kern/154228: [md] md getting stuck in wdrain state

[Carl]

On 2011-01-23 7:26 PM, Doug Barton wrote:
> Not to put too fine a point on it, but doing your part in situations
> like this is part of the "cost" of "free" software.

Believe it or not, I'd actually thought I _was_ doing my part when I 
spent all that time testing and trying to craft a script to make the 
situation reproducible. I did what was possible in my situation.

I really am truly grateful for the "free" software, but if the "cost" is 
a choice between nuking a production system or not bothering to spend 
time submitting bug reports containing as much information as is 
obtainable, which one will the end user choose? I know plenty of folks 
that would say that's a trick question and that the correct answer is to 
not use the "free" software. My turn to sharpen the point - wielding the 
"free" argument as a club is a bit much when end users are willingly 
doing what they can to help.

Carl                                              / K0802647