===== drivers/scsi/libata-core.c 1.26 vs edited =====
--- 1.26/drivers/scsi/libata-core.c	Mon Mar 15 11:43:58 2004
+++ edited/drivers/scsi/libata-core.c	Thu Mar 18 03:36:13 2004
@@ -2263,9 +2263,12 @@
 	mb();	/* make sure PRD table writes are visible to controller */
 	writel(ap->prd_dma, mmio + ATA_DMA_TABLE_OFS);
 
-	/* specify data direction */
-	/* FIXME: redundant to later start-dma command? */
-	writeb(rw ? 0 : ATA_DMA_WR, mmio + ATA_DMA_CMD);
+	/* specify data direction, triple-check start bit is clear */
+	dmactl = readb(mmio + ATA_DMA_CMD);
+	dmactl &= ~(ATA_DMA_WR | ATA_DMA_START);
+	if (!rw)
+		dmactl |= ATA_DMA_WR;
+	writeb(dmactl, mmio + ATA_DMA_CMD);
 
 	/* clear interrupt, error bits */
 	host_stat = readb(mmio + ATA_DMA_STATUS);
@@ -2275,7 +2278,6 @@
 	ap->ops->exec_command(ap, &qc->tf);
 
 	/* start host DMA transaction */
-	dmactl = readb(mmio + ATA_DMA_CMD);
 	writeb(dmactl | ATA_DMA_START, mmio + ATA_DMA_CMD);
 
 	/* Strictly, one may wish to issue a readb() here, to
@@ -2308,9 +2310,12 @@
 	/* load PRD table addr. */
 	outl(ap->prd_dma, ap->ioaddr.bmdma_addr + ATA_DMA_TABLE_OFS);
 
-	/* specify data direction */
-	/* FIXME: redundant to later start-dma command? */
-	outb(rw ? 0 : ATA_DMA_WR, ap->ioaddr.bmdma_addr + ATA_DMA_CMD);
+	/* specify data direction, triple-check start bit is clear */
+	dmactl = inb(ap->ioaddr.bmdma_addr + ATA_DMA_CMD);
+	dmactl &= ~(ATA_DMA_WR | ATA_DMA_START);
+	if (!rw)
+		dmactl |= ATA_DMA_WR;
+	outb(dmactl, ap->ioaddr.bmdma_addr + ATA_DMA_CMD);
 
 	/* clear interrupt, error bits */
 	host_stat = inb(ap->ioaddr.bmdma_addr + ATA_DMA_STATUS);
@@ -2321,7 +2326,6 @@
 	ap->ops->exec_command(ap, &qc->tf);
 
 	/* start host DMA transaction */
-	dmactl = inb(ap->ioaddr.bmdma_addr + ATA_DMA_CMD);
 	outb(dmactl | ATA_DMA_START,
 	     ap->ioaddr.bmdma_addr + ATA_DMA_CMD);
 }
@@ -2344,14 +2348,16 @@
 		void *mmio = (void *) ap->ioaddr.bmdma_addr;
 
 		/* clear start/stop bit */
-		writeb(0, mmio + ATA_DMA_CMD);
+		writeb(readb(mmio + ATA_DMA_CMD) & ~ATA_DMA_START,
+		       mmio + ATA_DMA_CMD);
 
 		/* ack intr, err bits */
 		writeb(host_stat | ATA_DMA_INTR | ATA_DMA_ERR,
 		       mmio + ATA_DMA_STATUS);
 	} else {
 		/* clear start/stop bit */
-		outb(0, ap->ioaddr.bmdma_addr + ATA_DMA_CMD);
+		outb(inb(ap->ioaddr.bmdma_addr + ATA_DMA_CMD) & ~ATA_DMA_START,
+		     ap->ioaddr.bmdma_addr + ATA_DMA_CMD);
 
 		/* ack intr, err bits */
 		outb(host_stat | ATA_DMA_INTR | ATA_DMA_ERR,