> So it's "ata_sdd_sync()" that I think is bogus. Based on its name alone, > it shouldn't have a delay in it (except, as mentioned, possibly for the > fallback case where no port can be used for reading). It should indeed not have the delay in it. Alan -- 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