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To: Peter Wemm <peter@netplex.com.au>
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Subject: Re: BUF_LOCK() related panic.. 
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On Mon, 28 Jun 1999, Peter Wemm wrote:

> Doug wrote:
> > 	Please forgive me if this is a naive question, but could this problem a
>     lso
> > relate to why starting netscape now panic's my system? I have a UP celeron
> > 300a system and with the most recent -current I can boot fine, startx fine,
> > but as soon as I try to start netscape the system locks and reboots. 
> > 
> > 	I can add DDB and do all that stuff if needed, however if it's possible
> > that this problem is the cause I will simply wait for the fix. 
> 
> I suspect you were running into a problem in swap_pager.c.  If anything is
> going to make your system swap, netscape will be it.  I *think* I fixed

Hmm... you don't think doing grep -500s on a cdev (hdd, actually) will cause
REALLY horrible swapping/disk-reading behavior? *grin*

> that particular problem in swap_pager about an hour or so ago.  The
> cluster_wbuild() problem is still lurking though, best advice is to
> backtrack a bit.
> 
> > Thanks,
> > 
> > Doug
> 
> Cheers,
> -Peter
> 
> 
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