Re: NetBSD on SIMH, but not microvax3900

On Fri, 2024-03-08 12:28:54 +0900, Izumi Tsutsui <[email protected]> wrote:
> jbglaw@ wrote:
> 
> > Hi!
> > 
> > Inspired by a recent bug report for NetBSD on simh-vax780
> > (https://gnats.netbsd.org/cgi-bin/query-pr-single.pl?number=58002,
> > turned out to be a config issue), I wanted to extend my automatic CI
> > installations beyond the simh-microvax3900 system.
>  :
> >   I tried ISOs for NetBSD 8.0, 9.0, 9.3, 10.0rc1, rc5 and a self-build
> > `current` (~ one week old) with a current OpenSIMH snapshot, as well
> > as two older commits picked arbitrarily (660e2b9f (Feb 20 2022) and
> > 9a73eb9d (Aug 21 2020)). They all fail in the same way:
> 
> NetBSD 6.1.5 (I'm not sure when I prepared this image) + open-simh
> from pkgsrc-2023Q4 partially worked:
> 
> ---
> % simh-vax780 netbsd-boot780
> 
> VAX 11/780 simulator Open SIMH V4.1-0 Current        simh git commit id: b23cde9c        Build: Unsupported=include+lib
> /home/tsutsui/simh/netbsd-boot780a-7> att xu tap:tap0
> %SIM-INFO: Eth: opened OS device tap0
> /home/tsutsui/simh/netbsd-boot780a-8> boot rq0
> %SIM-INFO: Loading boot code from internal vmb.exe
> 
> >> NetBSD/vax boot [1.11] <<
> >> Press any key to abort autoboot 0
> nfs_open: must mount first.
> open netbsd.vax: Device not configured
> > boot netbsd
> 2591168+174136 [211456+201165]=0x3081e8
> Copyright (c) 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005,
>     2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
>     The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.  All rights reserved.
> Copyright (c) 1982, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1993
>     The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.
> 
> NetBSD 6.1.5 (GENERIC)
> VAX 11/780
> total memory = 127 MB
> avail memory = 120 MB

That's at least a very helpful data point! This could get me started
with some bisecting. (At least if I manage to get it build. My host
Docker images are always very recent, that might produce issues with
building the tools, -fcommon changes, ...)

MfG, JBG

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