3.4.0qa8 works fine, but after a while, a NetBSD/amd64 brick stops responding (while NetBSD/i386 servers seems to work fine, therefore it looks 64 bits specific). ktrace shows it loops around poll calls. Here is what I can see if I stop it and inspect with gdb: #0 0x00007f7ff62759da in ___lwp_park50 () from /lib/libc.so.12 (gdb) bt #0 0x00007f7ff62759da in ___lwp_park50 () from /lib/libc.so.12 #1 0x00007f7ff6c086b9 in pthread_cond_timedwait () from /usr/lib/libpthread.so.1 #2 0x00007f7ff200abd1 in iot_worker (data=0x7f7ff6fe3120) at io-threads.c:157 #3 0x00007f7ff6c09d75 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libpthread.so.1 #4 0x00007f7ff62759f0 in ___lwp_park50 () from /lib/libc.so.12 #5 0x00007f7fee000000 in ?? () #6 0x00007f7ff7fffcc0 in ?? () #7 0x0000000111110001 in ?? () #8 0x0000000033330003 in ?? () #9 0x0000000000000000 in ?? () (gdb) frame 2 #2 0x00007f7ff200abd1 in iot_worker (data=0x7f7ff6fe3120) at io-threads.c:157 157 ret = pthread_cond_timedwait (&conf->cond, (gdb) list 152 pri = -1; 153 } 154 while (conf->queue_size == 0) { 155 conf->sleep_count++; 156 157 ret = pthread_cond_timedwait (&conf->cond, 158 &conf->mutex, 159 &sleep_till); 160 conf->sleep_count--; 161 (gdb) print conf->cond $1 = {ptc_magic = 1431633925, ptc_lock = 0 '\000', ptc_waiters = { ptqh_first = 0x7f7feec00000, ptqh_last = 0x7f7fee000230}, ptc_mutex = 0x7f7ff6fe3120, ptc_private = 0x0} (gdb) print conf->mutex $2 = {ptm_magic = 858980355, ptm_errorcheck = 0 '\000', ptm_pad1 = "\000\000", ptm_interlock = 0 '\000', ptm_pad2 = "\000\000", ptm_owner = 0x0, ptm_waiters = 0x0, ptm_recursed = 0, ptm_spare2 = 0x0} NB: ptc_magic and ptm_magic are correct. (gdb) print sleep_till $3 = {tv_sec = 1359902843, tv_nsec = 0} This is also fine. (gdb) info threads Id Target Id Frame * 1 LWP 1 0x00007f7ff200abd1 in iot_worker (data=0x7f7ff6fe3120) at io-threads.c:157 The current thread <Thread ID 1> has terminated. See `help thread'. (gdb) Is'nt it supposed to have multiple threads? -- Emmanuel Dreyfus http://hcpnet.free.fr/pubz manu@xxxxxxxxxx