Hi, Tejun The patch below fixes the pata_pcmcia problem. I think the ap->lock points to bogus address. Any comment? --- linux-2.6.26-rc8/drivers/ata/libata-core.c.orig 2008-07-06 10:05:46.000000000 +0900 +++ linux-2.6.26-rc8/drivers/ata/libata-core.c 2008-07-06 10:09:16.000000000 +0900 @@ -5304,6 +5304,8 @@ struct ata_host *ata_host_alloc(struct d goto err_out; ap->port_no = i; + ap->lock = &ap->__lock; + spin_lock_init(ap->lock); host->ports[i] = ap; } --- linux-2.6.26-rc8/include/linux/libata.h.orig 2008-07-06 10:03:54.000000000 +0900 +++ linux-2.6.26-rc8/include/linux/libata.h 2008-07-06 10:04:35.000000000 +0900 @@ -639,6 +639,7 @@ struct ata_port { struct Scsi_Host *scsi_host; /* our co-allocated scsi host */ struct ata_port_operations *ops; spinlock_t *lock; + spinlock_t __lock; unsigned long flags; /* ATA_FLAG_xxx */ unsigned int pflags; /* ATA_PFLAG_xxx */ unsigned int print_id; /* user visible unique port ID */ Best Regards Komuro -- 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