Hi, I did installed an earlier kernel on the machine, and then hotplug worked. This is the log when I did hotplug using v2.6.24 (the kernel from Debian Etch-n-half) This is when I yank the drive: ata7.04: exception Emask 0x10 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x4050000 action 0xb ata7: SError: { PHYRdyChg CommWake DevExch } ata7.04: hard resetting link ata7.04: SATA link down (SStatus 0 SControl 320) ata7: failed to recover some devices, retrying in 5 secs ata7.04: hard resetting link ata7.04: SATA link down (SStatus 0 SControl 320) ata7: failed to recover some devices, retrying in 5 secs ata7.04: hard resetting link ata7.04: SATA link down (SStatus 0 SControl 320) ata7.04: disabled ata7.04: soft resetting link ata7.04: SATA link down (SStatus 0 SControl 320) ata7: EH complete ata7.04: detaching (SCSI 7:4:0:0) sd 7:4:0:0: [sdp] Synchronizing SCSI cache sd 7:4:0:0: [sdp] Result: hostbyte=DID_BAD_TARGET driverbyte=DRIVER_OK,SUGGEST_OK sd 7:4:0:0: [sdp] Stopping disk sd 7:4:0:0: [sdp] START_STOP FAILED sd 7:4:0:0: [sdp] Result: hostbyte=DID_BAD_TARGET driverbyte=DRIVER_OK,SUGGEST_OK And this is when I plug the drive: ata7.04: exception Emask 0x10 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x4050000 action 0xb ata7: SError: { PHYRdyChg CommWake DevExch } ata7.04: hard resetting link ata7.04: softreset failed (SRST command error) ata7.04: reset failed (errno=-5), retrying in 10 secs ata7.04: hard resetting link ata7.04: hardreset failed (port not ready) ata7.04: reset failed (errno=-5), retrying in 10 secs ata7.04: hard resetting link ata7.04: failed to read SCR 2 (Emask=0x40) ata7.04: failed to read SCR 2 (Emask=0x40) ata7.04: COMRESET failed (errno=-5) ata7.04: failed to read SCR 0 (Emask=0x40) ata7.04: reset failed, giving up ata7.15: hard resetting link ata7: controller in dubious state, performing PORT_RST ata7.15: SATA link up 3.0 Gbps (SStatus 123 SControl 0) ata7.00: hard resetting link ata7.00: SATA link up 3.0 Gbps (SStatus 123 SControl 320) ata7.01: hard resetting link ata7.01: SATA link up 3.0 Gbps (SStatus 123 SControl 300) ata7.02: hard resetting link ata7.02: SATA link up 3.0 Gbps (SStatus 123 SControl 300) ata7.03: hard resetting link ata7.03: SATA link up 3.0 Gbps (SStatus 123 SControl 300) ata7.04: hard resetting link ata7.04: SATA link up 3.0 Gbps (SStatus 123 SControl 300) ata7.05: hard resetting link ata7.05: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 320) ata7.00: configured for UDMA/100 ata7.01: configured for UDMA/100 ata7.02: configured for UDMA/100 ata7.03: configured for UDMA/100 ata7.04: ATA-7: SAMSUNG HD103UJ, 1AA01113, max UDMA7 ata7.04: 1953525168 sectors, multi 0: LBA48 NCQ (depth 31/32) ata7.04: configured for UDMA/100 ata7.00: exception Emask 0x10 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x1 t4 ata7.00: irq_stat 0x00060002, failed to transmit command FIS ata7.00: configured for UDMA/100 ata7: EH complete sd 7:0:0:0: [sdl] 1953525168 512-byte hardware sectors (1000205 MB) sd 7:0:0:0: [sdl] Write Protect is off sd 7:0:0:0: [sdl] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00 sd 7:0:0:0: [sdl] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA sd 7:1:0:0: [sdm] 1953525168 512-byte hardware sectors (1000205 MB) sd 7:1:0:0: [sdm] Write Protect is off sd 7:1:0:0: [sdm] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00 sd 7:1:0:0: [sdm] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA sd 7:2:0:0: [sdn] 1953525168 512-byte hardware sectors (1000205 MB) sd 7:2:0:0: [sdn] Write Protect is off sd 7:2:0:0: [sdn] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00 sd 7:2:0:0: [sdn] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA sd 7:3:0:0: [sdo] 1953525168 512-byte hardware sectors (1000205 MB) sd 7:3:0:0: [sdo] Write Protect is off sd 7:3:0:0: [sdo] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00 sd 7:3:0:0: [sdo] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA sd 7:0:0:0: [sdl] 1953525168 512-byte hardware sectors (1000205 MB) sd 7:0:0:0: [sdl] Write Protect is off sd 7:0:0:0: [sdl] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00 sd 7:0:0:0: [sdl] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA sd 7:1:0:0: [sdm] 1953525168 512-byte hardware sectors (1000205 MB) sd 7:1:0:0: [sdm] Write Protect is off sd 7:1:0:0: [sdm] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00 sd 7:1:0:0: [sdm] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA sd 7:2:0:0: [sdn] 1953525168 512-byte hardware sectors (1000205 MB) sd 7:2:0:0: [sdn] Write Protect is off sd 7:2:0:0: [sdn] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00 sd 7:2:0:0: [sdn] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA sd 7:3:0:0: [sdo] 1953525168 512-byte hardware sectors (1000205 MB) sd 7:3:0:0: [sdo] Write Protect is off sd 7:3:0:0: [sdo] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00 sd 7:3:0:0: [sdo] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA scsi 7:4:0:0: Direct-Access ATA SAMSUNG HD103UJ 1AA0 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5 sd 7:4:0:0: [sdp] 1953525168 512-byte hardware sectors (1000205 MB) sd 7:4:0:0: [sdp] Write Protect is off sd 7:4:0:0: [sdp] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00 sd 7:4:0:0: [sdp] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA sd 7:4:0:0: [sdp] 1953525168 512-byte hardware sectors (1000205 MB) sd 7:4:0:0: [sdp] Write Protect is off sd 7:4:0:0: [sdp] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00 sd 7:4:0:0: [sdp] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA sdp: sd 7:4:0:0: [sdp] Attached SCSI disk Best Regards, /LM -- 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