Here is the dmesg output:

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NetBSD 1.3I (MABELODE) #0: Mon Jan 25 17:28:11 PST 1999
    elric@mabelode.imrryr.org:/usr/src/sys/arch/alpha/compile/MABELODE
AlphaStation 200 4/233, 233MHz
8192 byte page size, 1 processor.
real mem = 67108864 (2048000 reserved for PROM, 65060864 used by NetBSD)
avail mem = 54468608
using 794 buffers containing 6504448 bytes of memory
mainbus0 (root)
cpu0 at mainbus0: ID 0 (primary), 21064A (pass 1.1)
apecs0 at mainbus0: DECchip 21071 Core Logic chipset
apecs0: DC21071-CA pass 2, 64-bit memory bus
apecs0: DC21071-DA pass 2
pci0 at apecs0 bus 0
pci0: i/o enabled, memory enabled
ncr0 at pci0 dev 6 function 0: ncr 53c810 fast10 scsi
ncr0: interrupting at isa irq 11
ncr0: minsync=25, maxsync=206, maxoffs=8, 16 dwords burst, normal dma fifo
ncr0: single-ended, open drain IRQ driver
ncr0: restart (scsi reset).
scsibus0 at ncr0: 8 targets, 8 luns per target
sd0 at scsibus0 targ 0 lun 0: <SEAGATE, ST32550W SUN2.1G, 0414> SCSI2 0/direct fixed
sd0(ncr0:0:0): 10.0 MB/s (100 ns, offset 8)
sd0: 2048MB, 3511 cyl, 11 head, 108 sec, 512 bytes/sect x 4194995 sectors
sd1 at scsibus0 targ 2 lun 0: <SEAGATE, ST32550W SUN2.1G, 0414> SCSI2 0/direct fixed
sd1(ncr0:2:0): 10.0 MB/s (100 ns, offset 8)
sd1: 2048MB, 3511 cyl, 11 head, 108 sec, 512 bytes/sect x 4194995 sectors
cd0 at scsibus0 targ 6 lun 0: <SONY, CD-ROM CDU-55S, 1.0t> SCSI2 5/cdrom removable
sio0 at pci0 dev 7 function 0: vendor 0x8086 product 0x0484 (rev. 0x84)
de0 at pci0 dev 11 function 0
de0: interrupting at isa irq 5
de0: DEC 21040 [10Mb/s] pass 2.4
de0: address 00:00:f8:21:6c:68
vga0 at pci0 dev 12 function 0: vendor 0x5333 product 0x8811 (rev. 0x00)
wsdisplay0 at vga0: console (80x25, sun emulation)
wsdisplay0: screen 1 added (80x25, sun emulation)
wsdisplay0: screen 2 added (80x25, sun emulation)
wsdisplay0: screen 3 added (80x25, sun emulation)
wsdisplay0: screen 4 added (80x25, sun emulation)
wsdisplay0: screen 5 added (80x25, sun emulation)
wsdisplay0: screen 6 added (80x25, sun emulation)
wsdisplay0: screen 7 added (80x25, sun emulation)
isa0 at sio0
com0 at isa0 port 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4: ns16550a, working fifo
com1 at isa0 port 0x2f8-0x2ff irq 3: ns16550a, working fifo
lpt0 at isa0 port 0x3bc-0x3bf irq 7
aria0 at isa0 port 0x290-0x297 irq 10: dsp SC18025, SC18075 mixer
audio0 at aria0
pckbc0 at isa0 port 0x60-0x64
pckbd0 at pckbc0 (kbd slot)
pckbc0: using irq 1 for kbd slot
wskbd0 at pckbd0: console keyboard
pcppi0 at isa0 port 0x61
spkr0 at pcppi0
mcclock0 at isa0 port 0x70-0x71: mc146818 or compatible
wscons: wskbd0 glued to wsdisplay0 (console)
root on sd0a dumps on sd0b
root file system type: ffs
de0: enabling 10baseT port
panic: pmap_physpage_alloc: no pages available after 5 tries
syncing disks... panic: lockmgr: locking against myself

I used to get this with 16MB RAM, a lot, and I thought that it was
because the minimum specs of the Alpha port were 32MB.  But now I
have 64MB, and got it.  The only thing that I was doing was running
a program that I'm guessing was running wild malloc(3)'ing memory
out of control.  (Yes, I am debugging it... :)

So, is this is well known problem, is there a solution, who would
be the best person to talk to about it?  I've looked for the code,
and note that it is in /sys/arch/alpha/alpha/pmap.c, but don't
really know how to go about fixing it.

 == Roland
 == http://www.imrryr.org/~elric/