I can confirm this bug on an Dell Inspiron 6000 system with PATA, module ata_piix.
I have a load average of about 2.00 when hald is started. If I remove the sr_mod, the system drops down to nearly 0 avg.
IIRC the behaviour wasn't there with Dapper beta (which was the first install on this laptop), but don't take this for granted. I realised a speed after some system update, but don't remember which update exactly.
I can confirm this bug on an Dell Inspiron 6000 system with PATA, module ata_piix.
I have a load average of about 2.00 when hald is started. If I remove the sr_mod, the system drops down to nearly 0 avg.
IIRC the behaviour wasn't there with Dapper beta (which was the first install on this laptop), but don't take this for granted. I realised a speed after some system update, but don't remember which update exactly.