Hi Jeff, all, FYI, I'm seeing this warning at boot time with kernel 2.6.29-rc1-git1 on x86_64: libata version 3.00 loaded. ata_piix 0000:00:1f.1: version 2.12 ata_piix 0000:00:1f.1: enabling device (0005 -> 0007) ata_piix 0000:00:1f.1: PCI INT A -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 18 ata_piix 0000:00:1f.1: setting latency timer to 64 scsi0 : ata_piix scsi1 : ata_piix ata1: PATA max UDMA/100 cmd 0x1f0 ctl 0x3f6 bmdma 0xffa0 irq 14 ata2: PATA max UDMA/100 cmd 0x170 ctl 0x376 bmdma 0xffa8 irq 15 Switched to high resolution mode on CPU 0 ata1.00: ATA-6: Maxtor 5T030H3, TAH71DP0, max UDMA/100 ata1.00: 60030432 sectors, multi 16: LBA ata1.00: configured for UDMA/100 isa bounce pool size: 16 pages scsi 0:0:0:0: Direct-Access ATA Maxtor 5T030H3 TAH7 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5 ata2.01: ATAPI: Pioneer DVD-ROM ATAPIModel DVD-106S 0122, E1.22, max UDMA/66 ata2.01: configured for UDMA/66 ------------[ cut here ]------------ WARNING: at drivers/ata/libata-sff.c:1017 ata_sff_hsm_move+0x550/0x76d [libata]() Hardware name: Modules linked in: ata_piix(+) libata Pid: 0, comm: swapper Not tainted 2.6.29-rc1-git1 #23 Call Trace: <IRQ> [<ffffffff80232a02>] warn_slowpath+0xd0/0x125 [<ffffffff8022a913>] place_entity+0x6e/0xa4 [<ffffffff8022c58c>] try_to_wake_up+0x93/0xbb [<ffffffffa0011d6b>] ata_sff_interrupt+0x19/0x293 [libata] [<ffffffffa0012167>] ata_sff_data_xfer32+0x8f/0xbb [libata] [<ffffffffa00119c2>] ata_sff_hsm_move+0x550/0x76d [libata] [<ffffffffa0011f61>] ata_sff_interrupt+0x20f/0x293 [libata] [<ffffffff8026807e>] handle_IRQ_event+0x2b/0x60 [<ffffffff802691d4>] handle_edge_irq+0xa5/0x133 [<ffffffff8020dba6>] do_IRQ+0x49/0xb3 [<ffffffff8020c013>] ret_from_intr+0x0/0xf <EOI> <4>---[ end trace ac822405c308c031 ]--- scsi 1:0:1:0: CD-ROM PIONEER DVD-ROM DVD-106 1.22 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5 ata_piix 0000:00:1f.2: PCI INT A -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 18 ata_piix 0000:00:1f.2: MAP [ P0 -- P1 -- ] ata_piix 0000:00:1f.2: setting latency timer to 64 scsi2 : ata_piix scsi3 : ata_piix ata3: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0xec00 ctl 0xe800 bmdma 0xdc00 irq 18 ata4: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0xe400 ctl 0xe000 bmdma 0xdc08 irq 18 Mainboard is an Intel D865GSA (ICH5). If you need more information, just ask. -- Jean Delvare -- 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