On Sat, 27 May 2006, Jeff Garzik wrote: > > I don't object, but ata_wait_idle() is completely pointless. Ahh, you're right. I used it originally because I wanted just the value for ata_ok(), and the other ata_ok() user got it that way. Jens - willing to test one more thing? Instead of using ata_wait_idle, what about just ata_busy_wait(ap, ATA_BUSY | ATA_DRQ, 200000); in case your issue actually comes from DRQ being on for some strange reason (DMA in progress for some bootup inquiry command by the bios?) Gaah. Linus - : send the line "unsubscribe linux-ide" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html