In message <3.0.6.32.19990819164452.00ab6780@gnv.fdt.net>,
Mauricio Tavares writes:

>I was trying to create a new kernel to support netatalk but am experiencing
>a few problems which are problem due to my lack of knowledge on DEC boxes.
>The problem in question goes like this:
>
>kookoo#config avecNetatalk
>avecNetatalk:146: oldscsibus* at sii? is orphaned
> (nothing matching sii? declared)
>*** Stop.
>kookoo#
>
>What does it mean when it says sii? is orphaned? 

It means you've attached an oldscsibus to an un-numbered sii
device (sii?, the ? is effectively wild-carded).
But you haven't told config about any sii devices, so  it doesn't
know where to put their oldscsibus children.

delete the oldscsibus* at sii?.


 Also, what does the "?"
>in sii?, as shown below:

See above. `childdev* at parentdev?' matches a parentdev of any number
and clones a new childdev under it.

>#########################################################################
># SCSI configuration                                                    #
>#########################################################################
>
>oldscsibus*     at sii?
>oldscsibus*     at asc?
> 
>means?  Does it mean something like "search out for it"?  Also, I assume
>sii and asc are two types of SCSI controllers/devices and the asc? is the
>one present in the 5000/200.  Am I correct?

Yes. For a /200, you want the asc at tc, rather than the asc under the
ioasic. 5000/200s are the only TC machines (alphas and pmax, dont know
about vax) not to have an ioasic.