Re: NetBSD/vax 11.0RC1

Hi,

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

Indeed:

https://zia.io/notice/ApcQFtLpYuuRnPqN8a

>>  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 ...

There was a company that offered a service where they upgraded your 
4000/90 / 90a / 96 to support 64 meg SIMMs, larger cache and faster SCSI, 
so although they were likely rare, they did exist.

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

I'm sure this is even worse now than with NetBSD 10.

>>  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.

This is my #1 problem with running bulk pkgsrc builds for VAX - the hangs.

>>  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...

I can't even remember the last time I saw the kernel debugger work. I'll 
have to give it a try to refresh my memory.

John