NetBSD Problem Report #10554

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From: Klaus Klein <kleink@akaflieg.uni-karlsruhe.de>
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Subject: mop server implementation not suitable for non-VAXen
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>Number:         10554
>Category:       bin
>Synopsis:       mop server implementation not suitable for non-VAXen
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    bin-bug-people
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Mon Jul 10 05:59:00 +0000 2000
>Closed-Date:    
>Last-Modified:  Thu Jan 17 21:53:43 +0000 2002
>Originator:     Klaus Klein
>Release:        today's
>Organization:
Frobozz Magic Standards Company
>Environment:
System: NetBSD post-holiday-tequila-hallucination 1.5B NetBSD 1.5B (KN03) #1: Fri Jul 7 20:40:24 CEST 2000 kleink@minor-variation:/vol/tmp/kernels/KN03 pmax


>Description:
	The mop implementation shipped with NetBSD is able to serve
	VAX/a.out files only; the pmax install notes refer to mop
	booting in the context of Ultrix only which makes the issue
	~pointless.

>How-To-Repeat:
	Find out that tftp is broken in your machine's particular
	PROM version; be stumped when you find out that you really
	need an Ultrix machine to boot from.

>Fix:
	A pointer into the right direction would be appreciated
	(ELF -> ECOFF + MOP header?); I can take care of implementing
	it.  (The Alpha port might also benefit from this, albeit it's
	probably less likely to be suffering from tftp firmware braindamage.)

>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:

From: Gregory McGarry <g.mcgarry@ieee.org>
To: Klaus Klein <kleink@akaflieg.uni-karlsruhe.de>
Cc: gnats-bugs@gnats.netbsd.org, netbsd-bugs@netbsd.org
Subject: Re: bin/10554: mop server implementation not suitable for non-VAXen
Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2000 08:32:19 +1000

 Klaus Klein wrote:

 > The mop implementation shipped with NetBSD is able to serve
 > VAX/a.out files only; the pmax install notes refer to mop
 > booting in the context of Ultrix only which makes the issue
 > ~pointless.

 I investigated this recently.  I know little about the MOP protocol,
 and haven't been able to find any specifications on it.

 > A pointer into the right direction would be appreciated
 > (ELF -> ECOFF + MOP header?); I can take care of implementing
 > it. 

 I didn't place the project on high priority.  I will setup an Ultrix
 machine to establish a starting point.

 	-- Gregory McGarry <g.mcgarry@ieee.org>

From: Mats O Jansson <maja@cntw.com>
To: NetBSD GNATS Problem Report Tracking System <gnats-bugs@gnats.netbsd.org>
Cc:  
Subject: Re: bin/10554: mop server implementation not suitable for 
 non-VAXen
Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2000 16:24:00 -0700

 The development of mopd has always been driven by my needs :-)

 I added ecoff to mopd a couple of years ago but that version has never
 been released. It shouldn't be hard to back port it to the "current"
 version. Give me a couple of days and i might be able to release
 something...

 -moj
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