> Whenever a Compact Flash is present on the IDE controller, I get the following ATA error > handling messages before the IDE Linux kernel driver (pata_rdc.ko) > finally settles down (after almost a minute or so) to PIO4 speed for the Compact Flash: I am guessing this may be due to the fact that the pata_rdc driver does not handle all the cases (cable types and DMA modes) unlike the Intel piix driver. -- 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