The cable detect isolation patch inadvertently removed 40 wire short cable handling. Put it back Signed-off-by: Alan Cox <alan@xxxxxxxxxx> diff -u --new-file --recursive --exclude-from /usr/src/exclude linux.vanilla-2.6.25-rc8-mm1/drivers/ata/libata-core.c linux-2.6.25-rc8-mm1/drivers/ata/libata-core.c --- linux.vanilla-2.6.25-rc8-mm1/drivers/ata/libata-core.c 2008-04-08 11:34:51.000000000 +0100 +++ linux-2.6.25-rc8-mm1/drivers/ata/libata-core.c 2008-04-08 12:01:30.000000000 +0100 @@ -4559,6 +4564,10 @@ /* If the controller thinks we are 80 wire, we are */ if (ap->cbl == ATA_CBL_PATA80 || ap->cbl == ATA_CBL_SATA) return 0; + /* If the system is known to be 40 wire short cable (eg laptop), + then we allow 80 wire modes even if the drive isn't sure */ + if (ap->cbl == ATA_CBL_PATA40_SHORT) + return 0; /* If the controller doesn't know we scan - Note: We look for all 40 wire detects at this point. -- 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