>  > >How-To-Repeat:
>  > 	Just try the command
>  > 		tar zxvf file.tar.gz
>  > 	Nothing happens.  If you interrupt it and do a ps you see:
>  >   371   392     1   0 -18  0   296  104 thrd_s D    p4    0:00.01 tar 
>  >	zxvf file.tar.gz
> This was caused by a deadlock condition that existed between the
> object collapse code and the pageout daemon.  I committed the appended
> patch from Charles Hannum a short bit ago.  It took care of the problems
> like this that I was seeing.
Thanks for coming up with a quick fix.  Unfortunately I still
have the same problem.  I just ran sup and now have this vm_object.c:
/*      $NetBSD: vm_object.c,v 1.44 1997/02/24 22:19:26 thorpej Exp $   */

I get exactly the same problem with tar as before.

        -- Lennart

PS. Here's my boot message:
NetBSD 1.2C (CALVIN) #102: Tue Feb 25 01:33:41 MET 1997
    augustss@calvin.cs.chalmers.se:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/CALVIN
cpu0: family 5 model 2 step c
cpu0: Intel Pentium (P54C) (586-class)
real mem  = 66711552
avail mem = 60407808
using 839 buffers containing 3436544 bytes of memory
mainbus0 (root)
pci0 at mainbus0 bus 0: configuration mode 1
pchb0 at pci0 dev 0 function 0
pchb0: Intel 82437FX (Triton) PCI, Cache, and DRAM Controller (rev. 0x02)
pcib0 at pci0 dev 7 function 0
pcib0: Intel 82471FB (Triton) PCI-ISA Bridge (rev. 0x02)
S3 86C968-0 ("Vision968") (class display, subclass VGA, revision 0x00) at pci0 dev 10 function 0 not configured
ncr0 at pci0 dev 12 function 0: NCR 53c810 SCSI
ncr0: interrupting at irq 12
ncr0: restart (scsi reset).
scsibus0 at ncr0: 8 targets
sd1 at scsibus0 targ 0 lun 0: <MICROP, 4110-09NB_Nov18F, TN0F> SCSI2 0/direct fixed
sd1: sd1(ncr0:0:0): 10.0 MB/s (100 ns, offset 8)
1002MB, 2428 cyl, 9 head, 93 sec, 512 bytes/sec
sd0 at scsibus0 targ 1 lun 0: <SEAGATE, ST15150N, 0020> SCSI2 0/direct fixed
sd0: sd0(ncr0:1:0): 10.0 MB/s (100 ns, offset 8)
4095MB, 3712 cyl, 21 head, 107 sec, 512 bytes/sec
cd0 at scsibus0 targ 2 lun 0: <PIONEER, CD-ROM DR-124X, 1.01> SCSI2 5/cdrom removable
sd2 at scsibus0 targ 5 lun 0: <IOMEGA, ZIP 100, D.09> SCSI2 0/direct removable
sd2: 96MB, 96 cyl, 64 head, 32 sec, 512 bytes/sec
isa0 at pcib0
com0 at isa0 port 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4: ns16550a, working fifo
com1 at isa0 port 0x2f8-0x2ff irq 3: ns16550a, working fifo
lpt0 at isa0 port 0x378-0x37b irq 7
ed0 at isa0 port 0x300-0x31f irq 9
ed0: address 00:00:79:00:3b:bb, type NE1000 (8-bit)
wss0 at isa0 port 0x530-0x537 irq 10 drq 1: AD1848K (vers 4), 82C929
npx0 at isa0 port 0xf0-0xff: using exception 16
vt0 at isa0 port 0x60-0x6f irq 1: unknown s3, 80 col, color, 4 scr, mf2-kbd, [R3.32]
pms0 at vt0 irq 12
fdc0 at isa0 port 0x3f0-0x3f7 irq 6 drq 2
fd0 at fdc0 drive 0: 1.44MB 80 cyl, 2 head, 18 sec
joy0 at isa0 port 0x201
joy0: joystick connected
apm0 at mainbus0: Power Management spec V1.1
apm0: A/C state: on
apm0: battery charge state: no battery
biomask 1440 netmask 1640 ttymask 16da
boot device: sd1