Subject: Re: VS 3100-M38 boot: le linklevel address damaged
To: Ignatios Souvatzis <ignatios@cs.uni-bonn.de>
From: Anders Magnusson <ragge@ludd.luth.se>
List: port-vax
Date: 04/21/1997 22:35:26
> After replacing the serial terminal (yes it worked a few days before),
> I managed to watch the VS3100 M38 boot into NetBSD.
> 
This is extremely strange. I haven't been able at all to mopboot
my VS3100/38. Very strange! 

[...]
> cpu0 at backplane0: Microvax 3100 (KA41)
> ###note that the ROM claims its a KA42-B V1.5###
>
Your rom is correct, but because I haven't been able to boot any
kernel there aren't any support for KA42 yet. It runs as KA41.

> le0 at vsbus0: address 00:00:00:00:08:00
> ###this is wrong, should be 8:0:2b:31:67:cd, which the mopboot detected ok###
> le0: 32 receive buffers, 8 transmit buffers
>
This is a result of new arp code; I myself ran into it when just trying
to compile with new source code. I will search for the bug now...

-- Ragge