Robertdkeys@aol.com asked;

> I have been trying to set up a video system on
> an Alpha 3000 700 machine using TCWSCONS.  The
> cards I have to use are a PMAG-B (cfb)and a
>PMAG-C (px).  Neither seem to work on my cards
> on the 3000 700 machine.  TCWSCONS works fine on
> my 3000 300 machines.  The PMAG-B (cfb) card
> only compiles but does not link (several calls
> remain unreferenced).

I was successful to run TCWSCONS kernel on DEC3000/300
with cfb (PMAG-B = CX) TC option card attached.  I had no
problem to compile a new kernel. What's wrong in yours?

> The PMAG-C (px card)
> compiles and links, but when booted, aborts with
> some kind of panic back to the prom >>>.

I have no idea for PX(G).  One of my concern is TC slot numbering
scheme differs between model 300 and [456789]00.  But you had a
compile problem, didn't you?

Since I could not bear CX's low refresh rate (60Hz) and poor video
rendering (Alpha processor performs quite badly for sub-word bit
manipulation), I prefer 300 built-in video (HX equivallent) over it.

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NetBSD 1.6_STABLE (TCWSCONS) #5: Wed Dec 18 21:30:50 JST 2002
    nisimura@pelican2:/u0/1.6/sys/arch/alpha/compile/TCWSCONS
DEC 3000 - M300, 150MHz, s/n
8192 byte page size, 1 processor.
total memory = 65536 KB
(2048 KB reserved for PROM, 63488 KB used by NetBSD)
avail memory = 56176 KB
using 409 buffers containing 3272 KB of memory
mainbus0 (root)
cpu0 at mainbus0: ID 0 (primary), 21064-1
cpu0: Architecture extensions: 2<FIX>
tcasic0 at mainbus0
tc0 at tcasic0: 12.5 MHz clock
sfb0 at tc0 slot 6 offset 0x2000000: 1280x1024, 8bpp
wsdisplay0 at sfb0 (kbdmux ignored)
ioasic0 at tc0 slot 5 offset 0x0: slow mode
le0: 32 receive buffers, 8 transmit buffers
zsc0 at ioasic0 offset 0x100000
vsms0 at zsc0 channel 0
wsmouse0 at vsms0 (mux ignored)
zstty0 at zsc0 channel 1
zsc1 at ioasic0 offset 0x180000
lkkbd0 at zsc1 channel 0
wskbd0 at lkkbd0 (mux ignored): console keyboard
zsc1: channel 1 not configured
mcclock0 at ioasic0 offset 0x200000: mc146818 or compatible
bba0 at ioasic0 offset 0x240000
audio0 at bba0: full duplex, mmap
tcds0 at tc0 slot 4 offset 0x0: TurboChannel Dual SCSI (baseboard)
tcds0: fast mode set for chip 0
asc0 at tcds0 chip 0: NCR53C94, 25MHz, SCSI ID 7
scsibus0 at asc0: 8 targets, 8 luns per target
le1 at tc0 slot 1 offset 0x0: address 08:00:2b:1a:bf:b3
le1: 32 receive buffers, 8 transmit buffers
cfb0 at tc0 slot 0 offset 0x0: 1024x864, 8bpp
wsdisplay1 at cfb0 (kbdmux ignored): console (std, vt100 emulation), using wskbd0
scsibus0: waiting 2 seconds for devices to settle...                           
sd0 at scsibus0 target 0 lun 0: <DEC, RZ28B    (C) DEC, 0003> SCSI2 0/direct fixed
sd0: 2007 MB, 3045 cyl, 16 head, 84 sec, 512 bytes/sect x 4110480 sectors
sd0: sync (200.0ns offset 15), 8-bit (5.000MB/s) transfers, tagged queueing
root on sd0a dumps on sd0b
root file system type: ffs

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