(This is only a regression in the sense that the bug exists in 2.6.38 but is much worse in 2.6.39-rc6.) I have two Sandy Bridge / Cougar Point machines: one H67 desktop and one QM67 laptop. They have disks from different manufacturers. Both of them have trouble loading ahci on bootup. On 2.6.38.5, the symptom is that, on boot, the system waits 10 seconds or so, then generates a COMRESET failed (errno=-16) error, then works. On 2.6.39-rc6, it's worse: it gives the COMRESET error three times and then brings up the disk at 1.5Gbps. That means that my bootup time goes from 10 seconds or so on 2.6.38 to 56 seconds on 2.6.39-rc6. On the desktop on 2.6.38, dmesg |egrep -i 'ata|ahci' says: [ 0.857245] libata version 3.00 loaded. [ 2.036680] ahci 0000:00:1f.2: version 3.0 [ 2.036707] ahci 0000:00:1f.2: PCI INT B -> GSI 19 (level, low) -> IRQ 19 [ 2.036768] ahci 0000:00:1f.2: irq 44 for MSI/MSI-X [ 2.047240] ahci 0000:00:1f.2: AHCI 0001.0300 32 slots 6 ports 6 Gbps 0xd impl SATA mode [ 2.047245] ahci 0000:00:1f.2: flags: 64bit ncq sntf pm led clo pio slum part ems apst [ 2.047252] ahci 0000:00:1f.2: setting latency timer to 64 [ 2.052019] scsi0 : ahci [ 2.052135] scsi1 : ahci [ 2.052241] scsi2 : ahci [ 2.052329] scsi3 : ahci [ 2.052421] scsi4 : ahci [ 2.052509] scsi5 : ahci [ 2.052722] ata1: SATA max UDMA/133 abar m2048@0xfe625000 port 0xfe625100 irq 44 [ 2.052724] ata2: DUMMY [ 2.052727] ata3: SATA max UDMA/133 abar m2048@0xfe625000 port 0xfe625200 irq 44 [ 2.052731] ata4: SATA max UDMA/133 abar m2048@0xfe625000 port 0xfe625280 irq 44 [ 2.052734] ata5: DUMMY [ 2.052735] ata6: DUMMY [ 2.357095] ata3: SATA link up 3.0 Gbps (SStatus 123 SControl 300) [ 2.357125] ata4: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 300) [ 2.358782] ata4.00: ATAPI: ATAPI iHAS124 Y, BL0V, max UDMA/100 [ 2.360261] ata3.00: ATA-8: WDC WD20EARS-00MVWB0, 51.0AB51, max UDMA/133 [ 2.360266] ata3.00: 3907029168 sectors, multi 16: LBA48 NCQ (depth 31/32), AA [ 2.360706] ata4.00: configured for UDMA/100 [ 2.363496] ata3.00: configured for UDMA/133 [ 7.405154] ata1: link is slow to respond, please be patient (ready=0) [ 12.094412] ata1: COMRESET failed (errno=-16) [ 12.401242] ata1: SATA link up 6.0 Gbps (SStatus 133 SControl 300) [ 12.514036] ata1.00: ATA-9: OCZ-VERTEX3, 2.02, max UDMA/133 [ 12.514041] ata1.00: 468862128 sectors, multi 16: LBA48 NCQ (depth 31/32), AA [ 12.665431] ata1.00: configured for UDMA/133 [ 12.665585] scsi 0:0:0:0: Direct-Access ATA OCZ-VERTEX3 2.02 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5 [ 12.666026] scsi 2:0:0:0: Direct-Access ATA WDC WD20EARS-00M 51.0 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5 [ 12.667587] scsi 3:0:0:0: CD-ROM ATAPI iHAS124 Y BL0V PQ: 0 ANSI: 5 The laptop looks pretty much the same, as does 2.6.39-rc6. -- 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