> If you fix the printk, add patch description (can use the one from my patch) > and add "Signed-off-by:" I would happily apply it and dump mine version. Sorry but the patch is wrong - plain and simple. It works over the bug but its not the real problem. ide-disk needs to spot a 1K request for the last 512 bytes, issue a 512 byte request and complete the 512 bytes only. Alan - 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