[pups] Can't get a second DZQ11 to configure?!

[Robin Birch]

In message <005801c5de51$c51a7590$0401a8c0 at jfcl.com>, Robert Armstrong 
<bob at jfcl.com> writes
>
>  /etc/dtab ...  Yes, that does fix the problem!
>
That's the name - thought devtab wasn't right.

Glad it works now

Robin
>  Thanks very, very much ...
>
>Bob
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Robin Birch [mailto:robinb at ruffnready.co.uk]
>> Sent: Monday, October 31, 2005 11:01 AM
>> To: bob at jfcl.com
>> Cc: pups at minnie.tuhs.org
>> Subject: Re: [pups] Can't get a second DZQ11 to configure?!
>>
>>
>> If it is what I think it is then you will need to add the device to
>> /etc/devtab (I think that's the file).  2.11 doesn't just
>> detect what's
>> there.  The kernel build puts the drivers in place but it's
>> devtab that
>> switches them on.
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> Robin
>>
>> In message <002601c5de38$dbe5ea20$0401a8c0 at jfcl.com>, Robert
>> Armstrong
>> <bob at jfcl.com> writes
>> >Hi Guys,
>> >
>> >  I've got a 11/73 with 2.11BSD.  The hardware configuration
>> is pretty
>> >typical - RQDX3, DEQNA, TK50, and one DZQ11.  Everything
>> runs fine, but
>> >now I need to install a second DZQ.  The first DZQ has csr
>> 160100 and
>> >vector 300, so according to my calculations the second should be at
>> >160110 and vector 310.  I set the switches, install the
>> card, and then
>> >edit my system configuration to change NDZ to be 2, rebuild
>> the kernel,
>> >reboot, and, .... Disappointment!
>> >
>> >  When it gets up to init, it says:
>> >
>> >       init: configure system
>> >       dz 0 csr 160100 vector 300 attached
>> >       ra 0 .... 172150 .... 154
>> >       tms 0 .... 174500 ... 260
>> >       ... etc ...
>> >
>> >nothing about the second DZQ.  Everything else still works,
>> including
>> >the original DZQ11, and it boots up just fine except that there's no
>> >sign of the second DZQ11.
>> >
>> >  I figured I made a mistake building the kernel, so I
>> double check my
>> >kernel configuration and yes, the file dz.h contains
>> "#define NDZ 2".
>> >Just to be safe I delete all the objects from my machine's
>> >configuration directory and rebuild the entire kernel from sources
>> >(takes a couple of hours on a 11/73!).  Still no joy - init
>> only finds
>> >one DZ...  And I'm sure I'm booting the new kernel because of the
>> >timestamp it prints out when you boot it.
>> >
>> >  At this point I figured it's a hardware problem.  Just to
>> be sure, I
>> >pulled out both DZQs and swapped the switch settings on the
>> two cards.
>> >This makes the original DZQ card now the "second" one at
>> 160110/310 and
>> >the new card the "first" DZQ at 160100/300.  Put it all back
>> together
>> >and boot it up again - same results!  Init finds the first
>> DZ but not
>> >the second! Moreover, all the serial ports on the back that are now
>> >connected to dz0 (which is the card that used to be the second dz)
>> >still work!  Of course, the ports on dz 1 (which is the card
>> that used
>> >to work) are now dead.  It seems like the two DZQ11 cards must be OK.
>> >
>> >  Oh, and BTW, I even used the 11/73's console ODT to verify
>> that all
>> >addresses from 17760100 to 17760117 respond.
>> >
>> >  The only explanation I'm left with is a configuration problem.  Is
>> >there something I don't know about rebuilding the 2.11bsd
>> kernel?  Is
>> >160110/310 the wrong location for the second DZQ11?
>> >
>> >  Thanks much, any suggestions are appreciated.
>> >
>> >Bob Armstrong
>> >
>> >
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>>
>> --
>> Robin Birch
>>
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Robin Birch