I've been getting lots of messages about my Maxtor 53073H4 30GB hd, and
it doesn't seem to happen under 2.4.x. Just wondering what might be
going on. If it's my drive, or something else.

Here's some info, is there anything else I can do?

/dev/hdf:

 Model=Maxtor 53073H4, FwRev=JAC61HU0, SerialNo=F40AVV6C
 Config={ Fixed }
 RawCHS=16383/16/63, TrkSize=0, SectSize=0, ECCbytes=57
 BuffType=DualPortCache, BuffSize=2048kB, MaxMultSect=16, MultSect=off
 CurCHS=16383/16/63, CurSects=16514064, LBA=yes, LBAsects=60030432
 IORDY=on/off, tPIO={min:120,w/IORDY:120}, tDMA={min:120,rec:120}
 PIO modes:  pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4 
 DMA modes:  mdma0 mdma1 mdma2 
 UDMA modes: udma0 udma1 udma2 udma3 udma4 *udma5 
 AdvancedPM=yes: disabled (255) WriteCache=enabled
 Drive conforms to: ATA/ATAPI-6 T13 1410D revision 0:  1 2 3 4 5 6

Mar 13 17:26:26 localhost kernel: hdf: dma_timer_expiry: dma status ==
0x64
Mar 13 17:26:26 localhost kernel: hdf: lost interrupt
Mar 13 17:26:26 localhost kernel: hdf: dma_intr: bad DMA status
(dma_stat=70)
Mar 13 17:26:26 localhost kernel: hdf: dma_intr: status=0x50 {
DriveReady SeekComplete }
Mar 13 17:27:05 localhost kernel: hdf: DMA disabled
Mar 13 17:27:13 localhost kernel: hdf: channel busy
Mar 13 17:27:13 localhost kernel: hdf: DMA disabled
Mar 13 17:27:19 localhost kernel: hdf: lost interrupt
Mar 13 17:27:19 localhost kernel: hdf: DMA disabled
Mar 13 17:28:42 localhost kernel: hdf: lost interrupt