Subject: Re: Chickens, eggs, Ethernets, and VAXen
To: Jay Maynard <jmaynard@phoenix.net>
From: Brian D Chase <bdc@world.std.com>
List: port-vax
Date: 05/06/1998 13:56:11
On Tue, 5 May 1998, Jay Maynard wrote:

> I just got my copy of EK-KA670-TM, the KA670 CPU Technical Manual, in the
> mail. I'm fired up and rarin to go see about making things run.

[snip]

> How do I build that initial image? Can I compile on VMS, FTP the file to my
> Linux box, then use it from there? Do I have to build a cross-compilation
> environment on VMS, or on Linux, to do it? Any other ideas? I know this has
> been addressed before, since we obviously have a working port...how did
> everyone else do it? 

I'd suggest using one of the VAX platforms already supported by NetBSD/vax
to do your development on.  Either that or use a cross-development
environment from NetBSD/i386.

-brian.
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