Hi David: > I think this pretty much sums up the situation accurately. > > My suggestion is: > > 1) Leave the pci_intx() twiddling code in drivers/pci/msi.c > > 2) Add quirks for "INTX_DISABLE turns off MSI too", this sets > a flag in the pci_dev. > > 3) The pci_intx() calls in drivers/pci/msi.c are skipped if this > flag from #2 is set. > > 4) Add quirk entries for drivers/net/tg3.c chips and these SATA > devices we are learning about here, as well as any others we > are aware of right now. > > 5) Remove the pci_intx() workaround code from drivers/net/tg3.c > and elsewhere. This quirk seems good to me. Waiting for your final decision.... This SB700 SATA controller MSI/INTx problem has been reported to our hardware team. I will forward the update information or response to you when I get any from HW team. Thanks Shane - 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