Re: I did a test on a DEC AlphaStation 600 and the SCSI driver seems borked

[Dennis Clarke <dclarke%blastwave.org@localhost>]

On 2/14/26 09:45, Martin Husemann wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 14, 2026 at 09:27:01AM -0500, Dennis Clarke wrote:
> > I am not sure how to do that given that the installer ISO will not
> > allow access to a scsi drive.
>
> What I meant to suggest was to try the installer ISO from
> 11.0_RC1 or -current and see if that works.


Sadly the same problem with that SCSI driver :


block 0 of dkb400.4.0.1002.0 is a valid boot block
reading 13 blocks from dkb400.4.0.1002.0
bootstrap code read in
base = 142000, image_start = 0, image_bytes = 1a00
initializing HWRPB at 2000
initializing page table at 134000
initializing machine state
setting affinity to the primary CPU
jumping to bootstrap code

NetBSD/alpha 11.99.5 ISO 9660 Primary Bootstrap
Jumping to entry point...

NetBSD/alpha 11.99.5 Secondary Bootstrap, Revision 1.13 (Sat Feb 14 
08:12:27 UTC 2026)

VMS PAL rev: 0x1000000010114
OSF PAL rev: 0x1000000020116
Switch to OSF PAL code succeeded.

Boot flags: A
11312480+255344=0xb08980

Entering netbsd at 0xfffffc0000a01410...
[   1.0000000] Copyright (c) 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003,
[   1.0000000]     2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 
2013,
[   1.0000000]     2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 
2023,
[   1.0000000]     2024, 2025, 2026
[   1.0000000]     The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.  All rights reserved.
[   1.0000000] Copyright (c) 1982, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1993
[   1.0000000]     The Regents of the University of California.  All 
rights reserved.

[   1.0000000] NetBSD 11.99.5 (INSTALL) #0: Sat Feb 14 08:12:27 UTC 2026
[   1.0000000] 
mkrepro%mkrepro.NetBSD.org@localhost:/usr/src/sys/arch/alpha/compile/INSTALL
[   1.0000000] Digital AlphaStation 600 5/266, 266MHz
[   1.0000000] 8192 byte page size, 1 processor.
[   1.0000000] total memory = 128 MB
[   1.0000000] (2224 KB reserved for PROM, 125 MB used by NetBSD)
[   1.0000000] avail memory = 112 MB
[   1.0000000] mainbus0 (root)
[   1.0000000] cpu0 at mainbus0: ID 0 (primary), 21164-0 (EV5)
[   1.0000000] cia0 at mainbus0: DECchip 2117x Core Logic Chipset 
(ALCOR/ALCOR2), pass 2
[   1.0000000] pci0 at cia0 bus 0
[   1.0000000] tga0 at pci0 dev 7 function 0: DC21030 step C, board type 
T8-02
[   1.0000000] tga0: 1280 x 1024, 8bpp, Bt485 RAMDAC
[   1.0000000] tga0: interrupting at kn20aa irq 8
[   1.0000000] wsdisplay0 at tga0 (kbdmux ignored)
[   1.0000000] ppb0 at pci0 dev 8 function 0: vendor 1011 product 0001 
(rev. 0x02)
[   1.0000000] pci1 at ppb0 bus 1
[   1.0000000] tlp0 at pci1 dev 0 function 0: DECchip 21040 Ethernet, 
pass 2.3
[   1.0000000] tlp0: interrupting at kn20aa irq 16
[   1.0000000] tlp0: Ethernet address 08:00:2b:e7:d4:57
[   1.0000000] tlp0: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 10base5, manual
[   1.0000000] isp0 at pci1 dev 1 function 0: QLogic 1020 Fast Wide SCSI HBA
[   1.0000000] isp0: interrupting at kn20aa irq 17
[   1.0000000] isp0: invalid NVRAM header
[   1.0000000] isp1 at pci1 dev 2 function 0: QLogic 1020 Fast Wide SCSI HBA
[   1.0000000] isp1: interrupting at kn20aa irq 18
[   1.0000000] isp1: invalid NVRAM header
[   1.0000000] pceb0 at pci0 dev 10 function 0: vendor 8086 product 0482 
(rev. 0x05)
[   1.0000000] eisa0 at pceb0
[   1.0000000] isa0 at pceb0
[   1.0000000] com0 at isa0 port 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4: ns16550a, 16-byte FIFO
[   1.0000000] com0: console
[   1.0000000] com1 at isa0 port 0x2f8-0x2ff irq 3: ns16550a, 16-byte FIFO
[   1.0000000] lpt0 at isa0 port 0x3bc-0x3bf irq 7
[   1.0000000] pckbc0 at isa0 port 0x60-0x64
[   1.0000000] pckbd0 at pckbc0 (kbd slot)
[   1.0000000] pckbc0: using irq 1 for kbd slot
[   1.0000000] wskbd0 at pckbd0 (mux ignored)
[   1.0000000] fdc0 at isa0 port 0x3f0-0x3f7 irq 6 drq 2
[   1.0000000] mcclock0 at isa0 port 0x70-0x71: mc146818 compatible 
time-of-day clock
[   1.0000000] WARNING: system needs entropy for security; see entropy(7)
[   1.0025898] scsibus0 at isp0: 16 targets, 8 luns per target
[   1.0680203] scsibus1 at isp1: 16 targets, 8 luns per target
[   1.1344265] scsibus0: waiting 2 seconds for devices to settle...
[   1.2055893] scsibus1: waiting 2 seconds for devices to settle...
[   3.2770497] isp0: Unhandled Response Type 0x9
[   3.3274389] isp0: Not RESPONSE in RESPONSE Queue (type 0x9) @ idx 0 
(next 1) nlooked 1
[   3.4220815] isp0: Request Queue Entry:
[   3.4668013] isp0: 0x00000000: 09 01 00 04 dc 7f d2 00 00 fc ff ff 9a 
01 00 00
[   3.5520843] isp0: 0x00000010: 00 00 00 00 b0 2e 49 01 00 fc ff ff 58 
a9 4c 01
[   3.6374072] isp0: 0x00000020: 00 fc ff ff 5c 98 d2 00 00 fc ff ff 06 
00 00 00
[   3.7226482] isp0: 0x00000030: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 24 
00 00 00
[   4.0329251] fd0 at fdc0 drive 0: 1.44MB, 80 cyl, 2 head, 18 sec
[  17.8496912] isp0: Unhandled Response Type 0x9
[  17.9002835] isp0: Not RESPONSE in RESPONSE Queue (type 0x9) @ idx 1 
(next 2) nlooked 1
[  17.9949255] isp0: Request Queue Entry:
[  18.0396470] isp0: 0x00000000: 09 01 00 04 d0 2c 49 01 00 fc ff ff 58 
a9 4c 01
[  18.1249292] isp0: 0x00000010: 00 fc ff ff 5c 98 d2 00 00 fc ff ff 58 
a9 4c 01
[  18.2102108] isp0: 0x00000020: 00 fc ff ff 80 bd 32 00 00 fc ff ff 06 
00 00 00
[  18.2954937] isp0: 0x00000030: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 24 
00 00 00
[  32.3598348] isp0: Unhandled Response Type 0x9
[  32.4104145] isp0: Not RESPONSE in RESPONSE Queue (type 0x9) @ idx 2 
(next 3) nlooked 1
[  32.5050567] isp0: Request Queue Entry:
[  32.5497776] isp0: 0x00000000: 09 01 00 04 b0 2e 49 01 00 fc ff ff fe 
17 00 00
[  32.6350590] isp0: 0x00000010: 00 00 00 00 5c 98 d2 00 00 fc ff ff 58 
a9 4c 01
[  32.7203420] isp0: 0x00000020: 00 fc ff ff 70 bd 32 00 00 fc ff ff 06 
00 00 00
[  32.8056241] isp0: 0x00000030: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 24 
00 00 00
[  46.8699785] isp0: Unhandled Response Type 0x9
[  46.9205459] isp0: Not RESPONSE in RESPONSE Queue (type 0x9) @ idx 3 
(next 4) nlooked 1
[  47.0151877] isp0: Request Queue Entry:
[  47.0599085] isp0: 0x00000000: 09 01 00 04 f0 2d 49 01 00 fc ff ff 58 
a9 4c 01
[  47.1451902] isp0: 0x00000010: 00 fc ff ff 5c 98 d2 00 00 fc ff ff 58 
a9 4c 01
[  47.2304734] isp0: 0x00000020: 00 fc ff ff 80 bd 32 00 00 fc ff ff 06 
00 00 00
[  47.3157584] isp0: 0x00000030: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 24 
00 00 00
[  61.3801219] isp0: Unhandled Response Type 0x9
[  61.4306767] isp0: Not RESPONSE in RESPONSE Queue (type 0x9) @ idx 4 
(next 5) nlooked 1

that never ends.

So the isp driver is borked.

The OpenBSD stuff "just works"(tm) so the driver from OpenBSD would be
 a better way to go.


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Dennis Clarke
RISC-V/SPARC/PPC/ARM/CISC
UNIX and Linux spoken