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Terry Lambert wrote:
> 

> This is actually a bug, since it relates to the ability to mark areas
> of RAM off limits for reuse, and force the contents of that area out
> to swap; when that region is swapped back in, it will not be to the
> area marked off limits.

Unfortunatly it doesn't help for the 'wired down' pages the kernel
owns scattered throughout physical memory.