On Wed, 16 Jun 2010 00:03:54 -0700
Michael Evans [off-list ref] wrote:

Have you exhaustively tested your drives as well?

The smartctl -t long test is a good one to start with.

I run that the first thing after buying every new disk. The drives are okay,
even if they weren't, they should absolutely not cause the system lock-up in
the manner I was experiencing.

I believe what I have is either a controller bug, or this:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=602457

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With respect,
Roman