Re: The problems in src/sys/dev/ic/isp.c

On 5/2/26 10:36, Jason Thorpe wrote:
> 
>> On May 2, 2026, at 6:15 AM, Dennis Clarke <[email protected]> wrote:
>>     So then ... dead in the water?
> 
> No, just haven’t gotten around to figure out why the panic happens there.  It seems to be unique to you.  Or maybe CIA chipset specific?
> 
> Anyway, to figure out what’s happening, I’m going to need to build you another image with some additional debugging in it.  Stay tuned, I’m planning to poke at it today.
> 
> BTW - is it possible for you to set up a net-boot server for your Alpha?  It would make the turn-around a /lot/ faster.
> 

Well, I guess? At the moment I am not sure what is needed to net boot
a NetBSD machine and I will figure that out using an x86 machine first.

The idea is that the netboot server will be some FreeBSD server with a
specific MAC address and target client machine which will be some x86 
thing. Just to get it all working. I assume BOOTp and TFTP and NFS are
required.

However, to netboot a DEC Alpha there would need to be some command
magic that happens after "init".


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Dennis Clarke
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