Subject: Re: Anyone using a sun4 vme currently with NetBSD?
To: NetBSD Bob <nbsdbob@weedcon1.cropsci.ncsu.edu>
From: Michael Thompson <m_thompson@ids.net>
List: port-sparc
Date: 09/28/2001 08:40:22
I tried the 4/460 again last night. I booted SunOS and was surprised to see
that it configured a Sun2 SCSI controller not a Sun3 SCSI controller.

I swapped the SCSI controller to a Sun3 SCSI and now NetBSD 1.5.2 sees the
disks and tape. It also sees the VME/Multibus second Ethernet board.

It still gets tons of DMA underruns on the Ethernet controller that is on
the CPU board.

During the first two phases of the net boot it does not get a single DMA
underrun. It gets lots of DMA underruns when the kernel tries to mount the
root directory.


>I tried 1.5.2 on a 4/460 last night. It will netboot, but gets lots of DMA
Underruns on the ie() port. The >GENERIC kernel did not see the VME SCSI
controllers but VME color video board worked fine.

>>NetBSD Bob said:
>>
>>>I have just been writing a collection of sparc bits from 1.0 through
>>>current, for testing tonight.  If anyone wants that iso image, let
>>>me know.  I will keep it around for a few days.  It is NOT bootable,
>>>so you need to boot elsewise.  But, it has 1.0, 1.1, 1.2, 1.2.1, 1.3.3,
>>>1.4, 1.4.2, 1.5, 1.5.2, and the current archive snap binaries.


Michael Thompson
E-Mail: M_Thompson@IDS.net