I have a problem with pata_via and a HL-DT-ST GCE-8525B cdrom, with kernels 2.6.22 and 2.6.23-rc3. When burning cds, the burning speed drop down to ~ 1. Also I have problems readind cds. With kernel 2.6.21, the cdrom work well. There are not error messages in dmesg and /var/log/messages, only some error when shutdown de pc(reseting port, ...). I have also a HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GSA-4167B DVD that work well. DVD(work well): [root@jar ~]# hdparm -i /dev/scd0 /dev/scd0: Model=HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GSA-4167B , FwRev=DL10 , SerialNo=C70B8EB84B89 Config={ Fixed Removeable DTR<=5Mbs DTR>10Mbs nonMagnetic } RawCHS=0/0/0, TrkSize=0, SectSize=0, ECCbytes=0 BuffType=unknown, BuffSize=0kB, MaxMultSect=0 (maybe): CurCHS=0/0/0, CurSects=0, LBA=yes, LBAsects=0 IORDY=on/off, tPIO={min:120,w/IORDY:120}, tDMA={min:120,rec:120} PIO modes: pio0 pio3 pio4 DMA modes: mdma0 mdma1 mdma2 UDMA modes: udma0 udma1 *udma2 AdvancedPM=no Drive conforms to: Unspecified: ATA/ATAPI-2 ATA/ATAPI-3 ATA/ATAPI-4 ATA/ATAPI-5 * signifies the current active mode CDROM [root@jar ~]# hdparm -i /dev/scd1 /dev/scd1: Model=HL-DT-ST GCE-8525B , FwRev=1.05 , SerialNo= Config={ Fixed Removeable DTR<=5Mbs DTR>10Mbs nonMagnetic } RawCHS=0/0/0, TrkSize=0, SectSize=0, ECCbytes=0 BuffType=unknown, BuffSize=0kB, MaxMultSect=0 (maybe): CurCHS=0/0/0, CurSects=0, LBA=yes, LBAsects=0 IORDY=yes, tPIO={min:227,w/IORDY:120}, tDMA={min:120,rec:120} PIO modes: pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4 DMA modes: mdma0 mdma1 mdma2 UDMA modes: udma0 udma1 *udma2 AdvancedPM=no * signifies the current active mode Thanks. Jose Alberto - 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