I have been using 2.6.21.1. It seems working well, that is, all my disk partitions are mapped as "/dev/sda*" and the performance looks good. After I upgrade to 2.6.22.5 with the exact same configuration, all the disk device turn to "/dev/hda*" and the performance degrade obviously. While I boot with 2.6.21.1, the logs regarding disk are: Aug 26 06:11:26 localhost kernel: ata_piix 0000:00:1f.2: MAP [ P0 P2 IDE IDE ] Aug 26 06:11:26 localhost kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1f.2[B] -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 17 Aug 26 06:11:26 localhost kernel: ata: 0x170 IDE port busy Aug 26 06:11:26 localhost kernel: ata: conflict with ide1 Aug 26 06:11:26 localhost kernel: ata1: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0x000101f0 ctl 0x000103f6 bmdma 0x0001bfa0 irq 14 Aug 26 06:11:26 localhost kernel: ata2: DUMMY Aug 26 06:11:26 localhost kernel: scsi0 : ata_piix Aug 26 06:11:26 localhost kernel: ata1.00: ATA-7: ST9120821AS, 8.03, max UDMA/133 Aug 26 06:11:26 localhost kernel: ata1.00: 234441648 sectors, multi 8: LBA48 NCQ (depth 0/32) Aug 26 06:11:26 localhost kernel: ata1.00: configured for UDMA/133 Aug 26 06:11:26 localhost kernel: scsi1 : ata_piix Aug 26 06:11:26 localhost kernel: scsi 0:0:0:0: Direct-Access ATA ST9120821AS 8.03 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5 Aug 26 06:11:26 localhost kernel: SCSI device sda: 234441648 512-byte hdwr sectors (120034 MB) Aug 26 06:11:26 localhost kernel: sda: Write Protect is off Aug 26 06:11:26 localhost kernel: SCSI device sda: write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA Aug 26 06:11:26 localhost kernel: SCSI device sda: 234441648 512-byte hdwr sectors (120034 MB) Aug 26 06:11:26 localhost kernel: sda: Write Protect is off Aug 26 06:11:26 localhost kernel: SCSI device sda: write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA Aug 26 06:11:26 localhost kernel: sda: sda1 sda2 sda3 < sda5 sda6 sda7 > While booting with 2.6.22.5, the logs are: Aug 26 09:30:04 localhost kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1f.2[B] -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 17 Aug 26 09:30:04 localhost kernel: ata_piix 0000:00:1f.2: 0x1F0 IDE port busy Aug 26 09:30:04 localhost kernel: ata_piix 0000:00:1f.2: 0x170 IDE port busy Aug 26 09:30:04 localhost kernel: ata_piix 0000:00:1f.2: no available legacy port It seems the dramatic change in libata.c incurs this failure. - 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