Isildur:

>On Fri, 30 Aug 2002, Arthur H. Smith wrote:
>> 
>> Additional information:  DEC boot to the >>> prompt disgnostics say I have 
>> a KA-692 CPU, but the netbsd boot during nfs boot (netbsd ramdisk) says I 
>> have a KA694.  Do I have a 705A or a 700A (cabinet says 705A)?
>> 
>> Any clues?
>
>a ka692 is a 700A cpu, ka694 is a 705A cpu. netbsd might be 
>mis-recognizing the board-version bits. this is in 20040004, in low IO
>space, and you can see it from the chevron with this command:
>e/p 20040004
>some bits in that register identify the board version, which allows
>the system to know what model of cpu it has. (the SID register has the
>info on what family of implementation it is, e.g. all NVAX machines have the
>same id, all microvax-2 chips give the same id, etc. the SIE in 20040004
>gives extendsions to the sid data) 
>post the results and somebody with access can add this machine so it is 
>properly recognized. 

Start-up self-test:

KA692-A V2.4, VMB 2.15
Performing normal system tests.
70..69..68..67..66..65..64..63..62..61..60..59..58..57..56..55..
54..53..52..51..50..49..48..47..46..45..44..43..42..41..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.
Loading system software.
(BOOT/R5:0 0)

  2..
?41 DEVASSIGN, 0
?06 HLT INST
        PC = 00000F1D
Bootstrap failure.

Results of the register test:

>>>e/p 20040004
  P 20040004 05241001


Now trying the MOP boot via nfs (1.6 install files)

>>>boot eza0
(BOOT/R5:0 EZA0)

  2..
-EZA0
  1..0..


>> NetBSD/vax boot [Aug 19 2001 05:57:49] <<
>> Press any key to abort autoboot 0
Trying BOOTP
Using IP address: 192.168.5.15
myip:  (192.168.5.15)
root addr=192.168.5.2 path=/extusr/Vaxrun16/root/
open netbsd.vax: No such file or directory
> boot netbsd
2373896+117728=0x2606c8
Copyright (c) 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002
    The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.  All rights reserved.
Copyright (c) 1982, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1993
    The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.

NetBSD 1.6_BETA4 (INSTALL) #0: Fri Jul 26 19:54:15 UTC 2002
    autobuild@tgm.daemon.org:/autobuild/vax/OBJ/autobuild/src/sys/arch/vax/compi
le/INSTALL

VAX 4000/705A
cpu0: KA694, ucode rev 2
total memory = 255 MB
avail memory = 231 MB
using 3301 buffers containing 13204 KB of memory
mainbus0 (root)
ibus0 at mainbus0
ze0 at ibus0
ze0: hardware address 08:00:2b:95:6f:af
device shac at ibus0 not configured
uba0 at ibus0: Q22
uda0 at uba0 csr 172150 vec 774 ipl 17
mscpbus0 at uda0: version 3 model 5
mscpbus0: DMA burst size set to 4
ra0 at mscpbus0 drive 0: RF73
uda1 at uba0 csr 160334 vec 770 ipl 17
mscpbus1 at uda1: version 3 model 5
mscpbus1: DMA burst size set to 4
ra1 at mscpbus1 drive 1: RF73
md0: internal 1536 KB image area
boot device: ze0
root on md0a dumps on md0b
TODR stopped - CHECK AND RESET THE DATE.
root file system type: ffs
erase ^?, werase ^W, kill ^U, intr ^C


 Welcome to sysinst, the NetBSD-1.6_BETA4 system installation tool.


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Any help is much appreciated!  The VAX "705A" has been staring at me for 5 months!

... Art