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Date:      Tue, 16 Nov 1999 10:03:07 -0800 (PST)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To:        "David E. Cross" <crossd@cs.rpi.edu>
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: vmpfw in pine via NFS
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.10.9911161002020.90967-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <199911160329.WAA92082@cs.rpi.edu>

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On Mon, 15 Nov 1999, David E. Cross wrote:

> I am noticing a large number of pine (and only pine) procs stuck in disk-wait.
> All of the are in the WCHAN "vmpfw".  Any ideas what this may mean?

Is the mail spool pine accessing on this NFS volume, or just the binary?

If so you're breaking the cardinal rule of NFS: Never serve mail spools
via NFS.

Doug White                    |  FreeBSD: The Power to Serve
dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu     |  www.FreeBSD.org



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