NetBSD Bob wrote:

> If I can speak a tad pointedwise, thinking out loud in the pipe-dream
> mode, it sure would be nice if snapshots were regular enough that even
> if there were burps in the code or builds, one could get to a recent
> build via snapshots, rather than having to build current from the last
> release.  Ideally, building current from the last release would be nice,
> but, because of the great leaps forward since 1.4.1, I sense that may
> not be quite an easy task.
>
> How about a weekly generic snapshot with sources that built it?
> At least, for base, etc, comp, man, misc, text?

OK, so I was hoping to get this actually running and then suprise everyone, but...

I'm working, as you know, on getting a 4000/200 co-located at a local ISP. On it,
I'm planning on putting up a NetBSD mirror. I was also toying with the idea of
setting it up to build a regular snapshot of -current, say once per week or so
(depending upon buildability, build time, &ct). I hope to have the box installed
at the ISP this weekend (cross fingers), but I'll still need to get a usable
system up on it. What is the current state of support for the 4000/200? I know
someone had put out a KA660 kernel, I think I have a link to it stored somewhere
(say, are those changes committed yet?), but what exactly is supported? On board
ethernet? The DSSI isn't needed, as I've got two Q-BUS SCSI controllers (CMD-443)
and a butload of drives to hook into it. But I will need support for the ethernet
(well, I suppose I can use a DESQA, but wouldn't the onboard be faster?).

By the way - this for anybody familiar with CMD-443 controllers. The device has
two SCSI connectors on it - is it a dual-channel controller? The docs I can find
say 7 devices, but they have a few noticeable errors in them anyway. And it's got
twice as much logic on the board as the 423 (or 223, for that matter). On another
note - anybody know how to test out a seemingly dead CMD223? It shows up on SHOW
QBUS, but with no devices, and the built-in utilities don't respond as at all.
--
 -J. Buck Caldwell