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

Jan-Benedict Glaw <[email protected]> Wed, 29 Apr 2026 11:27:52 +0200
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On Mon, 2026-04-27 17:57:57 -0700, Jason Thorpe <[email protected]> wrote:
> > On Apr 27, 2026, at 5:37=E2=80=AFPM, Jason Thorpe <[email protected]> wrot=
e:
> >=20
> >> ANYWAYS=E2=80=A6 I have a fix for it that he=E2=80=99s planning to tes=
t later this evening.  I=E2=80=99ll check it in as soon as I get confirmati=
on.
> >=20
> > Oooops, forgot a link to the patch:
> >=20
> >    https://www.netbsd.org/~thorpej/vax-vmem-fix.txt
>=20
> Hahaha, and of course after I send it I realize there=E2=80=99s a bug in =
this one, too.  Actually the old extent-based code had a bug as well, but i=
t was unlikely to be encountered.
>=20
>     https://www.netbsd.org/~thorpej/vax-vmem-fix-2.txt

Confirmed in Open-SIMH vaxstation4000m60. (So the next steps are to
add the missing CD-ROM SCSI commands to make the simulated CD-ROM
drive useful for installation.)

Thanks!

MfG, JBG

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