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Linux on VAX - Dead ?
by babydr DBA James W. Laferriere 24 Mär '23

24 Mär '23

Hello All , Having not seen any correspondence on the list in the last year . Is VAX-Linux finally dead ? Fmi , Is there a archive of the code , with the latest code changes , where I can at least locally archive it ? Tia , JimL Hopefully , Patiently , waiting for response(s) . -- +---------------------------------------------------------------------+ | James W. Laferriere | System Techniques | Give me VMS | | Network & System Engineer | 3237 Holden Road | Give me Linux | | jiml(a)system-techniques.com | Fairbanks, AK. 99709 | only on AXP | +---------------------------------------------------------------------+

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OpenVMS Hobbyist Program ie: VMS Licenses are Nolonger issued for VAX !
by babydr DBA James W. Laferriere 10 Jan '22

10 Jan '22

Hello Maciej & Jan & ALL , THe short story is VMS licenses Vax hardware will nolonger be issued . By Either of vms software , inc. Or HP . It's gone . I have a few QBus Vax based systems (and maybe another not qbus) which I'd really like to have be useful to me for a FEW more years . Like hopefully 10-20 years more or until the hardware itself is failing . I also have a SIMH instance functioning for OS testing as the VMS I had running on it worked flawlessly . I am willing and interested , Also if you search the archives , Had been interested before all the wind flew out of the sails of this (IMO) Wonderful project . My one difficulty at present is a ceiling on how much data I can transfer in or out of my data link . With that I can and will do my best to test & report back my findings . And would my efforts be of assistance given the affore mentioned items ? To: Maciej , I have (as far as I am aware) all instances of linux-vax-*.rpm's . my one concern is that there are MANY of simular name but lesser or different marked versioning . Would you please either post a definitive list of the rpm's that are necessary for a running system ? -- +---------------------------------------------------------------------+ | James W. Laferriere | System Techniques | Give me VMS | | Network & System Engineer | 3237 Holden Road | Give me Linux | | jiml(a)system-techniques.com | Fairbanks, AK. 99709 | only on AXP | +---------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Linux on VAX
by Jan Prunk 13 Nov '19

13 Nov '19

Hello Maciej and Jan, It's been a few years since my last e-mail regarding Linux on VAX port. I am interested if there has been any progress made since the year 2016? I guess the project website is offline currently? Kind regards, Jan

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Re: Fwd: Re: Linux on VAX
by coypu＠sdf.org 24 Okt '19

24 Okt '19

> -------- Vidarebefordrat meddelande -------- > Ämne: Re: Linux on VAX > Datum: Thu, 24 Oct 2019 13:50:08 +0200 > Från: Klaus Kämpf <kkaempf(a)suse.de> > Till: Maciej W. Rozycki <macro(a)linux-mips.org> > Kopia: jbglaw(a)getshlash.de, Jan Prunk <janprunk(a)gmail.com>, > vax-linux(a)lug-owl.de, jbglaw(a)lug-owl.de > > > > * Maciej W. Rozycki <macro(a)linux-mips.org> [Oct 23. 2019 23:04]: > > > The next issue is moving from reload to LRA, but that is not imminent. > > I'm sure our assistance would be welcome here, but our port has never > > reached the stability required for the GCC test suite to produce stable > > results, which in turn is required for port verification. > > I volunteered some years ago and I volunteer again: Having ported the > GNU compiler toolchain to VMS/AXP, I believe to have some experience > maintaining this code ;-) > > Can you point me to a (github?) repo where this code is hosted ? > > Klaus > > -- > SUSE Software Solutions Germany GmbH; GF: Felix Imendörffer; (HRB 36809, AG Nürnberg) > _______________________________________________ > Vax-linux mailing list > Vax-linux(a)lug-owl.de > https://lug-owl.de/mailman/listinfo/vax-linux > Hi, I know how these posts are often demotivating, so below is my own progress and self-documentation. However, feel free to completely throw all of it out. If you convert upstream GCC to CCmode or LRA, I will have no trouble merging these patches to that version. Don't worry about it. CCmode is a minimum requirement because cc0 ports are going to become deprecated in GCC, then removed. LRA is less urgent, but it might help us avoid bugs. GCC developers refer to reload as the devil, and we're one of few neglected architectures using it. ------------------------------------------------------ I don't know if any of my patches are interesting. They are split into tasks: - Merge the netbsd/vax code, which isn't necessarily interesting for non-netbsd. I am discussing them in https://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc/2019-09/msg00154.html This has two remaining issues with the patch: - The atomic patterns crash when building libatomic. They previously were not in use because builtins.md was not included. I'm spending so long stuck on this I might just comment them out. - flag_dwarf2_cfi_asm = 0, this is crashing when building netbsds libc, in binutils, like https://github.com/riscv/riscv-binutils-gdb/issues/76 it might be possible to overlook this problem because the fix will not be in GCC anyway. - CCmode draft, which might be generally interesting. It cannot compile basic programs. https://github.com/coypoop/gcc/tree/vax3 The documentation for turning to CCmode is here: https://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/CC0Transition - Additionally, I have my list of distinct crashes with reproducers and some notes: https://wiki.netbsd.org/users/maya/vax-gcc/ (These crash on a cross compiler) - I have some local patches I use to do a complete, clean build. Perhaps I should create a branch with those for easy testing, with build instructions I use for netbsd/vax.

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Progress of Linux on VAX
by Jan Prunk 08 Aug '16

08 Aug '16

Hello ! It's been a long time, since the last e-mail was posted to this mailing list, so I have a few questions to ask. I am wondering about any recent progress of the Linux port on VAX, is there still any code being written by J.B.G. or Maciej, maybe others who got involved ? Have you considered sharing the code on Github or similar git providers (it would make it easier for other people to maybe start with the contribution) ? What is the status of the code currently written, does it boot any VAX machines (which ?) up to a shell prompt ? Does anything else work after a completed bootup ? Thank you for your answers ! Kind regards, Jan

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vaxes for free.
by atp 12 Aug '13

12 Aug '13

Hello, I have a surplus pair of Vax station 3100's with the option of storage boxes, assorted keyboards and cables - enough to get you up and running, and a VXT2000 xterminal up for grabs. I've not switched them on in a couple years but if you're interested in having them and don't mind paying for transport or picking them up then contact me off list. I've some spares so if people are interested we can probably make them work if they don't fire up first time. andy -- atp <atp(a)tinola.com>

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current vax-linux kernel sources?
by Mikael Pettersson 30 Jul '13

30 Jul '13

I'm looking for the current vax-linux kernel sources. At the old web site there was a pointer to the kernel.org git repos, but the vax stuff there seems to have disappeared now (not restored after last year's intrusion there I guess). So, where do the kernel sources live now? Even a tarball snapshot would be appreciated. (My goal is to set up a vax-linux VM via SIMH. I've found Maciej's binary and source RPMs for user-space, but nothing for the kernel.) /Mikael

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Binutils 2.23.2 packages available
by Maciej W. Rozycki 05 Mai '13

05 Mai '13

Hi, I have made binutils 2.23.2 RPM packages available at: ftp://ftp.linux-mips.org/pub/linux/mips/people/macro/SRPMS/ ftp://ftp.linux-mips.org/pub/linux/mips/people/macro/RPMS/vax/ ftp://ftp.linux-mips.org/pub/linux/mips/people/macro/RPMS/i386/ -- included there are source packages, native binary packages as well as an i386 cross-binutils binary package. In addition to the version update they include fixes to ELF symbol export class handling that results in better code produced in the case where symbols can be accessed directly rather than through the GOT in PIC code. Enjoy! Maciej

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Merry Christmas or Happy Chanukah & A very Happy New Year .
by Mr. James W. Laferriere 25 Dez '12

25 Dez '12

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Firmware Dumper Utility
by Jan-Benedict Glaw 16 Dez '12

16 Dez '12

Hi! Just to let you know, I've fetched my old firmware dumper sources from SourceForge (http://linux-vax.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/linux-vax/usr/firmware_dumper/) and moved them to a new GIT repo (see http://vax-linux.org/gitweb/) I tried to build it, which broke horribly at my first try. It's eight years old code and ... seems it wasn't too portable *cough*. Some fixes applied, at least it builds without warnings with a recent compiler, though I haven't tested it again (yet.) MfG, JBG -- Jan-Benedict Glaw jbglaw(a)lug-owl.de +49-172-7608481 Signature of: If it doesn't work, force it. the second : If it breaks, it needed replacing anyway.

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