Hello, pata_pcmcia takes a very long time to recognize a 1.0GB SanDisk CF card (MIPS, Au1200, linux-2.6.21-rc1): pccard: PCMCIA card inserted into slot 0 pcmcia: registering new device pcmcia0.0 ata1: PATA max PIO0 cmd 0xC0054000 ctl 0xC005400E bmdma 0x0 irq 5 scsi0 : pata_pcmcia ata1.00: CFA, max PIO4, 2001888 sectors: LBA ata1.00: ata1: dev 0 multi count 0 < time passes > ata1.01: qc timeout (cmd 0xec) ata1.01: failed to IDENTIFY (I/O error, err_mask=0x4) ata1: failed to recover some devices, retrying in 5 secs < time passes > ata1.01: qc timeout (cmd 0xec) ata1.01: failed to IDENTIFY (I/O error, err_mask=0x4) ata1: failed to recover some devices, retrying in 5 secs < time passes > ata1.01: qc timeout (cmd 0xec) ata1.01: failed to IDENTIFY (I/O error, err_mask=0x4) ata1: failed to recover some devices, retrying in 5 secs < time passes > ata1.00: configured for PIO0 isa bounce pool size: 16 pages scsi 0:0:0:0: Direct-Access ATA SanDisk SDCFB-10 Rev PQ: 0 ANSI: 5 SCSI device sda: 2001888 512-byte hdwr sectors (1025 MB) sda: Write Protect is off SCSI device sda: drive cache: write through SCSI device sda: 2001888 512-byte hdwr sectors (1025 MB) sda: Write Protect is off SCSI device sda: drive cache: write through sda: sda1 sda2 sd 0:0:0:0: Attached scsi removable disk sda sd 0:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg0 type 0 Another, older SanDisk 32MB card is detected instantly: pccard: PCMCIA card inserted into slot 0 pcmcia: registering new device pcmcia0.0 ata2: PATA max PIO0 cmd 0xC0054000 ctl 0xC005400E bmdma 0x0 irq 5 scsi1 : pata_pcmcia ata2.00: CFA, max PIO4, 62720 sectors: LBA ata2.00: ata2: dev 0 multi count 0 ata2.00: configured for PIO0 scsi 1:0:0:0: Direct-Access ATA SanDisk SDCFB-32 Vdg PQ: 0 ANSI: 5 SCSI device sda: 62720 512-byte hdwr sectors (32 MB) sda: Write Protect is off SCSI device sda: drive cache: write through SCSI device sda: 62720 512-byte hdwr sectors (32 MB) sda: Write Protect is off SCSI device sda: drive cache: write through sda: sda1 sda2 sd 1:0:0:0: Attached scsi removable disk sda sd 1:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg0 type 0 Any help very appreciated! Thanks, -- ml. - To unsubscribe from this list: 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