Re: Making port-alpha usable again

["Naruaki.Etomi" <nullnilaki%gmail.com@localhost>]

Hello!

I tried installing NetBSD 8 version(not current) on AlphaServer DS25.
https://gist.githubusercontent.com/nullnilaki/95b1f97d5b2b19d1818c1a1e2b6d8471/raw/a9cbc918fbd822f9c98fe924d1f8d5dab0eac02b/NetBSD_alpha8.0_BETA


>One, the installer doesn't work on an empty disk
I can't reproduce the error

>dhpcd on fxp1
I can't reproduce the error

# dhcpcd fxp0
DUID 00:01:00:01:21:05:3f:39:00:02:a5:20:29:ab
fxp0: IAID a5:20:29:ab
fxp0: adding address fe80::c992:bd4:9e91:58b3
fxp0: carrier lost
Jul 21 22:39:42  dhcpcd[429]: fxp: interface not found or invalid
fxp0: soliciting an IPv6 router
fxp0: carrier acquired
fxp0: IAID a5:20:29:ab
fxp0: soliciting an IPv6 router
fxp0: soliciting a DHCP lease
fxp0: offered 192.168.1.8 from 192.168.1.1
fxp0: carrier lost
fxp0: carrier acquired
fxp0: IAID a5:20:29:ab
fxp0: soliciting an IPv6 router
fxp0: soliciting a DHCP lease
fxp0: Router Advertisement from fe80::21b:8bff:fed8:dfbc
fxp0: adding address 2400:4120:ab17:a600:d313:e64d:1f9e:3953/64
fxp0: adding route to 2400:4120:ab17:a600::/64
fxp0: adding default route via fe80::21b:8bff:fed8:dfbc
fxp0: requesting DHCPv6 information
fxp0: carrier lost
fxp0: carrier acquired
fxp0: IAID a5:20:29:ab
fxp0: soliciting a DHCP lease
fxp0: soliciting an IPv6 router
fxp0: Setting hostname: localhost
fxp0: probing for an IPv4LL address
fxp0: using IPv4LL address 169.254.56.242
fxp0: adding route to 169.254.0.0/16
fxp0: adding default route
forked to background, child pid 374
# ping 192.168.1.1
PING ntt.setup (192.168.1.1): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=0 ttl=255 time=1.198026 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=1 ttl=255 time=1.235320 ms
----ntt.setup PING Statistics----
2 packets transmitted, 2 packets received, 0.0% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 1.198026/1.216673/1.235320/0.026371 ms
# ifconfig fxp0
fxp0: flags=0x8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
        ec_capabilities=1<VLAN_MTU>
        ec_enabled=0
        address: 00:02:a5:20:29:ab
        media: Ethernet autoselect (100baseTX
full-duplex,flowcontrol,rxpause,txpause)
        status: active
        inet 192.168.1.8/24 broadcast 192.168.1.255 flags 0x0
        inet 192.168.1.9/24 broadcast 192.168.1.255 flags 0x0
        inet6 fe80::c992:bd4:9e91:58b3%fxp0/64 flags 0x0 scopeid 0x2
        inet6 2400:4120:ab17:a600:d313:e64d:1f9e:3953/64 flags 0x0

>A multiprocessor kernel still hangs
I trying to build release.

>The times listed for some things in top are screwy
I think PCC's famouts problem on NetBSD/alpha MP kernel.

http://mail-index.netbsd.org/port-alpha/2016/01/20/msg000735.html
http://gnats.netbsd.org/42189
https://twitter.com/nullnilaki/status/693517442425827328/photo/1

I don't know how to fix it.

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Naruaki.Etomi
nullnilaki%gmail.com@localhost