Subject: RE: Today's news: VS4000/60 support.
To: 'Anders Magnusson' <ragge@ludd.luth.se>
From: Gunnar Helliesen <gunnar@bitcon.no>
List: port-vax
Date: 09/08/1998 02:15:26
Anders Magnusson wrote:
> 
> I have just checked in the most fundamentals in KA46 support; the 
> VS4000/60. The support is so far limited to the CPU, serial lines
> and the LANCE ethernet chip. I have not yet been able to get the 
> cache working (the LANCE stops working when it enables) but that
> should be rather easy to solve.

Being an optimistic sort, and since I was on a roll booting new VAXen
anyway, I thought I'd see how far a VS4000/90 would get. Not so far I'm
afraid:


>>> b eza0

 
-EZA0
?06 HLT INST
  PC= 00000001 PSL= 041F0000

>>>


Dunno if this is any help, but moptrace said:


Dst          : ab:0:0:2:0:0      MOP Remote Console Multicast
Src          : 8:0:2b:29:b8:72  
Proto        : 6002 MOP Remote Console (802.3)
Length       : 002d (45)
Code         :   07 System ID
Reserved     :   00
Receipt Nbr  : 0000
Maint Version: 4.0.0
Maint Funcion: 0059 ( Loop MLdr Boot DLC )
Hardware Addr: 8:0:2b:29:b8:72  
Comm Device  :   27 SVA 'DESVA'
Data Link Typ:   01 Ethernet


Dst          : ab:0:0:2:0:0      MOP Remote Console Multicast
Src          : 8:0:2b:29:b8:72  
Proto        : 6002 MOP Remote Console
Length       : 0025 (37)
Code         :   07 System ID
Reserved     :   00
Receipt Nbr  : 0000
Maint Version: 4.0.0
Maint Funcion: 0059 ( Loop MLdr Boot DLC )
Hardware Addr: 8:0:2b:29:b8:72  
Comm Device  :   27 SVA 'DESVA'
Data Link Typ:   01 Ethernet
DL Buff Size : 0406 (1030)


Dst          : ab:0:0:2:0:0      MOP Remote Console Multicast
Src          : 8:0:2b:29:b8:72  
Proto        : 6002 MOP Remote Console (802.3)
Length       : 002d (45)
Code         :   07 System ID
Reserved     :   00
Receipt Nbr  : 0000
Maint Version: 4.0.0
Maint Funcion: 0041 ( Loop DLC )
Hardware Addr: 8:0:2b:29:b8:72  
Comm Device  :   ac (null) '(null)'
Data Link Typ:   01 Ethernet


Dst          : ab:0:0:2:0:0      MOP Remote Console Multicast
Src          : 8:0:2b:29:b8:72  
Proto        : 6002 MOP Remote Console
Length       : 0025 (37)
Code         :   07 System ID
Reserved     :   00
Receipt Nbr  : 0000
Maint Version: 4.0.0
Maint Funcion: 0041 ( Loop DLC )
Hardware Addr: 8:0:2b:29:b8:72  
Comm Device  :   ac (null) '(null)'
Data Link Typ:   01 Ethernet
DL Buff Size : 05ee (1518)


mopd said (from /var/log/messages):


Sep  8 01:25:31 doublesix mopd[240]: 8:0:2b:29:b8:72 (2) Do you have 
08002b29b872? (Yes)
Sep  8 01:25:31 doublesix mopd[240]: 8:0:2b:29:b8:72 Send me 
08002b29b872
Sep  8 01:25:31 doublesix mopd[240]: 8:0:2b:29:b8:72 Load completed


This was using the new boot.mop at subzero. What can I do to help get
the VS4000/90 working? I have the HW but still no docs from DEC. Anyone
have any docs on the KA49?

Gunnar

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