> Sorry for the late reply.  I'm using Gentoo Linux built from source
> for ~amd64 (unstable).

Thanks

> The crashes all seem to be while the devfs process is running.  One 
> thing strange I noticed is that I'm using Gentoo's "OpenRC" boot
> system, but the crashes only occur when it is configured to start
> services in parallel (rc_parallel="YES" in /etc/rc.conf).

I've not managed to duplicate this yet but I suspect there is a
locking bug in one of the paths where devfs is opening the tty
multiple times in parallel.

I may have to try building a stress tester for that.

Alan
 

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