> Hmm, could be libata being unhappy then for some reason (not getting > IRQs any more?), if disk I/O stops working everything else stops as > well. The kernel shouldn't disable IRQ 11 though just because > cx88-dvb unregisters though. What are the exact kernel messages? I don't know - when I enter the rmmod everything stops responding. Occasionally I will get a bash prompt back, but when I try to enter command (i.e. dmesg) nothing comes back. >> ** workaround, the "pci=routeirq" argument restores the old > > Tried if that helps? just did. This is the one before pci=routeirq: [root@media ~]# more /proc/interrupts CPU0 0: 20102588 XT-PIC timer 1: 4191 XT-PIC i8042 2: 0 XT-PIC cascade 3: 49 XT-PIC serial 7: 0 XT-PIC parport0 8: 1 XT-PIC rtc 9: 0 XT-PIC acpi 10: 793499 XT-PIC VIA8237, ehci_hcd, eth0 11: 4450990 XT-PIC libata, uhci_hcd, uhci_hcd, uhci_hcd, uhci_hcd, ohci1394, via@pci:0000:01:00.0, cx88[0] 12: 147578 XT-PIC i8042 15: 40500 XT-PIC ide1 NMI: 0 ERR: 0 AFTER: [root@media ~]# more /proc/interrupts CPU0 0: 203629 XT-PIC timer 1: 10 XT-PIC i8042 2: 0 XT-PIC cascade 3: 14 XT-PIC serial 7: 0 XT-PIC parport0 8: 1 XT-PIC rtc 9: 0 XT-PIC acpi 10: 1995 XT-PIC VIA8237, ehci_hcd, uhci_hcd, uhci_hcd, eth0, via@pci:0000:01:00.0 11: 7827 XT-PIC libata, uhci_hcd, uhci_hcd, ohci1394, cx88[0] 12: 110 XT-PIC i8042 15: 644 XT-PIC ide1 NMI: 0 ERR: 0 As you'll see, the IRQ numbering has changed. Haven't had a chance to see if it fixes my cx88-wakeup buffers problem yet.... Simon 2.6.11.8