Re: Yes, NetBSD still boots on pretty ancient Alphas...

Istvan Gyenes <[email protected]> Mon, 12 Jul 2021 18:12:53 +0200
Newsgroups gmane.os.netbsd.ports.alpha
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Hello Jason,


Uhh-ooh I forgot to include the mailing list on my last mail sorry:)

I have tried to boot it with the latest snapshot but no success.

Here is the log:

https://dpaste.org/hRJO

br,

--

istvan


On 7/10/2021 11:03 AM, Istvan Gyenes wrote:
> Found it, it was exactly 21 years ago:)
> http://mail-index.netbsd.org/port-alpha/2000/07/12/0002.html 
> <http://mail-index.netbsd.org/port-alpha/2000/07/12/0002.html>
>
> The last boot I made was last september, here is the thread:
> http://mail-index.netbsd.org/port-alpha/2020/09/19/msg001069.html 
> <http://mail-index.netbsd.org/port-alpha/2020/09/19/msg001069.html>
>
> br,
> --
> istvan
>
> On Fri, Jul 9, 2021 at 8:03 PM Jason Thorpe <[email protected] 
> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>
>
>
>     > On Jul 9, 2021, at 10:48 AM, Istvan Gyenes <[email protected]
>     <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>     >
>     > Hello Jason,
>     >
>     > If you have the time and willingness I can dig up a Jensen to
>     test kernels. You have added the support for the Jensen about 20
>     years ago but there were some EISA bugs that prevented the SCSI
>     controller to work.
>     > I was at the university that time and tested the kernels ;)
>
>     I would love to ensure that the Jensen works!
>
>     > Good to see that after many years you still work on port-alpha. :)
>
>     :-)
>
>     -- thorpej
>