--- linux-2.6.13-rc5/drivers/ide/ide-io.c	2005-06-17 21:48:29.000000000 +0200
+++ linux-2.6.13-rc4-at91-multiIO/drivers/ide/ide-io.c	2005-08-02 15:46:53.000000000 +0200
@@ -1230,7 +1257,17 @@ void do_ide_request(request_queue_t *q)
 {
 	ide_drive_t *drive = q->queuedata;
 
-	ide_do_request(HWGROUP(drive), IDE_NO_IRQ);
+	if (drive->present)
+		ide_do_request(HWGROUP(drive), IDE_NO_IRQ);
+	else {
+		struct request	*rq;
+		printk(KERN_WARNING "%s: not present, killing requests\n", drive->name);
+		while ((rq = elv_next_request(q)) != NULL) {
+			blkdev_dequeue_request(rq);
+			end_that_request_first(rq, 0, rq->hard_nr_sectors);
+			end_that_request_last(rq);
+		}
+	}
 }
 
 /*