Re: I did a test on a DEC AlphaStation 600 and the SCSI driver seems borked

On 3/6/26 11:06, Dennis Clarke wrote:
> On 3/6/26 07:58, Jason Thorpe wrote:
>>
>>> On Feb 16, 2026, at 7:46 PM, John Klos <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>>    https://www.netbsd.org/~thorpej/isp-dma64-avoidance-diff.txt
>>>>
>>>> Unfortunately, I?m not able to build you an install media image for 
>>>> another week or so.  If someone else wants to volunteer to build a 
>>>> NetBSD 11 branch installer image with this patch applied, that would 
>>>> be swell.
>>>
>>> I've built NetBSD 11.0_RC1 with the patch here:
>>>
>>> https://pkg.zia.io/pub/NetBSD/11.0_RC1/sets/

     That URL can not be accessed. At least not by me.

     The 1GB of memory is installed and OpenBSD is running.

 >>>
 >>>ff.fe.fd.fc.fb.fa.f9.f8.f7.f6.f5.
ef.ee.ed.f4.ec.eb.
ea.e9.e8.e7.e6.e5.e4.
  Digital AlphaStation 600 5/266 Console V6.9-5
         built on Oct 10 1998 at 14:22:57
 >>>
 >>>show config

Firmware
SRM Console:    V6.9-5
ARC Console:    4.57
PALcode:        VMS PALcode V1.20-0, OSF PALcode V1.22-0
SROM Version:   V1.2

Processor
DECchip (tm) 21164-5    Pass 4  266 MHz  96 KBytes SCache
2 MB BCache
CIA ASIC Pass 2

MEMORY


Memory Size = 1024Mb

Bank      Size/Sets   Base Addr     Speed
------    ----------  ---------     -----
00        256Mb/2     000000000     Fast
01        256Mb/2     010000000     Fast
02        256Mb/2     020000000     Fast
03        256Mb/2     030000000     Fast


BCache Size = 2Mb

Tested Memory =  1024Mbytes

PCI Bus
      Bus 00  Slot 07: Digital ZLXp Graphics Controller
  


      Bus 00  Slot 08: DECchip 21050 PCI to PCI Bridge

      Bus 01  Slot 00: DECchip 21040 Network Controller
                             ewa0.0.0.1000.0       08-00-2B-E7-D4-57

      Bus 01  Slot 01: ISP1020 Scsi Controller
                             pka0.7.0.1001.0       SCSI Bus ID 7
                             dka500.5.0.1001.0      RRD45

      Bus 01  Slot 02: ISP1020 Scsi Controller
                             pkb0.7.0.1002.0       SCSI Bus ID 7
                             dkb100.1.0.1002.0      SEAGATE ST336704LSUN
                             dkb200.2.0.1002.0      SEAGATE ST336704LSUN
                             dkb300.3.0.1002.0      SEAGATE ST336704LSUN
                             dkb400.4.0.1002.0      SEAGATE ST318404LSUN

      Bus 00  Slot 10: Intel   8275EB PCI to Eisa Bridge
  



EISA Bus Modules (installed)

EISA/ISA NVR configuration
         SLOT    Module
          1      ISA2000
 >>>

I guess I can wait for the next NetBSD release.




-- 
--
Dennis Clarke
RISC-V/SPARC/PPC/ARM/CISC
UNIX and Linux spoken