In message <"iraul1.ira.104:15.02.97.14.45.37"@ira.uka.de>, 
Thorsten Frueauf writes:
>Hello!
>
>Is it possible that some changes at 13.2.1997 to sys/vm/* introduced
>some problems?
>

[...]

>I also noticed that the machine slowed down when using applications that
>eat many memory (e.g. netscape) in an unusual way.
>

I see similar behaviour.

I rebooted with a new (13.2.1997) kernel and started a 'make build' of
-current.  The machine started paging so heavily that I had to stop
the build process and boot the old kernel again.

-- Arne
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