on real hardware?
I have had a 3900 using qt since loong time ago, running NetBSD 5 at last.
Not around for me anymore though.
>     4) If so, can we test that today (with real hardware)?
>
I might have a MV2 to test on, but not in the near future, so hopefully 
someone else on this list can try?

-- Ragge


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