Subject: Re: Problem netbooting 3100/76/SPX
To: None <port-vax@NetBSD.ORG>
From: Chris Hedley <cbh@tnx.djmarkets.co.uk>
List: port-vax
Date: 05/26/1998 09:21:37
On Tue, 26 May 1998, Bertram Barth wrote:
> KA43 mustn't access the memory shared with LANCE via "normal" addresses,
> but has to use this address mapped into machines diagnostic memory, ie.
> le-mem | 0x28000000. Using the "normal" address yields machine checks 
> (which would explain SCB2NDINT, IIRC when receiving) and/or non-working
> network-code (ie. timeouts when trying to send, "transmit buffer full").
> 
> I've had a short look into arch/vax/boot/if_le.c on multivac and this
> detail seems to be missing in the standalone le-driver.

Erm, I *think* I get the general gist of this; can anybody tell me where I
might find an i386 -> VAX cross compiler so I can experiment?  :)  (Or,
for that matter, are the sources likely to compile and be bootable on VMS'
DECC?)

Chris.