Comment 23 for bug 986321

People, please read this!

First, this seems to be the gathering point for people who are affected by the read/write failures, but please note:
- the OP states clearly that s/he is running quite an impressive *ng piece of kit, which I'm very sceptical is the very same hardware that other people who state they're affected are using. Perhaps it would be better if it can be made clear in the bug description that this is to be a 'tracking bug' for a generic problem.
- Please, please provide at least an `lspci -vv` with your confirmation, this could be important in determining whether this thing is generic or hardware-specific.
- Check if you are using any proprietary, binary-only drivers. It can be very difficult to debug interactions between proprietary and non-proprietary drivers. Try to boot and operate your system without any proprietary (video, network, WLAN) drivers whatsoever, and report back if the problem persists or goes away, even if this may be quite an inconvenience to you.