Robert Black said:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> Some time ago I know there was a problem with several ports with processes
> occassionally hanging in a disk-wait (in vflushbuf). Does anyone know whether
> this problem was ever resolved?
> 

I don't think it has been : Yesterday I saw this on my NetBSD/pmax :
#ps axu | fgrep 2309
bouyer    2309  0.0  0.0  1216    0 p4  D+    5:54PM    0:00.32 as -g -o regis.
#ps axl | fgrep 2309
132  2309  2305  59  -5  0  1216    0 vflush D+   p4    0:00.32 as -g -o regi
#date
Mon Jun 10 19:50:02 MET DST 1996

2 hours to assemble a file is too much :) 

I was also unable to cd to the directory, the process fall in the same,
unkillable state. Also, at reboot, the machine hand at 'syncing disks...'

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Manuel Bouyer, LIX, Ecole Polytechnique
email: bouyer@lix.polytechnique.fr
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