Re: current won't boot on real 4000/60

Jason Thorpe <[email protected]> Tue, 10 Mar 2026 05:24:24 -0700
Newsgroups gmane.os.netbsd.ports.vax
Message-ID <[email protected]>
> On Mar 10, 2026, at 1:55 AM, Jan-Benedict Glaw <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Hi!
> 
> Just a short heads-up: I've been doing a lot of rework on my testing
> setup lately and noticed that current VAX install ISOs won't boot on a
> real 4000/60. Further testing: It still boots in SIMH-vax
> (= microvax3900), but also fails with SIMH-vaxstation4000m60 and a
> usual 80 MB configuration. "Failing" means to lock up right after
> printing out the machine type. (SIMH-vaxstation4000m60 will print two
> additional lines about the installed memory and lock thereafter.)
> Tracked it down to "extent(9) -> vmem(9)" patch from November last
> year (reverting helps), but we don't have a fix yet.

The one in machdep.c?

-- thorpej