Is there anything special that needs to be done to a kernel to let
a Multia  boot from a serial console, rather than a VGA/keyboard
console? I'm just using the standard generic kernel, and it panics
when it tries to initialise wscons. I've attached a boot log to
the end of this message.

One thing that looks rather odd is that when I boot from the graphics
console, the kernel detects a tga device, but when I boot from a
serial console the kernel detects a pcivga device instead.

cjs

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>>>boot dka0
(boot dka0.0.0.6.0)
block 0 of dka0.0.0.6.0 is a valid boot block
reading 15 blocks from dka0.0.0.6.0
bootstrap code read in
base = 166000, image_start = 0, image_bytes = 1e00
initializing HWRPB at 2000
initializing page table at 158000
initializing machine state
setting affinity to the primary CPU
jumping to bootstrap code

NetBSD/Alpha primary boot...
Jumping to entry point...


NetBSD/Alpha boot, Revision $NetBSD: version,v 1.5 1996/05/09 23:54:18 cgd Exp $
(cgd@bunnahabhain.pdl.cs.cmu.edu, Fri Sep 13 16:10:36 EDT 1996)

VMS PAL revision: 0x1000000010530
OSF PAL rev: 0x1000000020123
Switch to OSF PAL code succeeded.

boot_dev = "SCSI 0 6 0 0 0 0 0"
boot_file = ""
boot_flags = ""
boot_console = "0"
Boot: /netbsd 
1420032+137984+118752
calling fffffc0000230000 with 1e7, ac, 4, 200266c0, 0
Copyright (c) 1982, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1993
        The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.

NetBSD 1.2 (GENERIC) #78: Fri Sep 13 12:09:37 EDT 1996
    cgd@bunnahabhain.pdl.cs.cmu.edu:/usr/src/sys/arch/alpha/compile/GENERIC
Alpha PC AXPpci33 ("NoName"), 233MHz
8192 byte page size, 1 processor.
real mem = 25165824 (2424832 reserved for PROM, 22740992 used by NetBSD)
avail mem = 16080896
using 277 buffers containing 2269184 bytes of memory
mainbus0 (root)
cpu0 at mainbus0: 21066/21068 (LCA4), UNKNOWN MINOR TYPE (2)
cpu0: VAX FP support, IEEE FP support, Primary Eligible
lca0 at mainbus0
pci0 at lca0 bus 0
unknown vendor 0x200d product 0x00c2 (class prehistoric, unknown subclass 0xc2, revision 0x0d) at pci0 dev 0 function 0 not configured
unknown vendor 0x200d product 0x00c2 (class prehistoric, unknown subclass 0xc2, revision 0x0d) at pci0 dev 1 function 0 not configured
unknown vendor 0x200d product 0x00c2 (class prehistoric, unknown subclass 0xc2, revision 0x0d) at pci0 dev 2 function 0 not configured
unknown vendor 0x200d product 0x00c2 (class prehistoric, unknown subclass 0xc2, revision 0x0d) at pci0 dev 3 function 0 not configured
unknown vendor 0x200d product 0x00c2 (class prehistoric, unknown subclass 0xc2, revision 0x0d) at pci0 dev 4 function 0 not configured
unknown vendor 0x200d product 0x00c2 (class prehistoric, unknown subclass 0xc2, revision 0x0d) at pci0 dev 5 function 0 not configured
ncr0 at pci0 dev 6 function 0: NCR 53c810 SCSI
ncr0: interrupting at isa irq 11
ncr0: restart (scsi reset).
scsibus0 at ncr0
sd0 at scsibus0 targ 0 lun 0: <TOSHIBA, MK2526FB, 906B> SCSI2 0/direct fixed
sd0: sd0(ncr0:0:0): FAST SCSI-2 100ns (10 Mb/sec) offset 8.
503MB, 4195 cyl, 6 head, 41 sec, 512 bytes/sec
sd1 at scsibus0 targ 3 lun 0: <iomega, jaz 1GB, H.62> SCSI2 0/direct removable
sd1: sd1(ncr0:3:0): FAST SCSI-2 100ns (10 Mb/sec) offset 8.
sd1(ncr0:3:0): illegal request, data = 1c 2a 01 34 c3 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
sd1: could not mode sense (4); using fictitious geometry
1021MB, 1021 cyl, 64 head, 32 sec, 512 bytes/sec
sio0 at pci0 dev 7 function 0: Intel 82378IB PCI-ISA Bridge (System I/O) (rev. 0x84)
isa0 at sio0
com0 at isa0 port 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4: ns16550a, working fifo
sio_intr_establish: irq 4: warning: using edge-triggered on level-triggered
com0: console
com1 at isa0 port 0x2f8-0x2ff irq 3: ns16550a, working fifo
sio_intr_establish: irq 3: warning: using edge-triggered on level-triggered
lpt0 at isa0 port 0x3bc-0x3c3 irq 7
pcprobe: reset error 1
pckbd0 at isa0 irq 1
mcclock0 at isa0 port 0x70-0x71: mc146818 or compatible
de0 at pci0 dev 8 function 0: DC21040 [10Mb/s] pass 2.3
de0: Ethernet address 08:00:2b:e5:a5:5f
de0: enabling 10baseT/UTP port
de0: interrupting at isa irq 15
pcivga0 at pci0 dev 9 function 0: unknown vendor 0x201c product 0x0001 (rev. 0x1c)
wscons0 at pcivga0panic: wscons_emul_attach: bogus location (n: 25/80, c: 819/15
halted.


halted CPU 0

halt code = 5
HALT instruction executed
PC = fffffc0000230190

Unexpected Machine Check through vector 00000067