Re: [Simh] vax idle for NetBSD

2018-12-14 Thread Mark Pizzolato
On Tuesday, December 11, 2018 at 11:13 AM, Paul Koning wrote: > > On Dec 11, 2018, at 1:40 PM, Mark Pizzolato wrote: > > > > The simple test with the VAX simulator is to enable any OS form of > > idling and boot the simulator. While sitting at the ROM >>> prompt > > idle kicks in precisely as

Re: [Simh] vax idle for NetBSD

2018-12-11 Thread Paul Koning
> On Dec 11, 2018, at 1:40 PM, Mark Pizzolato wrote: > > The simple test with the VAX simulator is to enable any OS form of idling and > boot the simulator. While sitting at the ROM >>> prompt idle kicks in > precisely > as expected. Similarly, when booting VMS, idling also occurs as

Re: [Simh] vax idle for NetBSD

2018-12-11 Thread Lars Brinkhoff
Mark Pizzolato wrote: > sim> SHOW -d IDLE > will output the details of the Idle status. 4.1BSD seems to be working. idle=4.1BSD, idle enabled, stability wait = 20s, minimum sleep resolution = 1ms ___ Simh mailing list Simh@trailing-edge.com

Re: [Simh] vax idle for NetBSD

2018-12-11 Thread Mark Pizzolato
On Tuesday, December 11, 2018 at 9:50 AM, Paul Koning wrote: > > On Dec 11, 2018, at 12:01 PM, Mark Pizzolato wrote: > > > > ... > > Meanwhile, something else has changed relatively recently that doesn't > > seem to actually execute this code when the system starts. > > Specifically, I just

Re: [Simh] vax idle for NetBSD

2018-12-11 Thread Paul Koning
> On Dec 11, 2018, at 12:01 PM, Mark Pizzolato wrote: > > ... > Meanwhile, something else has changed relatively recently that doesn't > seem to actually execute this code when the system starts. Specifically, > I just observed: > 1) Boot NetBSD 8.0 > 2) Boot took 100 seconds to get to a

Re: [Simh] vax idle for NetBSD

2018-12-11 Thread Mark Pizzolato
On Tuesday, December 11, 2018 at 7:47 AM, Anders Magnusson wrote: > Den 2018-12-11 kl. 11:11, skrev David Brownlee: > > On Sun, 9 Dec 2018 at 09:42, Mark Pizzolato wrote: > >> Well, when I followed the directions you pointed out, I did see what you > >> had reported. A little deeper observation

Re: [Simh] vax idle for NetBSD

2018-12-11 Thread Mark Pizzolato
On Tuesday, December 11, 2018 at 2:12 AM, David Brownlee wrote: > On Sun, 9 Dec 2018 at 09:42, Mark Pizzolato wrote: > > > > Well, when I followed the directions you pointed out, I did see what you > > had reported. A little deeper observation strongly suggested that the > > OS execution flow

Re: [Simh] vax idle for NetBSD

2018-12-11 Thread Anders Magnusson
Den 2018-12-11 kl. 17:02, skrev Paul Koning: On Dec 11, 2018, at 10:47 AM, Anders Magnusson wrote: Den 2018-12-11 kl. 11:11, skrev David Brownlee: On Sun, 9 Dec 2018 at 09:42, Mark Pizzolato wrote: Well, when I followed the directions you pointed out, I did see what you had reported. A

Re: [Simh] vax idle for NetBSD

2018-12-11 Thread Paul Koning
> On Dec 11, 2018, at 10:47 AM, Anders Magnusson wrote: > > Den 2018-12-11 kl. 11:11, skrev David Brownlee: >> On Sun, 9 Dec 2018 at 09:42, Mark Pizzolato wrote: >>> Well, when I followed the directions you pointed out, I did see what you >>> had reported. A little deeper observation

Re: [Simh] vax idle for NetBSD

2018-12-11 Thread Anders Magnusson
Den 2018-12-11 kl. 11:11, skrev David Brownlee: On Sun, 9 Dec 2018 at 09:42, Mark Pizzolato wrote: Well, when I followed the directions you pointed out, I did see what you had reported. A little deeper observation strongly suggested that the OS execution flow that happens on NetBSD/VAX during

Re: [Simh] vax idle for NetBSD

2018-12-11 Thread David Brownlee
On Sun, 9 Dec 2018 at 09:42, Mark Pizzolato wrote: > > Well, when I followed the directions you pointed out, I did see what you > had reported. A little deeper observation strongly suggested that the > OS execution flow that happens on NetBSD/VAX during idling had changed > from how things were

Re: [Simh] vax idle for NetBSD

2018-12-09 Thread Mark Pizzolato
On Tuesday, November 27, 2018 at 12:09 PM, Paul Koning wrote: > > On Nov 15, 2018, at 9:32 AM, Paul Koning wrote: > > > > I just installed NetBSD/VAX V8 on SIMH. The documentation mentions "set > cpu idle=netbsd", but it doesn't work -- I'm stuck at 100% CPU. > > > > I'm running it on the

Re: [Simh] vax idle for NetBSD

2018-11-27 Thread Paul Koning
> On Nov 15, 2018, at 9:32 AM, Paul Koning wrote: > > I just installed NetBSD/VAX V8 on SIMH. The documentation mentions "set cpu > idle=netbsd", but it doesn't work -- I'm stuck at 100% CPU. > > I'm running it on the microvax3900 simulator, if that makes a difference. > Any ideas?

Re: [Simh] vax idle for NetBSD

2018-11-15 Thread Paul Koning
> On Nov 15, 2018, at 10:21 AM, Mark Pizzolato wrote: > > Hi Paul, > > On Thursday, November 15, 2018 at 6:32 AM, Paul Koning wrote: >> I just installed NetBSD/VAX V8 on SIMH. The documentation mentions "set >> cpu idle=netbsd", but it doesn't work -- I'm stuck at 100% CPU. >> >> I'm

Re: [Simh] vax idle for NetBSD

2018-11-15 Thread Mark Pizzolato
Hi Paul, On Thursday, November 15, 2018 at 6:32 AM, Paul Koning wrote: > I just installed NetBSD/VAX V8 on SIMH. The documentation mentions "set > cpu idle=netbsd", but it doesn't work -- I'm stuck at 100% CPU. > > I'm running it on the microvax3900 simulator, if that makes a difference. Any >

[Simh] vax idle for NetBSD

2018-11-15 Thread Paul Koning
I just installed NetBSD/VAX V8 on SIMH. The documentation mentions "set cpu idle=netbsd", but it doesn't work -- I'm stuck at 100% CPU. I'm running it on the microvax3900 simulator, if that makes a difference. Any ideas? paul ___ Simh