Arne Ahrend wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> don't know if this is of any interest, but on my Athlon64 2.6.18-git4 (like -git3) crashes on startup when initializing
> the SATA ports. The machine does not actually have any SATA disks installed, but I compile in sata_via support anyway (and pata_via, of course).
> Alans pata_via driver has been working for me on various kernels without any issues for half a year now.


Does the attached patch fix your problems?

	Jeff