On 2002.01.30 at 10:59 R. C. Dowdeswell wrote:

>was it after the kernel messages or after the rc messages?

after the kernel messages, but before the rc execution i'd say,
thats why i told "at starting init", but here is the serial
console output:

>>>b dka600
(boot dka600.6.0.6.0 -flags A)
block 0 of dka600.6.0.6.0 is a valid boot block
reading 15 blocks from dka600.6.0.6.0
bootstrap code read in
base =3D 166000, image_start =3D 0, image_bytes =3D 1e00
initializing HWRPB at 2000
initializing page table at 158000
initializing machine state
setting affinity to the primary CPU
jumping to bootstrap code

NetBSD/alpha 1.5.2 FFS Primary Bootstrap
Jumping to entry point...

NetBSD/alpha 1.5.2 Secondary Bootstrap, Revision 1.10
(he@albatross.urc.uninett.no, Aug 17 23:50:47 MEST 2001)

VMS PAL rev: 0x1000000010530
OSF PAL rev: 0x1000000020123
Switch to OSF PAL code succeeded.

Boot flags: A
2474136+279936 [85+157728+85180]=3D0x2dbed0

Entering netbsd at 0xfffffc00003010c0...
[ preserving 243896 bytes of netbsd ELF symbol table ]
Copyright (c) 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001
    The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.  All rights reserved.
Copyright (c) 1982, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1993
    The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.

NetBSD 1.5.3_ALPHA (ALPHA-$Revision: 1.127.2.4 $) #0: Sat Jan 26 09:12:09=
 CET 20
02
    root@radiator.local:/usr/src/1-5-branch/sys/arch/alpha/compile/CUSTOM-02=
0124
(PCI ISA), 167MHz
8192 byte page size, 1 processor.
total memory =3D 65536 KB
(2368 KB reserved for PROM, 63168 KB used by NetBSD)
avail memory =3D 55488 KB
using 407 buffers containing 3256 KB of memory
mainbus0 (root)
cpu0 at mainbus0: ID 0 (primary), LCA-2 (21066 pass 2)
cpu0: VAX FP support, IEEE FP support, Primary Eligible
lca0 at mainbus0
pci0 at lca0 bus 0
pci0: i/o space, memory space enabled, rd/line, rd/mult, wr/inv ok
unknown vendor 0x200d product 0x1f01 (class 0x1f, subclass 0x01, interface=
 0x20,
 revision 0x0d) at pci0 dev 0 function 0 not configured
unknown vendor 0x200d product 0x1f01 (class 0x1f, subclass 0x01, interface=
 0x20,
 revision 0x0d) at pci0 dev 1 function 0 not configured
unknown vendor 0x200d product 0x1f01 (class 0x1f, subclass 0x01, interface=
 0x20,
 revision 0x0d) at pci0 dev 2 function 0 not configured
unknown vendor 0x200d product 0x1f01 (class 0x1f, subclass 0x01, interface=
 0x20,
 revision 0x0d) at pci0 dev 3 function 0 not configured
unknown vendor 0x200d product 0x1f01 (class 0x1f, subclass 0x01, interface=
 0x20,
 revision 0x0d) at pci0 dev 4 function 0 not configured
unknown vendor 0x200d product 0x1f01 (class 0x1f, subclass 0x01, interface=
 0x20,
 revision 0x0d) at pci0 dev 5 function 0 not configured
siop0 at pci0 dev 6 function 0: Symbios Logic 53c810 (fast scsi)
siop0: interrupting at isa irq 11
scsibus0 at siop0: 8 targets, 8 luns per target
sio0 at pci0 dev 7 function 0: Intel 82378ZB System I/O (SIO) (rev. 0x03)
de0 at pci0 dev 8 function 0
de0: interrupting at isa irq 14
de0: DEC 21040 [10Mb/s] pass 2.3
de0: address 08:00:2b:e4:de:bd
unknown vendor 0x0001 product 0x0000 (miscellaneous prehistoric, revision=
 0x01)
at pci0 dev 9 function 0 not configured
unknown vendor 0x200d product 0x1f01 (class 0x1f, subclass 0x01, interface=
 0x20,
 revision 0x0d) at pci0 dev 10 function 0 not configured
tga0 at pci0 dev 11 function 0: DC21030 step B, board type T8-02
tga0: 1152 x 900, 8bpp, Bt485 RAMDAC
tga0: interrupting at isa irq 10
wsdisplay0 at tga0
unknown vendor 0x200d product 0x1f01 (class 0x1f, subclass 0x01, interface=
 0x20,
 revision 0x0d) at pci0 dev 12 function 0 not configured
unknown vendor 0x200d product 0x1f01 (class 0x1f, subclass 0x01, interface=
 0x20,
 revision 0x0d) at pci0 dev 13 function 0 not configured
unknown vendor 0x200d product 0x1f01 (class 0x1f, subclass 0x01, interface=
 0x20,
 revision 0x0d) at pci0 dev 14 function 0 not configured
unknown vendor 0x200d product 0x1f01 (class 0x1f, subclass 0x01, interface=
 0x20,
 revision 0x0d) at pci0 dev 15 function 0 not configured
isa0 at sio0
com0 at isa0 port 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4: ns16550a, working fifo
com0: console
com1 at isa0 port 0x2f8-0x2ff irq 3: ns16550a, working fifo
pckbc0 at isa0 port 0x60-0x64
pckbdprobe: reset error 5
pmsprobe: reset error 5
lpt0 at isa0 port 0x3bc-0x3bf irq 7
pcppi0 at isa0 port 0x61
spkr0 at pcppi0
isabeep0 at pcppi0
fdc0 at isa0 port 0x3f0-0x3f7 irq 6 drq 2
fd0 at fdc0 drive 0: 1.44MB, 80 cyl, 2 head, 18 sec
mcclock0 at isa0 port 0x70-0x71: mc146818 or compatible
pcic0 at isa0 port 0x3e0-0x3e1 iomem 0xd0000-0xdffff
pcic0: controller 0 (Intel 82365SL Revision 1) has sockets A and B
pcic0: controller 1 (Intel 82365SL Revision 1) has no sockets
pcmcia0 at pcic0 controller 0 socket 0
pcmcia1 at pcic0 controller 0 socket 1
stray isa irq 3
stray isa irq 4
scsibus0: waiting 2 seconds for devices to settle...
siop0: alloc newcdb at PHY addr 0x4092e000
siop0: target 6 using tagged queuing
sd0 at scsibus0 target 6 lun 0: <IBM, DORS-32160, S82C> SCSI2 0/direct=
 fixed
siop0: target 6 now synchronous at 10.0Mhz, offset 8
sd0: 2063 MB, 6703 cyl, 5 head, 126 sec, 512 bytes/sect x 4226725 sectors
pcic0: controller 0 detecting irqs with mask 0xdeb8:..5..15
pcic0: using irq 5 for socket events
root on sd0a dumps on sd0b
mountroot: trying nfs...
mountroot: trying msdos...
mountroot: trying cd9660...
mountroot: trying ffs...
readclock: 2/1/30/17/19/11=3D>1012411151 (1012301750)
root file system type: ffs
init: copying out path `/sbin/init' 11
swapctl: adding stray isa irq 4
de0: autosense failed: cable problem?
------
and here is game over...

btw. those many "unknown vendor ..." messages do not appear
when using the tga console, i don't know if this is normal...
but thats another story.

Regards,

Szabolcs