O> According to Poulsbo SCH datasheet (p. 353): "Reading reserved bits returns > an indeterminate, inconsistent value". Ok but > Bit 7 of PSTS register read as 1 when there is slave disk drive attached, > despite being described as reserved with zero value. This causes wrong > feature decoding in ata_sff_tf_read. The feature/error register doesn't have reserved bits so your patch and diagnostic don't seem to make sense. If the top bit is set in your error register post reset it is because you have a device flagging a fail 0x81 means the slave flagged a fail 0x80/82-FF means both devices flagged a fail -- 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