> Please re-submit this fix in the form of a patch so I can merge it.

Here it is.


diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-taskfile.c b/drivers/ide/ide-taskfile.c
index 30175c7..aa06daf 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-taskfile.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-taskfile.c
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(task_no_data_intr);
 static u8 wait_drive_not_busy(ide_drive_t *drive)
 {
        ide_hwif_t *hwif = HWIF(drive);
-       int retries = 100;
+       int retries;
        u8 stat;
 
        /*
@@ -246,10 +246,14 @@ static u8 wait_drive_not_busy(ide_drive_t *drive)
         * This can take up to 10 usec, but we will wait max 1 ms
         * (drive_cmd_intr() waits that long).
         */
-       while (((stat = hwif->INB(IDE_STATUS_REG)) & BUSY_STAT) && retries--)
-               udelay(10);
+       for (retries = 0; retries < 100; retries++) {
+               if ((stat = hwif->INB(IDE_STATUS_REG)) & BUSY_STAT)
+                       udelay(10);
+               else
+                       break;
+       }
 
-       if (!retries)
+       if (stat & BUSY_STAT)
                printk(KERN_ERR "%s: drive still BUSY!\n", drive->name);
 
        return stat;
-
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