Hello again I've got again into trouble with my Promise Card using kernel 2.6.17. Since about 2 weeks i have a trashed raid5 (and unfortunately no backup) to an unknown reason (i think sata powercables or sata_promise problems). As i was trying to figure out how i could rebuild my raid array issuing "mdadm --examine /dev/sd[abcd]1" i've got this: irq 18: nobody cared (try booting with the "irqpoll" option) <c01269db> __report_bad_irq+0x2b/0x69 <c0126b96> note_interrupt+0x17d/0x1ab <c01265ba> handle_IRQ_event+0x23/0x4c <c012664b> __do_IRQ+0x68/0x91 <c0104571> do_IRQ+0x19/0x24 <c0102e12> common_interrupt+0x1a/0x20 <c0101781> default_idle+0x2b/0x53 <c01017e4> cpu_idle+0x3b/0x50 <c02fc5e7> start_kernel+0x267/0x269 handlers: [<e08310ee>] (pdc_interrupt+0x0/0x19c [sata_promise]) Disabling IRQ #18 ata1: command timeout ata1: translated ATA stat/err 0xff/00 to SCSI SK/ASC/ASCQ 0xb/47/00 ata1: status=0xff { Busy } sd 0:0:0:0: SCSI error: return code = 0x8000002 sda: Current: sense key=0xb ASC=0x47 ASCQ=0x0 end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 488391871 Buffer I/O error on device sda1, logical block 244195904 ata1: command timeout ata1: translated ATA stat/err 0xff/00 to SCSI SK/ASC/ASCQ 0xb/47/00 ata1: status=0xff { Busy } sd 0:0:0:0: SCSI error: return code = 0x8000002 sda: Current: sense key=0xb ASC=0x47 ASCQ=0x0 end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 488391873 Buffer I/O error on device sda1, logical block 244195905 ata1: command timeout ata1: translated ATA stat/err 0xff/00 to SCSI SK/ASC/ASCQ 0xb/47/00 ata1: status=0xff { Busy } sd 0:0:0:0: SCSI error: return code = 0x8000002 sda: Current: sense key=0xb ASC=0x47 ASCQ=0x0 end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 488391875 Buffer I/O error on device sda1, logical block 244195906 After that mdadm was hanging and no access to disks was possible. Hope this helps someone trace the problem. Best regards Theo Baumgartner - 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