Quoting Patrick Welche,

> In today's sup there are changes to some kern/vfs* files. Does this
> mean the nfs / ffs patches are no longer needed ?

Nope. Those changes are for WebNFS support (see my previous message).
The other patches (locking of hashtables in FSs) aren't in yet, but
should be soon, hopefully.

(I take it that this means that the patch works reliable for you and that
 it addresses your problem?)

- Frank