After reset, transfer mode is always PIO0 regardless of dev->xfer_mask. Check dev->pio_mode before trying to slow down after configuration failure. This prevents bogus speed down before device is actually configured. Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <htejun@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Alan Cox <lan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/ata/libata-eh.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) Index: work/drivers/ata/libata-eh.c =================================================================== --- work.orig/drivers/ata/libata-eh.c +++ work/drivers/ata/libata-eh.c @@ -2437,7 +2437,7 @@ static int ata_eh_handle_dev_fail(struct /* give it just one more chance */ ehc->tries[dev->devno] = min(ehc->tries[dev->devno], 1); case -EIO: - if (ehc->tries[dev->devno] == 1) { + if (ehc->tries[dev->devno] == 1 && dev->pio_mode > XFER_PIO_0) { /* This is the last chance, better to slow * down than lose it. */ - 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