Have you considered not using cfq? Forcing irqpoll is causing lots of other problems. Look in your dmesg log.
** Changed in: linux-source-2.6.17 (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Low Assignee: Tim Gardner => Ubuntu Kernel Team Status: Needs Info => Confirmed -- loading with elevator=cfq forces using of irqpoll https://launchpad.net/bugs/96575 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs