Now that you mention it: I also remember having some issues with syslogd
and inetd on my Milan before I upgraded to EasyMiNT. E.g. syslogd would
always crash during shutdown if MP was enabled. This was with 1.16.3
though, but it could be that the issue is related to this programs and
not the kernel itself.
1. Did you switch to EasyMiNT when you upgraded to 1.16.3?
2. If so, what happens if you use a 1.15-kernel now?
I'm quite sure that I have a backup of my old MiNT-setup, I could try
extracting syslogd from it and see what happens if I replace the
EasyMiNT-syslogd with it.