"Erik E. Fair" <fair@NetBSD.org> writes:
> I also have some MP i386 & SPARC systems. It would be
> instructive to run this program on those. If it doesn't cause
> problems then we have an Alpha-specific problem...

I have already tried the program on a quad-cpu i386 system, and
that system survives just fine.  A coworker of mine has also
tried the program on a dual-CPU Ultrasparc system, and that
survived as well.  So I believe that this is a Alpha-specific
problem.
					-jarle