The lower 8 bits of response status are not valid for NCQ. Signed-off-by: Mark Lord <mlord@xxxxxxxxx> --- old/drivers/ata/sata_mv.c 2008-01-24 12:35:14.000000000 -0500 +++ new/drivers/ata/sata_mv.c 2008-01-24 12:35:43.000000000 -0500 @@ -1587,13 +1587,12 @@ qc = ata_qc_from_tag(ap, tag); - /* lower 8 bits of status are EDMA_ERR_IRQ_CAUSE_OFS - * bits (WARNING: might not necessarily be associated - * with this command), which -should- be clear - * if all is well + /* For non-NCQ mode, the lower 8 bits of status + * are from EDMA_ERR_IRQ_CAUSE_OFS, + * which should be zero if all went well. */ status = le16_to_cpu(pp->crpb[out_index].flags); - if (unlikely(status & 0xff)) { + if ((status & 0xff) && !(pp->pp_flags & MV_PP_FLAG_NCQ_EN)) { mv_err_intr(ap, qc); return; } - 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