Subject: NetBSD 1.4N/pmax not bootable on 5000/133
To: None <port-pmax@NetBSD.org>
From: Erik Bertelsen <erik@mediator.uni-c.dk>
List: port-pmax
Date: 11/16/1999 11:28:27
On my 5000/133, I've not been able to boot kernels bases on sources later than
12. Nov. A kernel from 12. Nov still boots. The symptom is that the boot process
stops just after printing the "Beginning old-style SCSI ..." message, per the
following dmesg:


rebooting...

Copyright (c) 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999
    The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.  All rights reserved.
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    The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.

NetBSD 1.4N (SOCKDEV) #108: Tue Nov 16 09:31:26 CET 1999
    erik@sockdev.uni-c.dk:/usr/src/sys/arch/pmax/compile/SOCKDEV
DECstation 5000/133 (3MIN)
total memory = 32768 KB
avail memory = 28356 KB
using 435 buffers containing 1740 KB of memory
mainbus0 (root)
cpu0 at mainbus0
cpu0: MIPS R3000 CPU Rev. 3.0 with MIPS R3010 FPC Rev. 4.0
cpu0: 64KB Instruction, 128KB Data, direct mapped cache
tc0 at mainbus0: 12.5 MHz clock
ioasic0 at tc0 slot 3 offset 0x0
le0 at ioasic0 offset 0xc0000le0: supplying EUI64: 08:00:2b:ff:fe:32:56:6f
: address 08:00:2b:32:56:6f
le0: 32 receive buffers, 8 transmit buffers
scc0 at ioasic0 offset 0x100000
scc1 at ioasic0 offset 0x180000
mcclock0 at ioasic0 offset 0x200000: mc146818 or compatible
asc0 at ioasic0 offset 0x300000: target 7
sfb0 at tc0 slot 0 offset 0x0: 1024x864x8 (console)
Beginning old-style SCSI device autoconfiguration

Any explanation ?

best regards
Erik Bertelsen

ps: as I'm updating via sup, I don't have yesterday's big pmax reorg in
my kernel. I don't know whether this will make any difference.