diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-cd.c b/drivers/ide/ide-cd.c
index 654d4cd..69bbb62 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-cd.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-cd.c
@@ -372,7 +372,7 @@
 {
 	int log = 0;
 
-	if (!sense || !rq || (rq->flags & REQ_QUIET))
+	if (!sense || !rq || (rq->cmd_flags & REQ_QUIET))
 		return 0;
 
 	switch (sense->sense_key) {
@@ -597,7 +597,7 @@
 	struct cdrom_info *cd = drive->driver_data;
 
 	ide_init_drive_cmd(rq);
-	rq->flags = REQ_PC;
+	rq->cmd_type = REQ_TYPE_BLOCK_PC;
 	rq->rq_disk = cd->disk;
 }
 
@@ -617,7 +617,7 @@
 	rq->cmd[0] = GPCMD_REQUEST_SENSE;
 	rq->cmd[4] = rq->data_len = 18;
 
-	rq->flags = REQ_SENSE;
+	rq->cmd_type = REQ_TYPE_SENSE;
 
 	/* NOTE! Save the failed command in "rq->buffer" */
 	rq->buffer = (void *) failed_command;
@@ -630,10 +630,10 @@
 	struct request *rq = HWGROUP(drive)->rq;
 	int nsectors = rq->hard_cur_sectors;
 
-	if ((rq->flags & REQ_SENSE) && uptodate) {
+	if (blk_sense_request(rq) && uptodate) {
 		/*
-		 * For REQ_SENSE, "rq->buffer" points to the original failed
-		 * request
+		 * For REQ_TYPE_SENSE, "rq->buffer" points to the original
+		 * failed request
 		 */
 		struct request *failed = (struct request *) rq->buffer;
 		struct cdrom_info *info = drive->driver_data;
@@ -706,17 +706,17 @@
 		return 1;
 	}
 
-	if (rq->flags & REQ_SENSE) {
+	if (blk_sense_request(rq)) {
 		/* We got an error trying to get sense info
 		   from the drive (probably while trying
 		   to recover from a former error).  Just give up. */
 
-		rq->flags |= REQ_FAILED;
+		rq->cmd_flags |= REQ_FAILED;
 		cdrom_end_request(drive, 0);
 		ide_error(drive, "request sense failure", stat);
 		return 1;
 
-	} else if (rq->flags & (REQ_PC | REQ_BLOCK_PC)) {
+	} else if (blk_pc_request(rq)) {
 		/* All other functions, except for READ. */
 		unsigned long flags;
 
@@ -724,7 +724,7 @@
 		 * if we have an error, pass back CHECK_CONDITION as the
 		 * scsi status byte
 		 */
-		if ((rq->flags & REQ_BLOCK_PC) && !rq->errors)
+		if (!rq->errors)
 			rq->errors = SAM_STAT_CHECK_CONDITION;
 
 		/* Check for tray open. */
@@ -735,12 +735,12 @@
 			cdrom_saw_media_change (drive);
 			/*printk("%s: media changed\n",drive->name);*/
 			return 0;
-		} else if (!(rq->flags & REQ_QUIET)) {
+		} else if (!(rq->cmd_flags & REQ_QUIET)) {
 			/* Otherwise, print an error. */
 			ide_dump_status(drive, "packet command error", stat);
 		}
 		
-		rq->flags |= REQ_FAILED;
+		rq->cmd_flags |= REQ_FAILED;
 
 		/*
 		 * instead of playing games with moving completions around,
@@ -881,7 +881,7 @@
 			wait = ATAPI_WAIT_PC;
 			break;
 		default:
-			if (!(rq->flags & REQ_QUIET))
+			if (!(rq->cmd_flags & REQ_QUIET))
 				printk(KERN_INFO "ide-cd: cmd 0x%x timed out\n", rq->cmd[0]);
 			wait = 0;
 			break;
@@ -1124,7 +1124,7 @@
 		if (rq->current_nr_sectors > 0) {
 			printk (KERN_ERR "%s: cdrom_read_intr: data underrun (%d blocks)\n",
 				drive->name, rq->current_nr_sectors);
-			rq->flags |= REQ_FAILED;
+			rq->cmd_flags |= REQ_FAILED;
 			cdrom_end_request(drive, 0);
 		} else
 			cdrom_end_request(drive, 1);
@@ -1456,7 +1456,7 @@
 			printk ("%s: cdrom_pc_intr: data underrun %d\n",
 				drive->name, pc->buflen);
 			*/
-			rq->flags |= REQ_FAILED;
+			rq->cmd_flags |= REQ_FAILED;
 			cdrom_end_request(drive, 0);
 		}
 		return ide_stopped;
@@ -1509,7 +1509,7 @@
 		rq->data += thislen;
 		rq->data_len -= thislen;
 
-		if (rq->flags & REQ_SENSE)
+		if (blk_sense_request(rq))
 			rq->sense_len += thislen;
 	} else {
 confused:
@@ -1517,7 +1517,7 @@
 			"appears confused (ireason = 0x%02x). "
 			"Trying to recover by ending request.\n",
 			drive->name, ireason);
-		rq->flags |= REQ_FAILED;
+		rq->cmd_flags |= REQ_FAILED;
 		cdrom_end_request(drive, 0);
 		return ide_stopped;
 	}
@@ -1546,7 +1546,7 @@
 	struct cdrom_info *info = drive->driver_data;
 
 	info->dma = 0;
-	rq->flags &= ~REQ_FAILED;
+	rq->cmd_flags &= ~REQ_FAILED;
 	len = rq->data_len;
 
 	/* Start sending the command to the drive. */
@@ -1558,7 +1558,7 @@
 {
 	struct request_sense sense;
 	int retries = 10;
-	unsigned int flags = rq->flags;
+	unsigned int flags = rq->cmd_flags;
 
 	if (rq->sense == NULL)
 		rq->sense = &sense;
@@ -1567,14 +1567,14 @@
 	do {
 		int error;
 		unsigned long time = jiffies;
-		rq->flags = flags;
+		rq->cmd_flags = flags;
 
 		error = ide_do_drive_cmd(drive, rq, ide_wait);
 		time = jiffies - time;
 
 		/* FIXME: we should probably abort/retry or something 
 		 * in case of failure */
-		if (rq->flags & REQ_FAILED) {
+		if (rq->cmd_flags & REQ_FAILED) {
 			/* The request failed.  Retry if it was due to a unit
 			   attention status
 			   (usually means media was changed). */
@@ -1596,10 +1596,10 @@
 		}
 
 		/* End of retry loop. */
-	} while ((rq->flags & REQ_FAILED) && retries >= 0);
+	} while ((rq->cmd_flags & REQ_FAILED) && retries >= 0);
 
 	/* Return an error if the command failed. */
-	return (rq->flags & REQ_FAILED) ? -EIO : 0;
+	return (rq->cmd_flags & REQ_FAILED) ? -EIO : 0;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -1963,7 +1963,7 @@
 {
 	struct cdrom_info *info = drive->driver_data;
 
-	rq->flags |= REQ_QUIET;
+	rq->cmd_flags |= REQ_QUIET;
 
 	info->dma = 0;
 
@@ -2023,11 +2023,11 @@
 		}
 		info->last_block = block;
 		return action;
-	} else if (rq->flags & (REQ_PC | REQ_SENSE)) {
+	} else if (rq->cmd_type == REQ_TYPE_SENSE) {
 		return cdrom_do_packet_command(drive);
-	} else if (rq->flags & REQ_BLOCK_PC) {
+	} else if (blk_pc_request(rq)) {
 		return cdrom_do_block_pc(drive, rq);
-	} else if (rq->flags & REQ_SPECIAL) {
+	} else if (blk_special_request(rq)) {
 		/*
 		 * right now this can only be a reset...
 		 */
@@ -2105,7 +2105,7 @@
 
 	req.sense = sense;
 	req.cmd[0] = GPCMD_TEST_UNIT_READY;
-	req.flags |= REQ_QUIET;
+	req.cmd_flags |= REQ_QUIET;
 
 #if ! STANDARD_ATAPI
         /* the Sanyo 3 CD changer uses byte 7 of TEST_UNIT_READY to 
@@ -2207,7 +2207,7 @@
 	req.cmd[0] = GPCMD_READ_CDVD_CAPACITY;
 	req.data = (char *)&capbuf;
 	req.data_len = sizeof(capbuf);
-	req.flags |= REQ_QUIET;
+	req.cmd_flags |= REQ_QUIET;
 
 	stat = cdrom_queue_packet_command(drive, &req);
 	if (stat == 0) {
@@ -2230,7 +2230,7 @@
 	req.sense = sense;
 	req.data =  buf;
 	req.data_len = buflen;
-	req.flags |= REQ_QUIET;
+	req.cmd_flags |= REQ_QUIET;
 	req.cmd[0] = GPCMD_READ_TOC_PMA_ATIP;
 	req.cmd[6] = trackno;
 	req.cmd[7] = (buflen >> 8);
@@ -2531,7 +2531,7 @@
 	req.timeout = cgc->timeout;
 
 	if (cgc->quiet)
-		req.flags |= REQ_QUIET;
+		req.cmd_flags |= REQ_QUIET;
 
 	req.sense = cgc->sense;
 	cgc->stat = cdrom_queue_packet_command(drive, &req);
@@ -2629,7 +2629,8 @@
 	int ret;
 
 	cdrom_prepare_request(drive, &req);
-	req.flags = REQ_SPECIAL | REQ_QUIET;
+	req.cmd_type = REQ_TYPE_SPECIAL;
+	req.cmd_flags = REQ_QUIET;
 	ret = ide_do_drive_cmd(drive, &req, ide_wait);
 
 	/*
@@ -3116,9 +3117,9 @@
 
 static int ide_cdrom_prep_fn(request_queue_t *q, struct request *rq)
 {
-	if (rq->flags & REQ_CMD)
+	if (blk_fs_request(rq))
 		return ide_cdrom_prep_fs(q, rq);
-	else if (rq->flags & REQ_BLOCK_PC)
+	else if (blk_pc_request(rq))
 		return ide_cdrom_prep_pc(rq);
 
 	return 0;
diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-disk.c b/drivers/ide/ide-disk.c
index 7cf3eb0..0a05a37 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-disk.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-disk.c
@@ -699,7 +699,8 @@
 		rq->cmd[0] = WIN_FLUSH_CACHE;
 
 
-	rq->flags |= REQ_DRIVE_TASK;
+	rq->cmd_type = REQ_TYPE_ATA_TASK;
+	rq->cmd_flags |= REQ_SOFTBARRIER;
 	rq->buffer = rq->cmd;
 }
 
@@ -740,7 +741,7 @@
 	if (drive->special.b.set_multmode)
 		return -EBUSY;
 	ide_init_drive_cmd (&rq);
-	rq.flags = REQ_DRIVE_CMD;
+	rq.cmd_type = REQ_TYPE_ATA_CMD;
 	drive->mult_req = arg;
 	drive->special.b.set_multmode = 1;
 	(void) ide_do_drive_cmd (drive, &rq, ide_wait);
diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-dma.c b/drivers/ide/ide-dma.c
index 7c3a13e..c3546fe 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-dma.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-dma.c
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@
 	ide_hwif_t *hwif = HWIF(drive);
 	struct scatterlist *sg = hwif->sg_table;
 
-	BUG_ON((rq->flags & REQ_DRIVE_TASKFILE) && rq->nr_sectors > 256);
+	BUG_ON((rq->cmd_type == REQ_TYPE_ATA_TASKFILE) && rq->nr_sectors > 256);
 
 	ide_map_sg(drive, rq);
 
diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-floppy.c b/drivers/ide/ide-floppy.c
index adbe9f7..0edc322 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-floppy.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-floppy.c
@@ -588,7 +588,7 @@
 	/* Why does this happen? */
 	if (!rq)
 		return 0;
-	if (!(rq->flags & REQ_SPECIAL)) { //if (!IDEFLOPPY_RQ_CMD (rq->cmd)) {
+	if (!blk_special_request(rq)) {
 		/* our real local end request function */
 		ide_end_request(drive, uptodate, nsecs);
 		return 0;
@@ -689,7 +689,7 @@
 
 	ide_init_drive_cmd(rq);
 	rq->buffer = (char *) pc;
-	rq->flags = REQ_SPECIAL;	//rq->cmd = IDEFLOPPY_PC_RQ;
+	rq->cmd_type = REQ_TYPE_SPECIAL;
 	rq->rq_disk = floppy->disk;
 	(void) ide_do_drive_cmd(drive, rq, ide_preempt);
 }
@@ -1250,7 +1250,7 @@
 	pc->callback = &idefloppy_rw_callback;
 	pc->rq = rq;
 	pc->b_count = cmd == READ ? 0 : rq->bio->bi_size;
-	if (rq->flags & REQ_RW)
+	if (rq->cmd_flags & REQ_RW)
 		set_bit(PC_WRITING, &pc->flags);
 	pc->buffer = NULL;
 	pc->request_transfer = pc->buffer_size = blocks * floppy->block_size;
@@ -1303,7 +1303,7 @@
 		idefloppy_do_end_request(drive, 0, 0);
 		return ide_stopped;
 	}
-	if (rq->flags & REQ_CMD) {
+	if (blk_fs_request(rq)) {
 		if (((long)rq->sector % floppy->bs_factor) ||
 		    (rq->nr_sectors % floppy->bs_factor)) {
 			printk("%s: unsupported r/w request size\n",
@@ -1313,9 +1313,9 @@
 		}
 		pc = idefloppy_next_pc_storage(drive);
 		idefloppy_create_rw_cmd(floppy, pc, rq, block);
-	} else if (rq->flags & REQ_SPECIAL) {
+	} else if (blk_special_request(rq)) {
 		pc = (idefloppy_pc_t *) rq->buffer;
-	} else if (rq->flags & REQ_BLOCK_PC) {
+	} else if (blk_pc_request(rq)) {
 		pc = idefloppy_next_pc_storage(drive);
 		if (idefloppy_blockpc_cmd(floppy, pc, rq)) {
 			idefloppy_do_end_request(drive, 0, 0);
@@ -1343,7 +1343,7 @@
 
 	ide_init_drive_cmd (&rq);
 	rq.buffer = (char *) pc;
-	rq.flags = REQ_SPECIAL;		//	rq.cmd = IDEFLOPPY_PC_RQ;
+	rq.cmd_type = REQ_TYPE_SPECIAL;
 	rq.rq_disk = floppy->disk;
 
 	return ide_do_drive_cmd(drive, &rq, ide_wait);
diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-io.c b/drivers/ide/ide-io.c
index fb67952..3436b1f 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-io.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-io.c
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
 {
 	int ret = 1;
 
-	BUG_ON(!(rq->flags & REQ_STARTED));
+	BUG_ON(!blk_rq_started(rq));
 
 	/*
 	 * if failfast is set on a request, override number of sectors and
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&ide_lock, flags);
 
-	BUG_ON(!(rq->flags & REQ_STARTED));
+	BUG_ON(!blk_rq_started(rq));
 
 	/*
 	 * if failfast is set on a request, override number of sectors and
@@ -366,7 +366,7 @@
 	rq = HWGROUP(drive)->rq;
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ide_lock, flags);
 
-	if (rq->flags & REQ_DRIVE_CMD) {
+	if (rq->cmd_type == REQ_TYPE_ATA_CMD) {
 		u8 *args = (u8 *) rq->buffer;
 		if (rq->errors == 0)
 			rq->errors = !OK_STAT(stat,READY_STAT,BAD_STAT);
@@ -376,7 +376,7 @@
 			args[1] = err;
 			args[2] = hwif->INB(IDE_NSECTOR_REG);
 		}
-	} else if (rq->flags & REQ_DRIVE_TASK) {
+	} else if (rq->cmd_type == REQ_TYPE_ATA_TASK) {
 		u8 *args = (u8 *) rq->buffer;
 		if (rq->errors == 0)
 			rq->errors = !OK_STAT(stat,READY_STAT,BAD_STAT);
@@ -390,7 +390,7 @@
 			args[5] = hwif->INB(IDE_HCYL_REG);
 			args[6] = hwif->INB(IDE_SELECT_REG);
 		}
-	} else if (rq->flags & REQ_DRIVE_TASKFILE) {
+	} else if (rq->cmd_type == REQ_TYPE_ATA_TASKFILE) {
 		ide_task_t *args = (ide_task_t *) rq->special;
 		if (rq->errors == 0)
 			rq->errors = !OK_STAT(stat,READY_STAT,BAD_STAT);
@@ -587,7 +587,7 @@
 		return ide_stopped;
 
 	/* retry only "normal" I/O: */
-	if (rq->flags & (REQ_DRIVE_CMD | REQ_DRIVE_TASK | REQ_DRIVE_TASKFILE)) {
+	if (!blk_fs_request(rq)) {
 		rq->errors = 1;
 		ide_end_drive_cmd(drive, stat, err);
 		return ide_stopped;
@@ -638,7 +638,7 @@
 		return ide_stopped;
 
 	/* retry only "normal" I/O: */
-	if (rq->flags & (REQ_DRIVE_CMD | REQ_DRIVE_TASK | REQ_DRIVE_TASKFILE)) {
+	if (!blk_fs_request(rq)) {
 		rq->errors = 1;
 		ide_end_drive_cmd(drive, BUSY_STAT, 0);
 		return ide_stopped;
@@ -808,7 +808,7 @@
 	if (hwif->sg_mapped)	/* needed by ide-scsi */
 		return;
 
-	if ((rq->flags & REQ_DRIVE_TASKFILE) == 0) {
+	if (rq->cmd_type != REQ_TYPE_ATA_TASKFILE) {
 		hwif->sg_nents = blk_rq_map_sg(drive->queue, rq, sg);
 	} else {
 		sg_init_one(sg, rq->buffer, rq->nr_sectors * SECTOR_SIZE);
@@ -844,7 +844,7 @@
 		struct request *rq)
 {
 	ide_hwif_t *hwif = HWIF(drive);
-	if (rq->flags & REQ_DRIVE_TASKFILE) {
+	if (rq->cmd_type == REQ_TYPE_ATA_TASKFILE) {
  		ide_task_t *args = rq->special;
  
 		if (!args)
@@ -866,7 +866,7 @@
 		if (args->tf_out_flags.all != 0) 
 			return flagged_taskfile(drive, args);
 		return do_rw_taskfile(drive, args);
-	} else if (rq->flags & REQ_DRIVE_TASK) {
+	} else if (rq->cmd_type == REQ_TYPE_ATA_TASK) {
 		u8 *args = rq->buffer;
 		u8 sel;
  
@@ -892,7 +892,7 @@
  		hwif->OUTB(sel, IDE_SELECT_REG);
  		ide_cmd(drive, args[0], args[2], &drive_cmd_intr);
  		return ide_started;
- 	} else if (rq->flags & REQ_DRIVE_CMD) {
+ 	} else if (rq->cmd_type == REQ_TYPE_ATA_CMD) {
  		u8 *args = rq->buffer;
 
 		if (!args)
@@ -980,7 +980,7 @@
 	ide_startstop_t startstop;
 	sector_t block;
 
-	BUG_ON(!(rq->flags & REQ_STARTED));
+	BUG_ON(!blk_rq_started(rq));
 
 #ifdef DEBUG
 	printk("%s: start_request: current=0x%08lx\n",
@@ -1013,9 +1013,9 @@
 	if (!drive->special.all) {
 		ide_driver_t *drv;
 
-		if (rq->flags & (REQ_DRIVE_CMD | REQ_DRIVE_TASK))
-			return execute_drive_cmd(drive, rq);
-		else if (rq->flags & REQ_DRIVE_TASKFILE)
+		if (rq->cmd_type == REQ_TYPE_ATA_CMD ||
+		    rq->cmd_type == REQ_TYPE_ATA_TASK ||
+		    rq->cmd_type == REQ_TYPE_ATA_TASKFILE)
 			return execute_drive_cmd(drive, rq);
 		else if (blk_pm_request(rq)) {
 			struct request_pm_state *pm = rq->end_io_data;
@@ -1264,7 +1264,7 @@
 		 * We count how many times we loop here to make sure we service
 		 * all drives in the hwgroup without looping for ever
 		 */
-		if (drive->blocked && !blk_pm_request(rq) && !(rq->flags & REQ_PREEMPT)) {
+		if (drive->blocked && !blk_pm_request(rq) && !(rq->cmd_flags & REQ_PREEMPT)) {
 			drive = drive->next ? drive->next : hwgroup->drive;
 			if (loops++ < 4 && !blk_queue_plugged(drive->queue))
 				goto again;
@@ -1670,7 +1670,7 @@
 void ide_init_drive_cmd (struct request *rq)
 {
 	memset(rq, 0, sizeof(*rq));
-	rq->flags = REQ_DRIVE_CMD;
+	rq->cmd_type = REQ_TYPE_ATA_CMD;
 	rq->ref_count = 1;
 }
 
@@ -1727,7 +1727,7 @@
 		hwgroup->rq = NULL;
 	if (action == ide_preempt || action == ide_head_wait) {
 		where = ELEVATOR_INSERT_FRONT;
-		rq->flags |= REQ_PREEMPT;
+		rq->cmd_flags |= REQ_PREEMPT;
 	}
 	__elv_add_request(drive->queue, rq, where, 0);
 	ide_do_request(hwgroup, IDE_NO_IRQ);
diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-lib.c b/drivers/ide/ide-lib.c
index 1feff23..850ef63 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-lib.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-lib.c
@@ -456,13 +456,14 @@
 	spin_unlock(&ide_lock);
 	if (!rq)
 		return;
-	if (rq->flags & (REQ_DRIVE_CMD | REQ_DRIVE_TASK)) {
+	if (rq->cmd_type == REQ_TYPE_ATA_CMD ||
+	    rq->cmd_type == REQ_TYPE_ATA_TASK) {
 		char *args = rq->buffer;
 		if (args) {
 			opcode = args[0];
 			found = 1;
 		}
-	} else if (rq->flags & REQ_DRIVE_TASKFILE) {
+	} else if (rq->cmd_type == REQ_TYPE_ATA_TASKFILE) {
 		ide_task_t *args = rq->special;
 		if (args) {
 			task_struct_t *tf = (task_struct_t *) args->tfRegister;
diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-tape.c b/drivers/ide/ide-tape.c
index 7067ab9..643e4b9 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-tape.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-tape.c
@@ -1776,7 +1776,7 @@
 static void idetape_init_rq(struct request *rq, u8 cmd)
 {
 	memset(rq, 0, sizeof(*rq));
-	rq->flags = REQ_SPECIAL;
+	rq->cmd_type = REQ_TYPE_SPECIAL;
 	rq->cmd[0] = cmd;
 }
 
@@ -2433,12 +2433,12 @@
 			rq->sector, rq->nr_sectors, rq->current_nr_sectors);
 #endif /* IDETAPE_DEBUG_LOG */
 
-	if ((rq->flags & REQ_SPECIAL) == 0) {
+	if (!blk_special_request(rq)) {
 		/*
 		 * We do not support buffer cache originated requests.
 		 */
 		printk(KERN_NOTICE "ide-tape: %s: Unsupported request in "
-			"request queue (%ld)\n", drive->name, rq->flags);
+			"request queue (%d)\n", drive->name, rq->cmd_type);
 		ide_end_request(drive, 0, 0);
 		return ide_stopped;
 	}
@@ -2768,7 +2768,7 @@
 	idetape_tape_t *tape = drive->driver_data;
 
 #if IDETAPE_DEBUG_BUGS
-	if (rq == NULL || (rq->flags & REQ_SPECIAL) == 0) {
+	if (rq == NULL || !blk_special_request(rq)) {
 		printk (KERN_ERR "ide-tape: bug: Trying to sleep on non-valid request\n");
 		return;
 	}
diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-taskfile.c b/drivers/ide/ide-taskfile.c
index 97a9244..1d0470c 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-taskfile.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-taskfile.c
@@ -363,7 +363,7 @@
 
 static void task_end_request(ide_drive_t *drive, struct request *rq, u8 stat)
 {
-	if (rq->flags & REQ_DRIVE_TASKFILE) {
+	if (rq->cmd_type == REQ_TYPE_ATA_TASKFILE) {
 		ide_task_t *task = rq->special;
 
 		if (task->tf_out_flags.all) {
@@ -474,7 +474,7 @@
 	struct request rq;
 
 	memset(&rq, 0, sizeof(rq));
-	rq.flags = REQ_DRIVE_TASKFILE;
+	rq.cmd_type = REQ_TYPE_ATA_TASKFILE;
 	rq.buffer = buf;
 
 	/*
@@ -499,7 +499,7 @@
 		rq.hard_cur_sectors = rq.current_nr_sectors = rq.nr_sectors;
 
 		if (args->command_type == IDE_DRIVE_TASK_RAW_WRITE)
-			rq.flags |= REQ_RW;
+			rq.cmd_flags |= REQ_RW;
 	}
 
 	rq.special = args;
@@ -737,7 +737,7 @@
 	struct request rq;
 
 	ide_init_drive_cmd(&rq);
-	rq.flags = REQ_DRIVE_TASK;
+	rq.cmd_type = REQ_TYPE_ATA_TASK;
 	rq.buffer = buf;
 	return ide_do_drive_cmd(drive, &rq, ide_wait);
 }
diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide.c b/drivers/ide/ide.c
index 9c8468d..9384a3f 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide.c
@@ -1217,7 +1217,7 @@
 	memset(&rq, 0, sizeof(rq));
 	memset(&rqpm, 0, sizeof(rqpm));
 	memset(&args, 0, sizeof(args));
-	rq.flags = REQ_PM_SUSPEND;
+	rq.cmd_type = REQ_TYPE_PM_SUSPEND;
 	rq.special = &args;
 	rq.end_io_data = &rqpm;
 	rqpm.pm_step = ide_pm_state_start_suspend;
@@ -1238,7 +1238,7 @@
 	memset(&rq, 0, sizeof(rq));
 	memset(&rqpm, 0, sizeof(rqpm));
 	memset(&args, 0, sizeof(args));
-	rq.flags = REQ_PM_RESUME;
+	rq.cmd_type = REQ_TYPE_PM_RESUME;
 	rq.special = &args;
 	rq.end_io_data = &rqpm;
 	rqpm.pm_step = ide_pm_state_start_resume;
diff --git a/drivers/ide/legacy/hd.c b/drivers/ide/legacy/hd.c
index aebecd8..4ab9311 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/legacy/hd.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/legacy/hd.c
@@ -626,7 +626,7 @@
 		req->rq_disk->disk_name, (req->cmd == READ)?"read":"writ",
 		cyl, head, sec, nsect, req->buffer);
 #endif
-	if (req->flags & REQ_CMD) {
+	if (blk_fs_request(req)) {
 		switch (rq_data_dir(req)) {
 		case READ:
 			hd_out(disk,nsect,sec,head,cyl,WIN_READ,&read_intr);