diff -ruN dist+patches-2.4.8/drivers/scsi/sym53c8xx.c cobalt-2.4.8/drivers/scsi/sym53c8xx.c
--- dist+patches-2.4.8/drivers/scsi/sym53c8xx.c	Thu Jul  5 11:28:16 2001
+++ cobalt-2.4.8/drivers/scsi/sym53c8xx.c	Mon Aug 13 16:42:25 2001
@@ -2252,7 +2268,6 @@
 	**----------------------------------------------------------------
 	*/
 	struct usrcmd	user;		/* Command from user		*/
-	volatile u_char	release_stage;	/* Synchronisation stage on release  */
 
 	/*----------------------------------------------------------------
 	**	Fields that are used (primarily) for integrity check
@@ -5871,7 +5886,12 @@
 	**	start the timeout daemon
 	*/
 	np->lasttime=0;
-	ncr_timeout (np);
+#ifdef SCSI_NCR_PCIQ_BROKEN_INTR
+	np->timer.expires = ktime_get((HZ+9)/10);
+#else
+	np->timer.expires = ktime_get(SCSI_NCR_TIMER_INTERVAL);
+#endif
+	add_timer(&np->timer);
 
 	/*
 	**  use SIMPLE TAG messages by default
@@ -7234,23 +7254,14 @@
 **==========================================================
 */
 
-#ifdef MODULE
 static int ncr_detach(ncb_p np)
 {
-	int i;
-
 	printk("%s: detaching ...\n", ncr_name(np));
 
 /*
 **	Stop the ncr_timeout process
-**	Set release_stage to 1 and wait that ncr_timeout() set it to 2.
 */
-	np->release_stage = 1;
-	for (i = 50 ; i && np->release_stage != 2 ; i--) MDELAY (100);
-	if (np->release_stage != 2)
-		printk("%s: the timer seems to be already stopped\n",
-			ncr_name(np));
-	else np->release_stage = 2;
+	del_timer_sync(&np->timer);
 
 /*
 **	Reset NCR chip.
@@ -7280,7 +7291,6 @@
 
 	return 1;
 }
-#endif
 
 /*==========================================================
 **
@@ -8607,23 +8617,11 @@
 {
 	u_long	thistime = ktime_get(0);
 
-	/*
-	**	If release process in progress, let's go
-	**	Set the release stage from 1 to 2 to synchronize
-	**	with the release process.
-	*/
-
-	if (np->release_stage) {
-		if (np->release_stage == 1) np->release_stage = 2;
-		return;
-	}
-
 #ifdef SCSI_NCR_PCIQ_BROKEN_INTR
-	np->timer.expires = ktime_get((HZ+9)/10);
+	mod_timer(&np->timer, ktime_get((HZ+9)/10));
 #else
-	np->timer.expires = ktime_get(SCSI_NCR_TIMER_INTERVAL);
+	mod_timer(&np->timer, ktime_get(SCSI_NCR_TIMER_INTERVAL));
 #endif
-	add_timer(&np->timer);
 
 	/*
 	**	If we are resetting the ncr, wait for settle_time before