Doh ! Got that : .... ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1f.2[B] -> GSI 23 (level, low) -> IRQ 23 ahci 0000:00:1f.2: AHCI 0001.0100 32 slots 4 ports 3 Gbps 0xf impl SATA mode ahci 0000:00:1f.2: flags: 64bit ncq led clo pio slum part ata1: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0xffffc2000008e900 ctl 0x0000000000000000 bmdma 0x0000000000000000 irq 504 ata2: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0xffffc2000008e980 ctl 0x0000000000000000 bmdma 0x0000000000000000 irq 504 ata3: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0xffffc2000008ea00 ctl 0x0000000000000000 bmdma 0x0000000000000000 irq 504 ata4: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0xffffc2000008ea80 ctl 0x0000000000000000 bmdma 0x0000000000000000 irq 504 scsi0 : ahci ata1: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 300) ata1.00: ATA-7: Maxtor 6L250S0, BANC1G10, max UDMA/133 ata1.00: 490234752 sectors, multi 0: LBA48 NCQ (not used) ata1.00: configured for UDMA/133 scsi1 : ahci ata2: SATA link up 3.0 Gbps (SStatus 123 SControl 300) ata2.00: ATA-6: External Disk 0, RGL10364, max UDMA/133 ata2.00: 1 sectors, multi 1: LBA48 ata2.00: configured for UDMA/133 scsi2 : ahci ata3: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 300) ata3.00: ATA-7: Maxtor 6L250S0, BANC1G10, max UDMA/133 ata3.00: 490234752 sectors, multi 0: LBA48 NCQ (not used) ata3.00: configured for UDMA/133 scsi3 : ahci ata4: SATA link up 3.0 Gbps (SStatus 123 SControl 300) ata4.00: ATA-7: ST3500641AS, 3.AAB, max UDMA/133 ata4.00: 976773168 sectors, multi 16: LBA48 NCQ (depth 31/32) ata4.00: configured for UDMA/133 scsi 0:0:0:0: Direct-Access ATA Maxtor 6L250S0 BANC PQ: 0 ANSI: 5 SCSI device sda: 490234752 512-byte hdwr sectors (251000 MB) sda: Write Protect is off SCSI device sda: write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA SCSI device sda: 490234752 512-byte hdwr sectors (251000 MB) sda: Write Protect is off SCSI device sda: write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA sda: sda1 sda2 sda3 sd 0:0:0:0: Attached scsi disk sda sd 0:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg0 type 0 scsi 1:0:0:0: Direct-Access ATA External Disk 0 RGL1 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5 SCSI device sdb: 1 512-byte hdwr sectors (0 MB) sdb: Write Protect is off SCSI device sdb: write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA SCSI device sdb: 1 512-byte hdwr sectors (0 MB) sdb: Write Protect is off SCSI device sdb: write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA sdb:<3>irq 504: nobody cared (try booting with the "irqpoll" option) Call Trace: <IRQ> [<ffffffff802b0245>] __report_bad_irq+0x35/0x90 [<ffffffff802b04ba>] note_interrupt+0x21a/0x270 [<ffffffff802b128f>] handle_edge_irq+0x10f/0x150 [<ffffffff8026f3eb>] do_IRQ+0x7b/0xf0 [<ffffffff80259e70>] mwait_idle+0x0/0x50 [<ffffffff802612d1>] ret_from_intr+0x0/0xa <EOI> [<ffffffff8042bff0>] vgacon_cursor+0x0/0x1d0 [<ffffffff80259eb6>] mwait_idle+0x46/0x50 [<ffffffff8024aebc>] cpu_idle+0x5c/0xa0 [<ffffffff808b984a>] start_kernel+0x2aa/0x2c0 [<ffffffff808b9176>] _sinittext+0x176/0x180 handlers: [<ffffffff804e1c90>] (ahci_interrupt+0x0/0x590) Disabling IRQ #504 unknown partition table sd 1:0:0:0: Attached scsi disk sdb sd 1:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg1 type 0 scsi 2:0:0:0: Direct-Access ATA Maxtor 6L250S0 BANC PQ: 0 ANSI: 5 SCSI device sdc: 490234752 512-byte hdwr sectors (251000 MB) sdc: Write Protect is off and though it said : sdb:<3>irq 504: nobody cared (try booting with the "irqpoll" option) I _am_ booting with the irqpoll option ! Paul - 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