Re: NetBSD/vax 11.0RC1

On 2026-02-18 14:58, matthew green wrote:
> i built a fresh netbsd-11/vax world and installed it on my netbsd-11 vax
> simh setup.

I'm still on "buidl tools", in the gcc directory, since Saturday.
It is SLOW ...

> unfortunately, my 512gb system has soft-hung while building tools/gcc,

Now I really envy you. Never heard of a 512gb VAX :)
Sorry, couldn't resist ...

> i'm not 100% sure where, that build doesn't show all compiling names etc.

As I wrote before, some of the files really use >256MB and compile for 
hours, swapping

> it's soft because getty was still responsive in the terminal, but trying
> to login hangs before it / as it runs login -- i get no password: prompt.

I thought it was broken, it simply needed minutes to logon, via SSH form 
another computer

> and worse, i've failed to figure out how to force ddb from the console
> (really a pty in my screen session), as the normal method to set the
> break string to +++++ is failing -- it's set, but the driver does not see
> to notice them, and the driver seems to have the right code in place to
> do this...  if anyone wants to look at that, would be great -- how to
> enter ddb when setting hw.cnmagic=+++++ or similar.  even how to generate
> a serial break from the console...
> 
> 
> .mrg.