[asterisk-users] hints causing hang in reload

[Sean Cook]

I have a system right now that has 32 extensions that I am setting up 
hints for

<snip>
exten => 4521,hint,SIP/4521
exten => 4522,hint,SIP/4522
exten => 4523,hint,SIP/4523
exten => 4524,hint,SIP/4524
exten => 4525,hint,SIP/4525
</snip>

The problem that I am running into is when I issue a reload, it hangs 
for about 30-40 seconds before completing the reload.  I have found that 
by taking the hints out of the config it reloads immediately as expected.

Has anyone else encountered this?   Is there a decent explanation?

Sean