[ltp] BUG: soft lockup - CPU#0 stuck for 61s!

[Tino Keitel]

On Sat, Feb 07, 2009 at 20:26:29 +1100, D. Sen wrote:
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> Anyone noticed this on their syslog? It appears whenever I am trying to
> backup my hard drive to an external drive (USB or ESATA). It freezes the
> computer requiring a hard reboot.
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> Very annoying. Googling results in various hits - but nothing definite.

I saw such hangs with recent versions of the Intel driver (2.6.1) with
kernel mode setting enabled in the kernel.

Regards,
Tino