Subject: 1.4Z on Alphas (Miatas)
To: None <current-users@netbsd.org>
From: Hal Murray <murray@pa.dec.com>
List: current-users
Date: 06/05/2000 01:39:18
I've got 1.4Z running on a pair of Miatas.

No serious problems with the install/update.  sd1 worked for an update. 
I won't PR the wd2 glitch (on Intel) until somebody confirms it.  
  Maybe it touches wd0 in some otherwise harmless way that didn't 
  work because my wd0 didn't have a label? 


The VT100 stuff got very confused.  (I was using a VT320 on the serial 
port.)  It worked as expected for the first few screens, then things 
went way downhill. 

  There was a lot of flicker/flapper as it repainted
    the whole mess, often several times
  A lot of old text didn't get cleared/updated.
  The arrow keys didn't work.
    It echoed ]x type stuff.
    I think they worked internally.  I flew blind for a few steps 
      and got the right results.
    Typing the tag letters worked on input but didn't give the expected 
      output.
  The ftp/password collector echoed my typein... 

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The fxp timeouts still happen on these machines.  I haven't seen 
them on a pair of 400 MHz Celerons after updating to 1.4Z. 

I can get them with TCP tests, both simple one-direction and with 
request-response traffic.  (I'm using 128 K byte windows.)

Jun  4 23:22:55 foraker /netbsd: fxp1: device timeout
Jun  4 23:50:16 foraker /netbsd: fxp1: device timeout
Jun  4 23:59:52 foraker last message repeated 57 times

Has anybody else tried running ttcp/netperf type tests over 82558s 
between Alphas with parameters adjusted to fill the link? 


I'm also seeing dropped packets on simple UDP request-response tests. 
This is on a point-point link so I can't blame it on a router or 
switch.  I haven't poked around much.  (Argh.  I got sidetracked 
tracking a bug back to localtime_r.) 

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I don't like the negative tone of this msg.  Sorry.

Done of this is on my critical path.  I'm just trying to learn about 
NetBSD and I'm good at provoking bugs in networking hardware and 
software.