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From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>
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Subject: Re: Request to add this to FAQ re: swap space
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>> >> Don't change MSG_BSIZE.  Allocation of vm for it is broken except for
>> >> the default size.
>> >
>> >Hmmmmmmmm....  well I've been running with that for quite some time...
>> >set to 16K instead of 4K.
>> 
>> This causes 3 semi-random active pages to be mapped to the end of the
>> message buffer.
>
>How to fix?

I fixed it a while ago and have been waiting for it to be reviewed.

>Nobody mentioned this problem back in February when I originally brought
>it up (see the hackers thread with Subject: "Latest 2.1R panic. Hmm.")

That's because apparently nobody knew about the bug then.

Bruce