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Revision tags: perseant-exfatfs-base-20250801 netbsd-11-base
# 1.23 14-Jul-2025 hans

vax/boot: fix detection of CMD CQD-22x MSCP controllers

Certain models of CMD MSCP controllers fail to be detected by uda(4) if
they have been booted from. This failure mode has been introduced in
revision 1.11 of uba_mainbus.c, when scanning for Qbus/Unibus memories
was added. They are deteced fine when NetBSD is booted from any other
device such as over the network.

When NetBSD is booted from a MSCP controller, the boot loader sets up
the Qbus map to provide the controller with a small command/response
ring in memory to be used for I/O. Once the kernel is loaded and uba(4)
is attaching, the Qbus map is cleared while scanning for memories. It
appears that sudden loss of access to the command/response ring causes
the firmware of these CMD controllers to drop dead.

As a result, these controllers don't react in a reasonable time (100ms
by the spec) when their IP register is written to re-initialze the
controller. Even though uda(4)'s udamatch() waits up to 10s for a sign
of life from the controller, that's usually not enough for it to wake
up and it is assumed to be absent. Which, of course, causes the kernel
to fail booting as the boot device can't be found.

This needs to be addressed both in the kernel and the bootloader.

To fix this properly, the standalone ra.c driver in the boot loader
should provide a close() entry point which clears the IP register to
issue a controller reset. Thus when the kernel is loaded, the firmware
of the MSCP controller is again in reset state and can't get confused
anymore by the initialization of the Qbus map in uba(4).


Revision tags: netbsd-10-1-RELEASE perseant-exfatfs-base-20240630 perseant-exfatfs-base netbsd-9-4-RELEASE netbsd-10-0-RELEASE netbsd-10-0-RC6 netbsd-10-0-RC5 netbsd-10-0-RC4 netbsd-10-0-RC3 netbsd-10-0-RC2 thorpej-ifq-base thorpej-altq-separation-base netbsd-10-0-RC1 netbsd-10-base bouyer-sunxi-drm-base netbsd-9-3-RELEASE thorpej-i2c-spi-conf2-base thorpej-futex2-base thorpej-cfargs2-base cjep_sun2x-base1 cjep_sun2x-base cjep_staticlib_x-base1 netbsd-9-2-RELEASE cjep_staticlib_x-base thorpej-i2c-spi-conf-base thorpej-cfargs-base thorpej-futex-base netbsd-9-1-RELEASE bouyer-xenpvh-base2 phil-wifi-20200421 bouyer-xenpvh-base1 phil-wifi-20200411 bouyer-xenpvh-base is-mlppp-base phil-wifi-20200406 ad-namecache-base3 netbsd-9-0-RELEASE netbsd-9-0-RC2 ad-namecache-base2 ad-namecache-base1 ad-namecache-base netbsd-9-0-RC1 phil-wifi-20191119 netbsd-9-base phil-wifi-20190609 isaki-audio2-base pgoyette-compat-20190127 pgoyette-compat-20190118 pgoyette-compat-1226 pgoyette-compat-1126 pgoyette-compat-1020 pgoyette-compat-0930 pgoyette-compat-0906 pgoyette-compat-0728 phil-wifi-base pgoyette-compat-0625 pgoyette-compat-0521 pgoyette-compat-0502 pgoyette-compat-0422 pgoyette-compat-0415 pgoyette-compat-0407 pgoyette-compat-0330 pgoyette-compat-0322
# 1.22 21-Mar-2018 ragge

branches: 1.22.38;
Fix bug causing autoboot on 750/780 not to work. Cleanup.


# 1.21 19-Mar-2018 ragge

Use a common routine ubmap() that setup the map registers as needed,
not expecting everything to be below 4M. This solves the problem
that large kernels cannot be loaded reported on port-vax.


Revision tags: pgoyette-compat-0315 pgoyette-compat-base tls-maxphys-base-20171202 matt-nb8-mediatek-base nick-nhusb-base-20170825 perseant-stdc-iso10646-base netbsd-8-base
# 1.20 22-May-2017 ragge

branches: 1.20.2; 1.20.8;
Update copyright notice for Ludd (remove clause 3 & 4).


Revision tags: netbsd-7-2-RELEASE netbsd-7-1-2-RELEASE netbsd-7-1-1-RELEASE prg-localcount2-base3 prg-localcount2-base2 prg-localcount2-base1 prg-localcount2-base pgoyette-localcount-20170426 bouyer-socketcan-base1 jdolecek-ncq-base pgoyette-localcount-20170320 netbsd-7-1-RELEASE netbsd-7-1-RC2 nick-nhusb-base-20170204 netbsd-7-nhusb-base-20170116 bouyer-socketcan-base pgoyette-localcount-20170107 netbsd-7-1-RC1 nick-nhusb-base-20161204 pgoyette-localcount-20161104 netbsd-7-0-2-RELEASE nick-nhusb-base-20161004 localcount-20160914 netbsd-7-nhusb-base pgoyette-localcount-20160806 pgoyette-localcount-20160726 pgoyette-localcount-base nick-nhusb-base-20160907 nick-nhusb-base-20160529 netbsd-7-0-1-RELEASE nick-nhusb-base-20160422 nick-nhusb-base-20160319 nick-nhusb-base-20151226 netbsd-7-0-RELEASE nick-nhusb-base-20150921 netbsd-7-0-RC3 netbsd-7-0-RC2 netbsd-7-0-RC1 nick-nhusb-base-20150606 nick-nhusb-base-20150406 nick-nhusb-base netbsd-7-base yamt-pagecache-base9 tls-earlyentropy-base riastradh-xf86-video-intel-2-7-1-pre-2-21-15 riastradh-drm2-base3 rmind-smpnet-nbase rmind-smpnet-base tls-maxphys-base
# 1.19 09-Nov-2013 christos

branches: 1.19.6;
fix unused variable warnings


Revision tags: netbsd-6-0-6-RELEASE netbsd-6-1-5-RELEASE yamt-pagecache-tag8 netbsd-6-1-4-RELEASE netbsd-6-0-5-RELEASE netbsd-6-1-3-RELEASE netbsd-6-0-4-RELEASE netbsd-6-1-2-RELEASE netbsd-6-0-3-RELEASE netbsd-6-1-1-RELEASE riastradh-drm2-base2 riastradh-drm2-base1 riastradh-drm2-base netbsd-6-0-2-RELEASE netbsd-6-1-RELEASE netbsd-6-1-RC4 netbsd-6-1-RC3 agc-symver-base netbsd-6-1-RC2 netbsd-6-1-RC1 yamt-pagecache-base8 netbsd-6-0-1-RELEASE yamt-pagecache-base7 matt-nb6-plus-nbase yamt-pagecache-base6 netbsd-6-0-RELEASE netbsd-6-0-RC2 matt-nb6-plus-base netbsd-6-0-RC1 jmcneill-usbmp-base10 yamt-pagecache-base5 jmcneill-usbmp-base9 yamt-pagecache-base4 jmcneill-usbmp-base8 jmcneill-usbmp-base7 jmcneill-usbmp-base6 jmcneill-usbmp-base5 jmcneill-usbmp-base4 jmcneill-usbmp-base3 jmcneill-usbmp-pre-base2 jmcneill-usbmp-base2 netbsd-6-base jmcneill-usbmp-base jmcneill-audiomp3-base yamt-pagecache-base3 yamt-pagecache-base2 yamt-pagecache-base rmind-uvmplock-nbase cherry-xenmp-base uebayasi-xip-base7 bouyer-quota2-nbase bouyer-quota2-base jruoho-x86intr-base matt-mips64-premerge-20101231 uebayasi-xip-base6 uebayasi-xip-base5 uebayasi-xip-base4 uebayasi-xip-base3 yamt-nfs-mp-base11 uebayasi-xip-base2 yamt-nfs-mp-base10 uebayasi-xip-base1 rmind-uvmplock-base yamt-nfs-mp-base9 uebayasi-xip-base matt-premerge-20091211 yamt-nfs-mp-base8 yamt-nfs-mp-base7 jymxensuspend-base yamt-nfs-mp-base6 yamt-nfs-mp-base5 yamt-nfs-mp-base4 jym-xensuspend-nbase yamt-nfs-mp-base3 nick-hppapmap-base4 nick-hppapmap-base3 jym-xensuspend-base nick-hppapmap-base
# 1.18 18-Mar-2009 cegger

branches: 1.18.12; 1.18.22; 1.18.26;
bzero -> memset


Revision tags: netbsd-5-2-3-RELEASE netbsd-5-1-5-RELEASE netbsd-5-2-2-RELEASE netbsd-5-1-4-RELEASE netbsd-5-2-1-RELEASE netbsd-5-1-3-RELEASE netbsd-5-2-RELEASE netbsd-5-2-RC1 netbsd-5-1-2-RELEASE netbsd-5-1-1-RELEASE matt-nb5-mips64-premerge-20101231 matt-nb5-pq3-base netbsd-5-1-RELEASE netbsd-5-1-RC4 matt-nb5-mips64-k15 netbsd-5-1-RC3 netbsd-5-1-RC2 netbsd-5-1-RC1 netbsd-5-0-2-RELEASE matt-nb5-mips64-premerge-20091211 matt-nb5-mips64-u2-k2-k4-k7-k8-k9 matt-nb4-mips64-k7-u2a-k9b matt-nb5-mips64-u1-k1-k5 netbsd-5-0-1-RELEASE netbsd-5-0-RELEASE netbsd-5-0-RC4 netbsd-5-0-RC3 nick-hppapmap-base2 netbsd-5-0-RC2 netbsd-5-0-RC1 haad-dm-base2 haad-nbase2 ad-audiomp2-base netbsd-5-base matt-mips64-base2 haad-dm-base1 wrstuden-revivesa-base-4 netbsd-4-0-1-RELEASE wrstuden-revivesa-base-3 wrstuden-revivesa-base-2 wrstuden-fixsa-newbase nick-csl-alignment-base5 haad-dm-base wrstuden-revivesa-base-1 simonb-wapbl-nbase yamt-pf42-base4 simonb-wapbl-base yamt-pf42-base3 hpcarm-cleanup-nbase yamt-pf42-baseX yamt-pf42-base2 yamt-nfs-mp-base2 wrstuden-revivesa-base yamt-nfs-mp-base yamt-pf42-base ad-socklock-base1 yamt-lazymbuf-base15 yamt-lazymbuf-base14 keiichi-mipv6-nbase mjf-devfs2-base nick-net80211-sync-base keiichi-mipv6-base bouyer-xeni386-merge1 matt-armv6-prevmlocking wrstuden-fixsa-base-1 vmlocking2-base3 netbsd-4-0-RELEASE bouyer-xeni386-nbase yamt-kmem-base3 cube-autoconf-base yamt-kmem-base2 bouyer-xeni386-base yamt-kmem-base vmlocking2-base2 reinoud-bufcleanup-nbase vmlocking2-base1 netbsd-4-0-RC5 matt-nb4-arm-base matt-armv6-nbase jmcneill-base netbsd-4-0-RC4 mjf-devfs-base bouyer-xenamd64-base2 vmlocking-nbase yamt-x86pmap-base4 bouyer-xenamd64-base netbsd-4-0-RC3 yamt-x86pmap-base3 yamt-x86pmap-base2 netbsd-4-0-RC2 yamt-x86pmap-base netbsd-4-0-RC1 matt-armv6-base jmcneill-pm-base hpcarm-cleanup-base nick-csl-alignment-base matt-mips64-base yamt-idlelwp-base8 wrstuden-fixsa-base ppcoea-renovation-base thorpej-atomic-base reinoud-bufcleanup-base mjf-ufs-trans-base vmlocking-base ad-audiomp-base post-newlock2-merge newlock2-nbase yamt-splraiseipl-base5 yamt-splraiseipl-base4 yamt-splraiseipl-base3 abandoned-netbsd-4-base yamt-splraiseipl-base2 yamt-splraiseipl-base yamt-pdpolicy-base9 newlock2-base yamt-pdpolicy-base8 yamt-pdpolicy-base7 netbsd-4-base rpaulo-netinet-merge-pcb-base
# 1.17 01-Jul-2006 mrg

branches: 1.17.62; 1.17.70; 1.17.76;
fix pointer signedness and build with GCC4.


Revision tags: yamt-pdpolicy-base6 chap-midi-nbase gdamore-uart-base chap-midi-base
# 1.16 11-Jun-2006 he

branches: 1.16.2;
Correct a mistake I introduced when getting rid of lvalue casts.


# 1.15 08-Jun-2006 he

Get rid of lvalue casts by either using an extra temporary variable
or by using the appropriate casts in the first place.


Revision tags: simonb-timcounters-final yamt-pdpolicy-base5 yamt-pdpolicy-base4 yamt-pdpolicy-base3 peter-altq-base yamt-pdpolicy-base2 elad-kernelauth-base yamt-pdpolicy-base yamt-uio_vmspace-base5 simonb-timecounters-base
# 1.14 11-Dec-2005 christos

branches: 1.14.4; 1.14.8; 1.14.14;
merge ktrace-lwp.


Revision tags: yamt-readahead-base3 yamt-readahead-base2 yamt-readahead-pervnode yamt-readahead-perfile yamt-readahead-base yamt-vop-base3 yamt-vop-base2 thorpej-vnode-attr-base yamt-vop-base ktrace-lwp-base
# 1.13 27-Jun-2005 junyoung

branches: 1.13.2;
Use the form of #include <...> rather than #include "..." for headers of
which paths don't start from the current directory.


# 1.12 27-Jun-2005 junyoung

Remove trailing spaces.


Revision tags: netbsd-3-1-1-RELEASE netbsd-3-0-3-RELEASE netbsd-3-1-RELEASE netbsd-3-0-2-RELEASE netbsd-3-1-RC4 netbsd-3-1-RC3 netbsd-3-1-RC2 netbsd-3-1-RC1 netbsd-3-0-1-RELEASE netbsd-3-0-RELEASE netbsd-3-0-RC6 netbsd-3-0-RC5 netbsd-3-0-RC4 netbsd-3-0-RC3 netbsd-3-0-RC2 netbsd-3-0-RC1 netbsd-2-0-3-RELEASE netbsd-2-1-RELEASE netbsd-2-1-RC6 netbsd-2-1-RC5 netbsd-2-1-RC4 netbsd-2-1-RC3 netbsd-2-1-RC2 netbsd-2-1-RC1 yamt-km-base4 netbsd-2-0-2-RELEASE yamt-km-base3 netbsd-3-base yamt-km-base2 yamt-km-base kent-audio2-base netbsd-2-0-1-RELEASE kent-audio1-beforemerge netbsd-2-base kent-audio1-base netbsd-2-0-RELEASE netbsd-2-0-RC5 netbsd-2-0-RC4 netbsd-2-0-RC3 netbsd-2-0-RC2 netbsd-2-0-RC1 netbsd-2-0-base nathanw_sa_before_merge fvdl_fs64_base gmcgarry_ctxsw_base gmcgarry_ucred_base nathanw_sa_base kqueue-aftermerge kqueue-beforemerge gehenna-devsw-base kqueue-base
# 1.11 04-Jun-2002 ragge

branches: 1.11.6;
Need longer delay while waiting for mscp packets, otherwise it times out
on VAX8650.


# 1.10 24-May-2002 ragge

%d -> %ld in some debug messages, after the ELF switch.


Revision tags: netbsd-1-6-PATCH002-RELEASE netbsd-1-6-PATCH002 netbsd-1-6-PATCH002-RC4 netbsd-1-6-PATCH002-RC3 netbsd-1-6-PATCH002-RC2 netbsd-1-6-PATCH002-RC1 netbsd-1-6-PATCH001 netbsd-1-6-PATCH001-RELEASE netbsd-1-6-PATCH001-RC3 netbsd-1-6-PATCH001-RC2 netbsd-1-6-PATCH001-RC1 netbsd-1-6-RELEASE netbsd-1-6-RC3 netbsd-1-6-RC2 netbsd-1-6-RC1 netbsd-1-6-base eeh-devprop-base newlock-base ifpoll-base thorpej-mips-cache-base thorpej-devvp-base3 thorpej-devvp-base2 post-chs-ubcperf pre-chs-ubcperf thorpej-devvp-base thorpej_scsipi_beforemerge thorpej_scsipi_nbase thorpej_scsipi_base
# 1.9 19-Jul-2000 matt

branches: 1.9.4; 1.9.8; 1.9.16;
Add support for loading a 2nd stage boot in either a.out or ELF.
Add support for loading a 2nd stage boot directly to it's desired address
if possible.
cleanup use of u_int/size_t.


# 1.8 10-Jul-2000 ragge

Add support for VAX 6000 + VAX 8000. Tweak console routines.
Create a fake RPB if either netbooted (on machine without RPB) or
loaded from console storage (without VMB intervention).


Revision tags: netbsd-1-5-PATCH003 netbsd-1-5-PATCH002 netbsd-1-5-PATCH001 netbsd-1-5-RELEASE netbsd-1-5-BETA2 netbsd-1-5-BETA netbsd-1-5-ALPHA2 netbsd-1-5-base
# 1.7 11-Jun-2000 ragge

Fix booting from BI-based disks.


Revision tags: minoura-xpg4dl-base
# 1.6 21-May-2000 ragge

branches: 1.6.2;
Remove forgotten debug printf.


# 1.5 20-May-2000 ragge

Change all devices to use the RPB info when autobooting, this allows for
booting from unsupported devices also. As a side effect; it fixes PR#9202.


Revision tags: chs-ubc2-newbase wrstuden-devbsize-19991221 wrstuden-devbsize-base comdex-fall-1999-base fvdl-softdep-base
# 1.4 07-Aug-1999 ragge

branches: 1.4.2;
BI bus files has moved.


Revision tags: chs-ubc2-base
# 1.3 30-Jun-1999 ragge

Search for include files in new locations.


Revision tags: netbsd-1-4-PATCH003 netbsd-1-4-PATCH002 kame_141_19991130 netbsd-1-4-PATCH001 kame_14_19990705 kame_14_19990628 netbsd-1-4-RELEASE netbsd-1-4-base
# 1.2 01-Apr-1999 ragge

branches: 1.2.4;
A bunch of small fixes to make boot work on most VAXen.


# 1.1 06-Mar-1999 ragge

New boot program for vax. Appearance similar to the i386 boot blocks.