Not sure if this helps. I'm getting this reset with 2.6.21-rc4. After the reset the controller seems to work again. sata_nv 0000:00:07.0: version 3.3 ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [APSI] enabled at IRQ 22 ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:07.0[A] -> Link [APSI] -> GSI 22 (level, low) -> IRQ 22 sata_nv 0000:00:07.0: Using ADMA mode PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:07.0 to 64 ata1: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0xffffc2000001e480 ctl 0xffffc2000001e4a0 bmdma 0x000000000001cc00 irq 22 ata2: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0xffffc2000001e580 ctl 0xffffc2000001e5a0 bmdma 0x000000000001cc08 irq 22 scsi0 : sata_nv ata1: SATA link down (SStatus 0 SControl 300) scsi1 : sata_nv ata2: SATA link up 3.0 Gbps (SStatus 123 SControl 300) ata2.00: ATA-7: Maxtor 6V300F0, VA111630, max UDMA/133 ata2.00: 586114704 sectors, multi 16: LBA48 NCQ (depth 31/32) ata2.00: configured for UDMA/133 scsi 1:0:0:0: Direct-Access ATA Maxtor 6V300F0 VA11 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5 ata2: bounce limit 0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF, segment boundary 0xFFFFFFFF, hw segs 61 SCSI device sda: 586114704 512-byte hdwr sectors (300091 MB) sda: Write Protect is off sda: Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00 SCSI device sda: write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA SCSI device sda: 586114704 512-byte hdwr sectors (300091 MB) sda: Write Protect is off sda: Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00 SCSI device sda: write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA sda: sda1 sda2 sda3 sda4 < sda5 sda6 sda7 sda8 sda9 > sd 1:0:0:0: Attached scsi disk sda sd 1:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg0 type 0 ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [APSJ] enabled at IRQ 21 ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:08.0[A] -> Link [APSJ] -> GSI 21 (level, low) -> IRQ 21 sata_nv 0000:00:08.0: Using ADMA mode PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:08.0 to 64 ata3: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0xffffc20000020480 ctl 0xffffc200000204a0 bmdma 0x000000000001b800 irq 21 ata4: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0xffffc20000020580 ctl 0xffffc200000205a0 bmdma 0x000000000001b808 irq 21 scsi2 : sata_nv ata3: SATA link down (SStatus 0 SControl 300) scsi3 : sata_nv ata4: SATA link down (SStatus 0 SControl 300) pata_amd 0000:00:06.0: version 0.2.8 PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:06.0 to 64 ata5: PATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0x00000000000101f0 ctl 0x00000000000103f6 bmdma 0x000000000001e000 irq 14 ata6: PATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0x0000000000010170 ctl 0x0000000000010376 bmdma 0x000000000001e008 irq 15 scsi4 : pata_amd ata5.00: ATAPI, max UDMA/33 ata5.01: ATAPI, max MWDMA2 ata5.00: configured for UDMA/33 ata5.01: configured for MWDMA2 scsi5 : pata_amd ATA: abnormal status 0x8 on port 0x0000000000010177 scsi 4:0:0:0: CD-ROM PLEXTOR DVDR PX-504A 1.02 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5 sr0: scsi3-mmc drive: 40x/40x writer cd/rw xa/form2 cdda tray Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.20 sr 4:0:0:0: Attached scsi CD-ROM sr0 sr 4:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg1 type 5 scsi 4:0:1:0: CD-ROM COMPAQ SC-140S SE04 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5 sr1: scsi3-mmc drive: 1x/40x cd/rw xa/form2 cdda tray sr 4:0:1:0: Attached scsi CD-ROM sr1 sr 4:0:1:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 5 [...] ata2: EH in ADMA mode, notifier 0x0 notifier_error 0x0 gen_ctl 0x1501000 status 0x400 next cpb count 0x0 next cpb idx 0x0 ata2: CPB 1: ctl_flags 0x1f, resp_flags 0x2 ata2: timeout waiting for ADMA IDLE, stat=0x400 ata2: timeout waiting for ADMA LEGACY, stat=0x400 ata2.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x2 SErr 0x0 action 0x2 frozen ata2.00: cmd 61/00:08:72:44:22/02:00:21:00:00/40 tag 1 cdb 0x0 data 262144 out res 40/00:00:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/00 Emask 0x4 (timeout) ata2: soft resetting port ata2: SATA link up 3.0 Gbps (SStatus 123 SControl 300) ata2.00: configured for UDMA/133 ata2: EH complete SCSI device sda: 586114704 512-byte hdwr sectors (300091 MB) sda: Write Protect is off sda: Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00 SCSI device sda: write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA $ lspci 00:00.0 Memory controller: nVidia Corporation CK804 Memory Controller (rev a3) 00:01.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 ISA Bridge (rev a3) 00:01.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation CK804 SMBus (rev a2) 00:02.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation CK804 USB Controller (rev a2) 00:02.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation CK804 USB Controller (rev a3) 00:04.0 Multimedia audio controller: nVidia Corporation CK804 AC'97 Audio Controller (rev a2) 00:06.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation CK804 IDE (rev f2) 00:07.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation CK804 Serial ATA Controller (rev f3) 00:08.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation CK804 Serial ATA Controller (rev f3) 00:09.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 PCI Bridge (rev a2) 00:0a.0 Bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 Ethernet Controller (rev a3) 00:0b.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 PCIE Bridge (rev a3) 00:0c.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 PCIE Bridge (rev a3) 00:0d.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 PCIE Bridge (rev a3) 00:0e.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 PCIE Bridge (rev a3) 00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration 00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map 00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller 00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control 01:0c.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): VIA Technologies, Inc. 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