On Jul 12,  5:06am, Jonathan Stone wrote:
> 
> Gregory McGarry <gmcgarry@lux.sprc.qut.edu.au> writes:
> 
> >Tohru Nishimura wrote:
> 
> >> I learned MAXINE can not complete netboot procedure with video
> >> console.  (Jonathan already has some guess of the cause).  So, you
> >> have to use serial console hooked up MAXINE serial port for TFTPboot.
> 
> >I can verify this.  I don't have a serial console either.  Is this the
> >next logical problem in the NetBSD/pmax installation procedure?
> 
> Acutally, it would help a **lot** if someone who has a Personal
> Decstation already set up to boot locally, and with access to a second
> machine on the same nework, could build a GENERIC test kernel,
> netbooting it, and seeing
>  what's happening here.

  The following patch seens to fix it for me (with an sfb console):

*** /c/src/sys/arch/pmax/dev/dtop.c	Sun Jun 22 05:39:42 1997
--- ./dtop.c	Sat Jul 12 14:19:11 1997
***************
*** 626,633 ****
--- 626,635 ----
  {
  	register int c;
  	dtop_softc_t dtop;
+ 	int s;
  
  	dtop = dtop_cd.cd_devs[0];
+ 	s = spltty();
  again:
  	c = -1;
  
***************
*** 648,654 ****
  					&ds->status, &msg,
  					DTOP_EVENT_RECEIVE_PACKET, -1);
  
! 			if (c > 0) return c;
  
  			c = -1;
  		    }
--- 650,660 ----
  					&ds->status, &msg,
  					DTOP_EVENT_RECEIVE_PACKET, -1);
  
! 
! 			if (c > 0) {
! 				splx(s);
! 				return c;
! 			}
  
  			c = -1;
  		    }
***************
*** 660,665 ****
--- 666,672 ----
  		goto again;
  	}
  
+ 	splx(s);
  	return c;
  }
  

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Michael L. Hitch			mhitch@montana.edu
Computer Consultant
Information Technology Center
Montana State University	Bozeman, MT	USA