> >Synopsis:       Bizarre bug in NFS/mmap code

> 	I have a file NFS mounted from a SunOS 4.1.3u1 fileserver onto
> 	various machines.  One of which is a sun4 running NetBSD
> 	-current (muon)

> 	It used to be       "abs culf dp myth norm nostra socrates tjfas tugs"
> 	It was changed to   "abs culf dp myth norm nostra tjfas tugs"
> 	'cat' on muon gives "abs culf dp myth norm nostra tjfas tugs"
> 	'vi' on muon gives  "abs culf dp myth norm nostra socrates tj"

> >Fix:
> 	Truely unknown - I guess this is mmap() interacting with nfsiod
> 	or similar.  The situation seems stable (which does cause the
> 	odd problem :)

I don't think it's related to nfsiod.  "My" NetBSD/sparc machine has
been exhibiting similar irregularities when editing files with vi, when
there aren't any NFS mounts at all active, in either direction.  (The
kernel does have NFS configured in, but it's not in use.)

					der Mouse

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