Hi Emmanuel, I think I have an idea now - we are accidentally hitting the per-port MSI vector case because your SSD only has one AHCI "port". Can you try the below patch: diff --git a/drivers/ata/ahci.c b/drivers/ata/ahci.c index ba5f11c..3c2f92b 100644 --- a/drivers/ata/ahci.c +++ b/drivers/ata/ahci.c @@ -1413,6 +1413,7 @@ static int ahci_init_msi(struct pci_dev *pdev, unsigned int n_ports, if (hpriv->flags & AHCI_HFLAG_NO_MSI) return -ENODEV; + if (n_ports > 1) { /* * If number of MSIs is less than number of ports then Sharing Last * Message mode could be enforced. In this case assume that advantage @@ -1434,6 +1435,7 @@ static int ahci_init_msi(struct pci_dev *pdev, unsigned int n_ports, printk(KERN_INFO "ahci: MRSM is on, fallback to single MSI\n"); pci_free_irq_vectors(pdev); } + } /* * -ENOSPC indicated we don't have enough vectors. Don't bother trying -- 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