hmm...

i just (remotely) ran 'df -k' on my IPX... and i got a panic.  running
gdb on the core file gives:

elisha /orb/m/crash> gdb -k netbsd.4 netbsd.4.core
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(no debugging symbols found)...
panic: kernel fault
#0  0xf8007a70 in snapshot ()
(kgdb) where
#0  0xf8007a70 in snapshot ()
#1  0xf8007a78 in snapshot ()
#2  0xf80d4680 in boot ()
#3  0xf8024088 in panic ()
#4  0xf80da8d4 in mem_access_fault ()
#5  0xf80062fc in trapbase ()
#6  0xf808abe0 in nfs_statfs ()
#7  0xf803ea1c in sys_getfsstat ()
#8  0xf80dac6c in syscall ()
#9  0xf800672c in kgdb_trap_glue ()
#10 0x3e04 in ?? ()
#11 0x3198 in ?? ()
#12 0x2d14 in ?? ()
(kgdb)

anyone else seen this ?  frank ?  any ideas...

.mrg.