diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-xfer-mode.c b/drivers/ide/ide-xfer-mode.c
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+#include <linux/types.h>
+#include <linux/string.h>
+#include <linux/kernel.h>
+#include <linux/interrupt.h>
+#include <linux/ide.h>
+#include <linux/bitops.h>
+
+static const char *udma_str[] =
+	 { "UDMA/16", "UDMA/25",  "UDMA/33",  "UDMA/44",
+	   "UDMA/66", "UDMA/100", "UDMA/133", "UDMA7" };
+static const char *mwdma_str[] =
+	{ "MWDMA0", "MWDMA1", "MWDMA2" };
+static const char *swdma_str[] =
+	{ "SWDMA0", "SWDMA1", "SWDMA2" };
+static const char *pio_str[] =
+	{ "PIO0", "PIO1", "PIO2", "PIO3", "PIO4", "PIO5" };
+
+/**
+ *	ide_xfer_verbose	-	return IDE mode names
+ *	@mode: transfer mode
+ *
+ *	Returns a constant string giving the name of the mode
+ *	requested.
+ */
+
+const char *ide_xfer_verbose(u8 mode)
+{
+	const char *s;
+	u8 i = mode & 0xf;
+
+	if (mode >= XFER_UDMA_0 && mode <= XFER_UDMA_7)
+		s = udma_str[i];
+	else if (mode >= XFER_MW_DMA_0 && mode <= XFER_MW_DMA_2)
+		s = mwdma_str[i];
+	else if (mode >= XFER_SW_DMA_0 && mode <= XFER_SW_DMA_2)
+		s = swdma_str[i];
+	else if (mode >= XFER_PIO_0 && mode <= XFER_PIO_5)
+		s = pio_str[i & 0x7];
+	else if (mode == XFER_PIO_SLOW)
+		s = "PIO SLOW";
+	else
+		s = "XFER ERROR";
+
+	return s;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(ide_xfer_verbose);
+
+/**
+ *	ide_get_best_pio_mode	-	get PIO mode from drive
+ *	@drive: drive to consider
+ *	@mode_wanted: preferred mode
+ *	@max_mode: highest allowed mode
+ *
+ *	This routine returns the recommended PIO settings for a given drive,
+ *	based on the drive->id information and the ide_pio_blacklist[].
+ *
+ *	Drive PIO mode is auto-selected if 255 is passed as mode_wanted.
+ *	This is used by most chipset support modules when "auto-tuning".
+ */
+
+u8 ide_get_best_pio_mode(ide_drive_t *drive, u8 mode_wanted, u8 max_mode)
+{
+	u16 *id = drive->id;
+	int pio_mode = -1, overridden = 0;
+
+	if (mode_wanted != 255)
+		return min_t(u8, mode_wanted, max_mode);
+
+	if ((drive->hwif->host_flags & IDE_HFLAG_PIO_NO_BLACKLIST) == 0)
+		pio_mode = ide_scan_pio_blacklist((char *)&id[ATA_ID_PROD]);
+
+	if (pio_mode != -1) {
+		printk(KERN_INFO "%s: is on PIO blacklist\n", drive->name);
+	} else {
+		pio_mode = id[ATA_ID_OLD_PIO_MODES] >> 8;
+		if (pio_mode > 2) {	/* 2 is maximum allowed tPIO value */
+			pio_mode = 2;
+			overridden = 1;
+		}
+
+		if (id[ATA_ID_FIELD_VALID] & 2) {	      /* ATA2? */
+			if (ata_id_has_iordy(id)) {
+				if (id[ATA_ID_PIO_MODES] & 7) {
+					overridden = 0;
+					if (id[ATA_ID_PIO_MODES] & 4)
+						pio_mode = 5;
+					else if (id[ATA_ID_PIO_MODES] & 2)
+						pio_mode = 4;
+					else
+						pio_mode = 3;
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
+		if (overridden)
+			printk(KERN_INFO "%s: tPIO > 2, assuming tPIO = 2\n",
+					 drive->name);
+	}
+
+	if (pio_mode > max_mode)
+		pio_mode = max_mode;
+
+	return pio_mode;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ide_get_best_pio_mode);
+
+int ide_set_pio_mode(ide_drive_t *drive, const u8 mode)
+{
+	ide_hwif_t *hwif = drive->hwif;
+	const struct ide_port_ops *port_ops = hwif->port_ops;
+
+	if (hwif->host_flags & IDE_HFLAG_NO_SET_MODE)
+		return 0;
+
+	if (port_ops == NULL || port_ops->set_pio_mode == NULL)
+		return -1;
+
+	/*
+	 * TODO: temporary hack for some legacy host drivers that didn't
+	 * set transfer mode on the device in ->set_pio_mode method...
+	 */
+	if (port_ops->set_dma_mode == NULL) {
+		port_ops->set_pio_mode(drive, mode - XFER_PIO_0);
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	if (hwif->host_flags & IDE_HFLAG_POST_SET_MODE) {
+		if (ide_config_drive_speed(drive, mode))
+			return -1;
+		port_ops->set_pio_mode(drive, mode - XFER_PIO_0);
+		return 0;
+	} else {
+		port_ops->set_pio_mode(drive, mode - XFER_PIO_0);
+		return ide_config_drive_speed(drive, mode);
+	}
+}
+
+int ide_set_dma_mode(ide_drive_t *drive, const u8 mode)
+{
+	ide_hwif_t *hwif = drive->hwif;
+	const struct ide_port_ops *port_ops = hwif->port_ops;
+
+	if (hwif->host_flags & IDE_HFLAG_NO_SET_MODE)
+		return 0;
+
+	if (port_ops == NULL || port_ops->set_dma_mode == NULL)
+		return -1;
+
+	if (hwif->host_flags & IDE_HFLAG_POST_SET_MODE) {
+		if (ide_config_drive_speed(drive, mode))
+			return -1;
+		port_ops->set_dma_mode(drive, mode);
+		return 0;
+	} else {
+		port_ops->set_dma_mode(drive, mode);
+		return ide_config_drive_speed(drive, mode);
+	}
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ide_set_dma_mode);
+
+/* req_pio == "255" for auto-tune */
+void ide_set_pio(ide_drive_t *drive, u8 req_pio)
+{
+	ide_hwif_t *hwif = drive->hwif;
+	const struct ide_port_ops *port_ops = hwif->port_ops;
+	u8 host_pio, pio;
+
+	if (port_ops == NULL || port_ops->set_pio_mode == NULL ||
+	    (hwif->host_flags & IDE_HFLAG_NO_SET_MODE))
+		return;
+
+	BUG_ON(hwif->pio_mask == 0x00);
+
+	host_pio = fls(hwif->pio_mask) - 1;
+
+	pio = ide_get_best_pio_mode(drive, req_pio, host_pio);
+
+	/*
+	 * TODO:
+	 * - report device max PIO mode
+	 * - check req_pio != 255 against device max PIO mode
+	 */
+	printk(KERN_DEBUG "%s: host max PIO%d wanted PIO%d%s selected PIO%d\n",
+			  drive->name, host_pio, req_pio,
+			  req_pio == 255 ? "(auto-tune)" : "", pio);
+
+	(void)ide_set_pio_mode(drive, XFER_PIO_0 + pio);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ide_set_pio);
+
+/**
+ *	ide_rate_filter		-	filter transfer mode
+ *	@drive: IDE device
+ *	@speed: desired speed
+ *
+ *	Given the available transfer modes this function returns
+ *	the best available speed at or below the speed requested.
+ *
+ *	TODO: check device PIO capabilities
+ */
+
+static u8 ide_rate_filter(ide_drive_t *drive, u8 speed)
+{
+	ide_hwif_t *hwif = drive->hwif;
+	u8 mode = ide_find_dma_mode(drive, speed);
+
+	if (mode == 0) {
+		if (hwif->pio_mask)
+			mode = fls(hwif->pio_mask) - 1 + XFER_PIO_0;
+		else
+			mode = XFER_PIO_4;
+	}
+
+/*	printk("%s: mode 0x%02x, speed 0x%02x\n", __func__, mode, speed); */
+
+	return min(speed, mode);
+}
+
+/**
+ *	ide_set_xfer_rate	-	set transfer rate
+ *	@drive: drive to set
+ *	@rate: speed to attempt to set
+ *
+ *	General helper for setting the speed of an IDE device. This
+ *	function knows about user enforced limits from the configuration
+ *	which ->set_pio_mode/->set_dma_mode does not.
+ */
+
+int ide_set_xfer_rate(ide_drive_t *drive, u8 rate)
+{
+	ide_hwif_t *hwif = drive->hwif;
+	const struct ide_port_ops *port_ops = hwif->port_ops;
+
+	if (port_ops == NULL || port_ops->set_dma_mode == NULL ||
+	    (hwif->host_flags & IDE_HFLAG_NO_SET_MODE))
+		return -1;
+
+	rate = ide_rate_filter(drive, rate);
+
+	BUG_ON(rate < XFER_PIO_0);
+
+	if (rate >= XFER_PIO_0 && rate <= XFER_PIO_5)
+		return ide_set_pio_mode(drive, rate);
+
+	return ide_set_dma_mode(drive, rate);
+}