> Sometimes running rm -rf on a directory causes an unkillable
> rm process. It doesn't consume any CPU time but never returns.
> The system cannot be shutdown cleanly after this.
>
I have that problem too! Sometimes update hangs with D state
(the state field in top), this causes very exiting e2fsck's!
Or moves or copy's of big files end in such an unkillable process.
I have a ASUS P97LX-DS with two PII installed, I use the onboard
aic7880. I saw this problem with 2.1.8[56] (2.1.87 untested up to
now). The problem occures independent of the pirq=0 kernel argument.
Mathias Fr"ohlich
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