On Fri, 31 Jan 1997 13:23:52 +0100 (MET) 
 Bernd Ernesti <netbsd@arresum.inka.de> wrote:

 > I tried a new kernel (i386) with the setroot changes, but it reboots
 > right before or after the memory output.
 > 
 > This is a P133 with 64MB Ram. I made some minor changes to the GENERIC
 > config (some devices are removed and i added VM86).
 > 
 > So be carefull to make a backup of your old kernel.

So, it turns out that this is not related to the setroot() code, at all.
It seems to have something to do with the KMEMSTATS changes that went
into the tree at roughly the same time.

I hope to investigate that soon...

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