Hi, Using sata_sil24 with the module option msi=1 and writing some data causes an nmi and lockups the module, it can't be removed and only a reboot solves the problem. [ 3563.902356] sata_sil24 0000:02:00.0: version 1.1 [ 3563.902379] sata_sil24 0000:02:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16 [ 3563.902935] alloc irq_desc for 43 on node -1 [ 3563.902938] alloc kstat_irqs on node -1 [ 3563.902956] sata_sil24 0000:02:00.0: irq 43 for MSI/MSI-X [ 3563.902967] sata_sil24 0000:02:00.0: Using MSI [ 3563.902977] sata_sil24 0000:02:00.0: setting latency timer to 64 [ 3563.903298] scsi9 : sata_sil24 [ 3563.903488] scsi10 : sata_sil24 [ 3563.903615] ata9: SATA max UDMA/100 host m128@0xfadfbf80 port 0xfadfc000 irq 43 [ 3563.903621] ata10: SATA max UDMA/100 host m128@0xfadfbf80 port 0xfadfe000 irq 43 [ 3565.923032] ata9: SATA link down (SStatus 0 SControl 0) [ 3567.943028] ata10: SATA link down (SStatus 0 SControl 0) [ 3598.066772] ata9: exception Emask 0x10 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0xe frozen [ 3598.066777] ata9: irq_stat 0x00b40090, PHY RDY changed [ 3598.066785] ata9: hard resetting link [ 3600.198018] ata9: softreset failed (SRST command error) [ 3600.198025] ata9: reset failed (errno=-5), retrying in 8 secs [ 3608.066019] ata9: hard resetting link [ 3610.209029] ata9: SATA link up 3.0 Gbps (SStatus 123 SControl 0) [ 3610.209095] ata9.00: ATA-6: External Disk 0, RGL10403, max UDMA/133 [ 3610.209099] ata9.00: 1953546336 sectors, multi 1: LBA48 [ 3610.209184] ata9.00: configured for UDMA/100 [ 3610.209190] ata9: EH complete [ 3610.209294] scsi 9:0:0:0: Direct-Access ATA External Disk 0 RGL1 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5 [ 3610.209502] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdh] 1953546336 512-byte logical blocks: (1.00 TB/931 GiB) [ 3610.209528] sd 9:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg9 type 0 [ 3610.209579] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdh] Write Protect is off [ 3610.209583] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdh] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00 [ 3610.209615] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdh] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA [ 3610.347199] sdh: unknown partition table [ 3610.347431] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdh] Attached SCSI disk [ 3615.859236] XFS mounting filesystem sdh [ 3615.966683] Ending clean XFS mount for filesystem: sdh [ 3622.635163] Uhhuh. NMI received for unknown reason a1 on CPU 0. [ 3622.635168] You have some hardware problem, likely on the PCI bus. [ 3622.635170] Dazed and confused, but trying to continue -Tobias -- 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