[comp.unix.wizards] 8300/versatec problem

sscalsk@nswc-wo.arpa (08/06/87)

I have a problem with an 8300 running Ultrix 2.0. It doesn't seem to 
recognize my versatec device. Coming up into single-user it is not 
even recognized as a valid device, no error messages are produced and 
nothing appears in the device init phase. The configuration used is:

device        vp0   at  uba0   csr 0177514  vector vpintr vpintr

Can anyone with some versatec experience lend a few pointers as to why its
not recognized. What does it take for a device to be recognized? (I must be
conflicting with something else). Running under VMS shows no problems and 
the versatec works great so at least I have a good device. I must confess to 
being unfamiliar with this 8300 architecture.

Any experiences welcome. Thanx.

-- boot sequence --
Ultrixboot (Using VMB version 14)

Loading (a)vmunix ...

Sizes:
text = 305688
data = 181320
bss  = 124136
Starting at 0x1c85

Ultrix V2.0 System #2: Wed Jul 22 11:18:14 EDT 1987
real mem  = 12582912
avail mem = 10080256
using 357 buffers containing 1257472 bytes of memory
VAX 8300 hardware rev = 4, ucode patch rev = 21
                sec patch = 1,  ucode rev = 20
uba0 at vaxbi0 node 0
zs0 at uba0 csr 172520 vec 224, ipl 15
ts0 at zs0 slave 0
de0 at uba0 csr 174510 vec 120, ipl 15
dmf0 at uba0 csr 160340 vec 740, ipl 15
ka820 at vaxbi0 node 2
cm0 at vaxbi0 node 5
ka820 at vaxbi0 node 6
kdb0 at vaxbi0 node 8
uq4 at kdb0 csr 362 vec 540, ipl 15
ra0 at uq4 slave 0
ra1 at uq4 slave 1
ms820 at vaxbi0 node 9
ms820 at vaxbi0 node 11
ms820 at vaxbi0 node 12
ms820 at vaxbi0 node 13
ms820 at vaxbi0 node 14
ms820 at vaxbi0 node 15
... etc to multi-user.

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