>> threads is not the problem, i'm much more afraid of that 'sleeps
>> forever' issue because the machine is being colocated -- and
>
> According the the news on the sparc64 port page, it is believed to be
> fixed.
>
> ciao
>      Klaus

thanks, indeed, [1] says that's believed to be fixed -- that makes it 
appear in a different light and i'd really like to use NetBSD then, 
however, which 2.0.x build is intentioned to include the fix? 2.0.2?

[1] -- http://mail-index.netbsd.org/source-changes/2005/02/12/0042.html

cheers,

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