Re: NetBSD on SIMH, but not microvax3900

On Fri, 2024-03-08 08:55:22 +1100, matthew green <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Inspired by a recent bug report for NetBSD on simh-vax780
> > (https://gnats.netbsd.org/cgi-bin/query-pr-single.pl?number=3D58002,
> > turned out to be a config issue), I wanted to extend my automatic CI
> > installations beyond the simh-microvax3900 system.
> 
> ... i wonder if sometime (tm) could port this to
> pkgsrc/misc/py-anita, which we use for automated install/testing for
> many ports.
> 
> it's really nice.  "anita interact sparc.iso", wait a short while
> while it runs the installer for you, and then it will present you
> with an login: prompt, as one example.  "test" instead of "interact"
> will run atf for you, etc.
> 
> we use this heavily as part of:
> 
>    https://releng.netbsd.org/test-results.html
> 
> and it would be great to see vax added here.

Maybe you really only need to actually call anita for VAX:

commit 583fd4726dbf5b352226c5c2ede5565b04eea3e1
Author: Utkarsh Anand <[email protected]>
Date:   Sat Jul 15 20:13:24 2017 +0530

    Added support for simh and NetBSD/vax:
    - Assuming that terminal type of console in /etc/ttys is set to vt220 or anything similar.

Maybe I'd give that a try, too. ^^

MfG, JBG

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