Linux 2.6.26-rc5 (G5 SATA broken)

[Alan Cox]

> And the patch I'm finding successful is below: I won't sign it off,
> for all I know it's reverting part of what Alan is trying to achieve;
> but I expect it'll help towards the right fix.

Its the right fix 

	ata_sff_check_altstatus() is a routine which does the altstatus
check and may or may not call the helper

	ata_sff_check_status() is a default method for ap->ops->

This lunatic naming leads to mistakes 8(