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Date: 2026-09-05 05:04:47
From: Technoid Mutant
Description: Vaxstation with turbochannel and PMAZC-AA
The purpose of this dmesg is to demonstrate function on Vaxstation 4000/60 for Turbochannel Option board and PMAZC-AA dual fast scsi controller.
The controller works, but I had to disable luns in kernel to make it stop freaking at poll. It is not bootable, the machine does not know the drives and controller on the TSC option board exist. An operating system like VMS or NetBSd will pick them up. When this occurs, sd0 may switch from being on the onboard controller to being on the external bus... It requires planning, is a split-boot scenario like my Alpha.
The drives on the fast scsi controller DO work now, but at 5meg.... Even so, they are 20% faster than the onboard controller, which has the advantage of being able to negotiate a 6.25meg rate...
I'm not splitting boot presently. I want to figure out the speed negotiation issue. Here's the output:
KA46-A V1.2-343-V4.0
[_MAC_XXXXXXXXXX]
104MB
OK
83 BOOT SYS
-DKA0
>> NetBSD/vax boot [1.12 (Mon Dec 16 13:08:11 UTC 2024)] <<
>> Press any key to abort autoboot 4
?02 EXT HLT
PC= 2004A8A5 PSL= 04140000
>>> show dev
VMS/VMB ADDR DEVTYPE NUMBYTES RM/FX WP DEVNAM REV
------- ---- ------- -------- ----- -- ------ ---
ESA0 [_MAC_XXXXXXXXXX]
DKA0 A/0/0 DISK 0.00KB FX HARDDRI 2.3B
DKA100 A/1/0 DISK 4.29GB FX HARDDRI 2.3B
DKA200 A/2/0 DISK 4.29GB FX HARDDRI 2.3B
DKA400 A/4/0 DISK 4.29GB FX HARDDRI 2.3B
DKA500 A/5/0 DISK 4.29GB FX HARDDRI 2.3B
DKA600 A/6/0 DISK 4.29GB FX HARDDRI 2.3B
..HostID.. A/7 INITR
>>> show config
KA46-A V1.2-343-V4.0
[_MAC_XXXXXXXXXX]
104MB
DEVNBR DEVNAM INFO
------ -------- --------------------------
1 NVR OK
2 LCG OK
HR - 4 PLN FB - V1.1
3 DZ OK
4 CACHE OK
5 MEM OK
104MB = SY=8MB, S0/1=32MB, S2/3=32MB, S4/5=32MB
6 FPU OK
7 IT OK
8 SYS OK
9 NI OK
10 SCSI OK
0-HARDDRI 1-HARDDRI 2-HARDDRI 4-HARDDRI
5-HARDDRI 6-HARDDRI 7-INITR
11 AUD OK
13 TCA OK
OPT PRS V1.0
>>> boot
-DKA0
>> NetBSD/vax boot [1.12 (Mon Dec 16 13:08:11 UTC 2024)] <<
>> Press any key to abort autoboot 3
nfs_open: must mount first.
open netbsd.vax: Device not configured
> boot netbsd
2612236+125396 [208592+197987]=0x2ffdec
[ 1.0000000] Copyright (c) 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003,
[ 1.0000000] 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013,
[ 1.0000000] 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023,
[ 1.0000000] 2024
[ 1.0000000] The NetBSD Foundation, Inc. All rights reserved.
[ 1.0000000] Copyright (c) 1982, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1993
[ 1.0000000] The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
[ 1.0000000] NetBSD 10.1 (TechNoiDs_VAX_KA46-Turbochannel) #1: Fri Sep 4 08:35:59 UTC 2026
[ 1.0000000] technoid@BSDCompiler:/home/technoid/vax/netbsd-vax/src/sys/arch/vax/compile/obj/TechNoiDs_VAX_l[ 1.0000000] VAXstation 4000/60
[ 1.0000000] total memory = 103 MB
[ 1.0000000] avail memory = 98948 KB
[ 1.0000000] mainbus0 (root)
[ 1.0000000] cpu0 at mainbus0: KA46, Mariah, 2KB L1 cache, 256KB L2 cache
[ 1.0000000] vsbus0 at mainbus0
[ 1.0000000] vsbus0: 32K entry DMA SGMAP at PA 0x700000 (VA 0x80700000)
[ 1.0000000] vsbus0: interrupt mask 0
[ 1.0000000] le0 at vsbus0 csr 0x200e0000 vec 770 ipl 17 maskbit 1 buf 0x0-0xffff
[ 1.0000000] le0: address [_MAC_XXXXXXXXXX]
[ 1.0000000] le0: 32 receive buffers, 8 transmit buffers
[ 1.0000000] dz0 at vsbus0 csr 0x200a0000 vec 124 ipl 17 maskbit 4
[ 1.0000000] dz0: 4 lines
[ 1.0000000] lkkbd0 at dz0
[ 1.0000000] lkkbd0: no keyboard
[ 1.0000000] wskbd0 at lkkbd0 mux 1
[ 1.0000000] lkms0 at dz0
[ 1.0000000] wsmouse0 at lkms0 mux 0
[ 1.0000000] tc0 at vsbus0 csr 0x36800000 vec 764 ipl 17 maskbit -1: 12.5 MHz clock
[ 1.0000000] tcds0 at tc0 slot 0 offset 0x0: TURBOchannel Dual SCSI
[ 1.0000000] asc1 at tcds0 chip 0: NCR53C96, 40MHz, SCSI ID 7
[ 1.0000000] scsibus0 at asc1: 8 targets, 8 luns per target
[ 1.0000000] asc2 at tcds0 chip 1: NCR53C96, 40MHz, SCSI ID 7
[ 1.0000000] scsibus1 at asc2: 8 targets, 8 luns per target
[ 1.0000000] asc0 at vsbus0 csr 0x200c0080 vec 774 ipl 17 maskbit 0
[ 1.0000000] asc0: NCR53C94, 25MHz, SCSI ID 7
[ 1.0000000] scsibus2 at asc0: 8 targets, 8 luns per target
[ 1.0000000] lcg0 at vsbus0 csr 0x21801000 vec 440 ipl 15 maskbit 2
[ 1.0000000] lcg0: framebuffer size 1280x1024, depth 4 (magic 0x80)
[ 1.0000000] lcg0: using font QVSS (8x15), console size: 160x68
[ 1.0000000] wsdisplay0 at lcg0 kbdmux 1
[ 1.0000000] vsaudio0 at vsbus0 csr 0x200d0000 vec 304 ipl 17 maskbit 6
[ 1.0000000] audio0 at vsaudio0: playback, capture, full duplex
[ 1.0000000] audio0: slinear_le:16 -> mulaw:8 1ch 8000Hz, blk 320 bytes (40ms) for playback
[ 1.0000000] audio0: slinear_le:16 <- mulaw:8 1ch 8000Hz, blk 320 bytes (40ms) for recording
[ 1.0000000] spkr0 at audio0: PC Speaker (synthesized)
[ 1.0000000] wsbell at spkr0 not configured
[ 1.0000000] WARNING: system needs entropy for security; see entropy(7)
[ 1.0177170] scsibus0: waiting 2 seconds for devices to settle...
[ 1.0273560] scsibus1: waiting 2 seconds for devices to settle...
[ 1.0379040] scsibus2: waiting 2 seconds for devices to settle...
[ 9.6174840] sd0 at scsibus2 target 0 lun 0: <ZULUSCSI, HARDDRIVE, 2.3B> disk fixed
[ 9.6474550] sd0: 4096 MB, 16384 cyl, 16 head, 32 sec, 512 bytes/sect x 8388608 sectors
[ 9.6976380] sd0: sync (160.00ns offset 15), 8-bit (6.250MB/s) transfers
[ 9.7170130] sd1 at scsibus2 target 1 lun 0: <ZULUSCSI, HARDDRIVE, 2.3B> disk fixed
[ 9.7479800] sd1: 4095 MB, 8320 cyl, 16 head, 63 sec, 512 bytes/sect x 8386560 sectors
[ 9.7875690] sd1: sync (160.00ns offset 15), 8-bit (6.250MB/s) transfers
[ 9.8078960] sd2 at scsibus2 target 2 lun 0: <ZULUSCSI, HARDDRIVE, 2.3B> disk fixed
[ 9.8379520] sd2: 4095 MB, 8320 cyl, 16 head, 63 sec, 512 bytes/sect x 8386560 sectors
[ 9.8870910] sd2: sync (160.00ns offset 15), 8-bit (6.250MB/s) transfers
[ 10.3875270] sd3 at scsibus2 target 4 lun 0: <ZULUSCSI, HARDDRIVE, 2.3B> disk fixed
[ 10.4170960] sd3: 4095 MB, 8320 cyl, 16 head, 63 sec, 512 bytes/sect x 8386560 sectors
[ 10.4577870] sd3: sync (160.00ns offset 15), 8-bit (6.250MB/s) transfers
[ 10.4770210] sd4 at scsibus2 target 5 lun 0: <ZULUSCSI, HARDDRIVE, 2.3B> disk fixed
[ 10.5176040] entropy: best effort
[ 10.5373840] sd4: 4095 MB, 8320 cyl, 16 head, 63 sec, 512 bytes/sect x 8386560 sectors
[ 10.5872580] sd4: sync (160.00ns offset 15), 8-bit (6.250MB/s) transfers
[ 10.6076330] sd5 at scsibus2 target 6 lun 0: <ZULUSCSI, HARDDRIVE, 2.3B> disk fixed
[ 10.6375850] sd5: 4095 MB, 8320 cyl, 16 head, 63 sec, 512 bytes/sect x 8386560 sectors
[ 10.6877750] sd5: sync (160.00ns offset 15), 8-bit (6.250MB/s) transfers
[ 10.6972590] swwdog0: software watchdog initialized
[ 10.7073670] boot device: sd0
[ 10.7280450] root on sd0a dumps on sd0b
[ 10.7772370] root file system type: ffs
[ 10.7974140] kern.module.path=/stand/vax/10.1/modules
chmod: /dev/speaker: Read-only file system
Sat Sep 5 05:00:50 UTC 2026
rcorder: requirement `beforenetlkm' in file `/etc/rc.d/mbsebbs' has no providers.
rcorder exited with code 1
Starting root file system check:
/dev/rsd0a: file system is clean; not checking
Setting sysctl variables:
ddb.onpanic: 1 -> 0
swapctl: setting dump device to /dev/sd0b
swapctl: adding /dev/sd0b as swap device at priority 0
Starting file system checks:
/dev/rsd1d: file system is clean; not checking
/dev/rsd0d: file system is clean; not checking
[ 29.2872390] entropy: ready
Loaded entropy from /var/db/entropy-file.
Waiting for entropy...done
Setting tty flags.
Starting network.
Hostname: VAXStation.Atari8.us
Configuring network interfaces: le0.
Adding interface aliases:.
Starting dhcpcd.
Building databases: dev, utmp, utmpx.
rcorder: requirement `beforenetlkm' in file `/etc/rc.d/mbsebbs' has no providers.
Starting syslogd.
Mounting all file systems...
Clearing temporary files.
Creating a.out runtime link editor directory cache.
Checking quotas: done.
Setting securelevel: kern.securelevel: 0 -> 1
swapctl: setting dump device to /dev/sd0b
Starting virecover.
Checking for core dump...
savecore: no core dump
Starting local daemons:.
Updating motd.
Starting sshd.
Starting mbsebbs: mbtaskStarting inetd.
Starting cron.
The following components reported failures:
rcorder
See /var/run/rc.log for more information.
Sat Sep 5 01:03:19 EDT 2026
NetBSD/vax (VAXStation.Atari8.us) (constty)
login: technoid
Password:
Sep 5 01:04:11 VAXStation login: technoid on tty constty
Last login: Sat Sep 5 00:43:25 2026 on constty
NetBSD 10.1 (TechNoiDs_VAX_KA46-Turbochannel) #1: Fri Sep 4 08:35:59 UTC 2026
====================================================================
NetBSD 10.1 (TechNoiDs_VAX_KA46) - VAXstation 4000/60
====================================================================
KA46-A V1.2-343-V4.0
[_MAC_XXXXXXXXXX]
104MB
Disks are six solid-state 4giggers on a single ZuluSCSI Blaster
DEVELOPER SURVIVAL MANIFESTO:
1. FAULT PROTECTION: Your user session automatically launches inside
a persistent 'tmux' environment. If your network link drops,
DO NOT PANIC. Simply reconnect; your task will stay alive.
2. COMPILING SPACE: All package work maps to your local folder on
the fast SCSI drive. Use local prefixes for tools (~/bin).
3. SYSOP SIGNALS: If you experience compilation library stalls or
require a global package deployment, contact the console via:
--> write root [Type message, end with Ctrl+D]
--> talk root [To request an active split-screen chat]
** Please log-out of your session if you are not actively processing. **
** Please be aware of your CPU, MEMORY, and I/O usage in consideration of other users. **
and
May the Random Number Generator protect your quest in NetHack!
====================================================================
(technoid (Technoid Mutant), Vaxstation.atari8.us Sysop)
(Today I installed the TurboChannel Option and PMAZC-AA)
(scsi controller. There are six 4-gig drives online. )
VAXStation$