> > just out of curiosity...
> > 
> > what version of netbsd is this?
> > 
> > do you have any/all of the DEBUG, DIAGNOSTIC, MALLOC_DEBUG, or
> > KMEMSTATS options enabled in your kernel config?
>
>http://mail-index.netbsd.org/current-users/2003/12/02/0021.html
>
>It's 200311170000 from releng.netbsd.org, with a GENERIC kernel
>modulo a bumped up NMBCLUSTERS.

ah, right.  may i suggest adding MALLOC_DEBUG and KMEMSTATS to that
kernel so that you can see more accurately where the memory is being
consumed?

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