Hi there, A Mandriva user is reporting that his machine hangs while booting kernels 2.6.22.1 and 2.6.23-rc1. But boots fine with 2.6.21. Here is the 2.6.22 boot log: """ SCSI subsystem initialized Loading scsi_mod.ko module Loading libata.ko module ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1f.2[C] -> Loading ahci.ko GSI 20 (level, low) -> IRQ 18 module input: ImPS/2 Logitech Wheel Mouse as /class/input/input1 ahci 0000:00:1f.2: AHCI 0001.0000 32 slots 4 ports 1.5 Gbps 0xf impl IDE mode ahci 0000:00:1f.2: flags: 64bit ncq pm led slum part scsi0 : ahci scsi1 : ahci scsi2 : ahci scsi3 : ahci ata1: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0xf881ad00 ctl 0x00000000 bmdma 0x00000000 irq 18 ata2: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0xf881ad80 ctl 0x00000000 bmdma 0x00000000 irq 18 ata3: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0xf881ae00 ctl 0x00000000 bmdma 0x00000000 irq 18 ata4: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0xf881ae80 ctl 0x00000000 bmdma 0x00000000 irq 18 ata1: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 300) ata1.00: qc timeout (cmd 0x27) ata1.00: ata_hpa_resize 1: hpa sectors (0) is smaller than sectors (781422768) ata1.00: ATA-7: HDS724040KLSA80, KFAOA20N, max UDMA/133 ata1.00: 781422768 sectors, multi 8: LBA48 ata1.00: failed to set xfermode (err_mask=0x40) ata1: failed to recover some devices, retrying in 5 secs """ System is a Dell Dimension 8400 with SATA controller """ $ lspcidrake | grep IDE piix : Intel Corporation|82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) IDE Controller [STORAGE_IDE] ahci : Intel Corporation|82801FR/FRW (ICH6R/ICH6RW) SATA Controller [STORAGE_IDE] """ There's more info in the ticket: http://qa.mandriva.com/show_bug.cgi?id=32076 -- Luiz Fernando N. Capitulino - 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