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Subject: Another problem... - msg#00047List: os.netbsd.ports.vaxAt the moment the system runs, and things are looking pretty good. We still have the problem with gcc with any optimization causing a crash. Another problem I have is that if I run programs that create output to a file, some way into that file, sections of data are just NUL characters, which they shouldn't be. I haven't really looked any more into this, like at what position this happens, or if any other conclusions can be drawn from any circumstances. I'm just wondering if anyone else have seen this? I was reminded of it today when I thought I'd try to build gcc natively on the VAX, by passing an empty string as CFLAGS, so that gcc would have been built without any optimizations. That should be interesting, I thought. However, the build stops before doing any real work. autoconf is running through for libiberty, and when it's about time to build, the config.result file is read in for parsing, and then it crashes. Looking in the config.result file shows sections of NUL characters some way in. So. Anyone else seen something like this? Johnny -- Johnny Billquist || "I'm on a bus || on a psychedelic trip email: bqt@xxxxxxxxxx || Reading murder books pdp is alive! || tryin' to stay hip" - B. Idol
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Previous Message by Date: click to view message previewVAXstation 4000-90Does anyone have an application to flash the firmware? My 4000 seem to have clobbered the firmware in the past, so that at power on it fails the self test. DEC appearantly had an application for flashing and upgrading the firmware, which was a standalone application loaded by MOP. Can't seem to find it or anything else on the net, so I hope perhaps someone around here have it? Johnny -- Johnny Billquist || "I'm on a bus || on a psychedelic trip email: bqt@xxxxxxxxxx || Reading murder books pdp is alive! || tryin' to stay hip" - B. Idol bqt.vcf Description: Vcard Next Message by Date: click to view message previewRe: VAXstation 4000-90On Sat, Apr 14, 2007 at 01:15:25PM +0200, Johnny Billquist wrote: > DEC appearantly had an application for flashing and upgrading the > firmware, which was a standalone application loaded by MOP. > Can't seem to find it or anything else on the net, so I hope perhaps > someone around here have it? I don't remember where I got it, so I just put it up here: http://headcrashers.org/cougar_fw.zip Inside that zip file is another zip file which contains cougar.sys, this is the file you are looking for. -- %SYSTEM-F-ANARCHISM, The operating system has been overthrown Previous Message by Thread: click to view message previewVAXstation 4000-90Does anyone have an application to flash the firmware? My 4000 seem to have clobbered the firmware in the past, so that at power on it fails the self test. DEC appearantly had an application for flashing and upgrading the firmware, which was a standalone application loaded by MOP. Can't seem to find it or anything else on the net, so I hope perhaps someone around here have it? Johnny -- Johnny Billquist || "I'm on a bus || on a psychedelic trip email: bqt@xxxxxxxxxx || Reading murder books pdp is alive! || tryin' to stay hip" - B. Idol bqt.vcf Description: Vcard Next Message by Thread: click to view message previewRe: Another problem...On Sat, 14 Apr 2007, Johnny Billquist wrote: We still have the problem with gcc with any optimization causing a crash. I have gotten around this by building cc1 and cc1plus with -O1. I've got these changes on my build system, but I've not completely verified that it works completely. Index: gnu/usr.bin/gcc4/cc1/Makefile =================================================================== RCS file: /cvsroot/src/gnu/usr.bin/gcc4/cc1/Makefile,v retrieving revision 1.3 diff -u -r1.3 Makefile --- gnu/usr.bin/gcc4/cc1/Makefile 12 Nov 2006 01:24:44 -0000 1.3 +++ gnu/usr.bin/gcc4/cc1/Makefile 14 Apr 2007 16:49:23 -0000 @@ -9,4 +9,8 @@ COPTS+= -Wno-stack-protector +.if ${MACHINE} == "vax" +CFLAGS+= -O1 +.endif + .PATH: ${DIST}/gcc ${G_out_file:H} Index: gnu/usr.bin/gcc4/cc1plus/Makefile =================================================================== RCS file: /cvsroot/src/gnu/usr.bin/gcc4/cc1plus/Makefile,v retrieving revision 1.2 diff -u -r1.2 Makefile --- gnu/usr.bin/gcc4/cc1plus/Makefile 1 Jul 2006 19:06:51 -0000 1.2 +++ gnu/usr.bin/gcc4/cc1plus/Makefile 14 Apr 2007 16:49:23 -0000 @@ -12,4 +12,8 @@ # YUCK. but see timevar.h:POP_TIMEVAR_AND_RETURN CFLAGS+= -Wno-error # not good enough: -Wno-return-type +.if ${MACHINE} == "vax" +CFLAGS+= -O1 +.endif + .PATH: ${DIST}/gcc/cp ${DIST}/gcc ${G_out_file:H} I was reminded of it today when I thought I'd try to build gcc natively on the VAX, by passing an empty string as CFLAGS, so that gcc would have been built without any optimizations. That should be interesting, I thought. I've been working on building the tools on the VAX, and I've been using HOST_CFLAGS=-O1. I've not actually completed a build yet, but have gotten a couple of more fixes into the tree. -O0 would be needed if gcc had been built with -O2. My first attempt used -O2, and the resulting gcc toolchain failed when trying to build a kernel on the VAX. I then did a GENERIC kernel without useing the toolchain, and have been running that kernel for 25 hours now - trying to build the toolchain with the -O1 flag. However, the build stops before doing any real work. autoconf is running through for libiberty, and when it's about time to build, the config.result file is read in for parsing, and then it crashes. Looking in the config.result file shows sections of NUL characters some way in. So. Anyone else seen something like this? I have not seen this on my system. I've had lots of other problems, but not this one. -- Michael L. Hitch mhitch@xxxxxxxxxxx Computer Consultant Information Technology Center Montana State University Bozeman, MT USA Loading Comments...
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