More on high i/o load wedging Fedora 10

[Eric Sandeen]

Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX N2469R wrote:
> I regret not providing the output of sysrq-w  when Linux was wedged.
> About the time I figured out that sysrq-w was a magic key combination
> and not an undocumented command, I had updated to a Rawhide
> kernel and the problem went away.

OK, then it's likely the bug that I thought was already fixed, all
along.  Thanks for the success report.

> We've come a long way from Version 7 Unix when one could hope
> to get their hands around the kernel without quitting their day job.
> That should be kept in mind when asking for the output of arcane
> procedures.

I'll keep that in mind next time when I throw out things like "give me
sysrq-w" - my jargon is not universal, sorry about that.

-Eric