>> > >> what does the traceback in ddb look like?  do you get a crash dump?
>> > >
>> > >Traceback attached, and no crash dump.
>> > 
>> > how bizarre.  nothing like the code path that led to my panic, except
>> > at the end where it panics.
>> > 
>> > can you make a crash dump, or does the machine have trouble doing that?
>
>db{0}> sync 
>syncing disks... panic: TLB IPI rendezvous failed (mask 2) 
>Stopped in pid 22798 (idlc) at  cpu_Debugger+0x4:       leave 

oh joy.  that means this will be more fun.  :)

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