-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Alan Cox wrote: |> I also have custom compiled kernel using 2.6.26, on that the moment I |> shove the sata pcmcia card into my laptop the system freezes. | | If you boot with the "irqpoll" option does it get further ? | On the 2.6.26 kernel, system still freezes. On 2.6.24-19-generic; [ 30.507816] sata_inic162x 0000:04:00.0: version 0.3 [ 30.507871] PCI: Enabling device 0000:04:00.0 (0000 -> 0003) [ 30.507984] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:04:00.0[A] -> GSI 21 (level, low) -> IRQ 18 [ 30.508198] ACPI: PCI interrupt for device 0000:04:00.0 disabled [ 30.508300] sata_inic162x: probe of 0000:04:00.0 failed with error -22 I should also point out that with the 2.6.26 kernel the system only freezes when I connect an external e-SATA drive. I've attached the message log of the output result of me physically removing the pcmcia card re-inserting it and attaching the external drive. Jon. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFIra0xbSv1saVS9ucRAtMNAJ9HjCazvooFxnNkV9nnQzd5MS04XgCdF8l4 +e96wwUBhe+4EOWtxyp1TaM= =T44h -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----