diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 0b8dcc43b0b9..d2abd05676ad 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 0825788ff27c7145e9d558cb2a26f3837d1f9be5
+refs/heads/master: 35cfc45c582c0df666a817bc5e6cbe7aef5693a0
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/pci/quirks.c b/trunk/drivers/pci/quirks.c
index 605f0df0bfba..dda6099903c1 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/pci/quirks.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/pci/quirks.c
@@ -1142,6 +1142,9 @@ static void __devinit quirk_intel_ide_combined(struct pci_dev *pdev)
 	case 0x27c4:
 		ich = 7;
 		break;
+	case 0x2828:	/* ICH8M */
+		ich = 8;
+		break;
 	default:
 		/* we do not handle this PCI device */
 		return;
@@ -1161,7 +1164,7 @@ static void __devinit quirk_intel_ide_combined(struct pci_dev *pdev)
 		else
 			return;			/* not in combined mode */
 	} else {
-		WARN_ON((ich != 6) && (ich != 7));
+		WARN_ON((ich != 6) && (ich != 7) && (ich != 8));
 		tmp &= 0x3;  /* interesting bits 1:0 */
 		if (tmp & (1 << 0))
 			comb = (1 << 2);	/* PATA port 0, SATA port 1 */
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/scsi/ata_piix.c b/trunk/drivers/scsi/ata_piix.c
index 557788ec4eec..fc3ca051ceed 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/scsi/ata_piix.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/scsi/ata_piix.c
@@ -157,6 +157,9 @@ static const struct pci_device_id piix_pci_tbl[] = {
 	{ 0x8086, 0x27c0, PCI_ANY_ID, PCI_ANY_ID, 0, 0, ich6_sata_ahci },
 	{ 0x8086, 0x27c4, PCI_ANY_ID, PCI_ANY_ID, 0, 0, ich6_sata_ahci },
 	{ 0x8086, 0x2680, PCI_ANY_ID, PCI_ANY_ID, 0, 0, ich6_sata_ahci },
+	{ 0x8086, 0x2820, PCI_ANY_ID, PCI_ANY_ID, 0, 0, ich6_sata_ahci },
+	{ 0x8086, 0x2825, PCI_ANY_ID, PCI_ANY_ID, 0, 0, ich6_sata_ahci },
+	{ 0x8086, 0x2828, PCI_ANY_ID, PCI_ANY_ID, 0, 0, ich6_sata_ahci },
 
 	{ }	/* terminate list */
 };
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/scsi/libata-core.c b/trunk/drivers/scsi/libata-core.c
index b42acbe0e9a5..46c4cdbaee86 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/scsi/libata-core.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/scsi/libata-core.c
@@ -611,6 +611,10 @@ int ata_rwcmd_protocol(struct ata_queued_cmd *qc)
 	if (dev->flags & ATA_DFLAG_PIO) {
 		tf->protocol = ATA_PROT_PIO;
 		index = dev->multi_count ? 0 : 8;
+	} else if (lba48 && (qc->ap->flags & ATA_FLAG_PIO_LBA48)) {
+		/* Unable to use DMA due to host limitation */
+		tf->protocol = ATA_PROT_PIO;
+		index = dev->multi_count ? 0 : 4;
 	} else {
 		tf->protocol = ATA_PROT_DMA;
 		index = 16;
@@ -1452,7 +1456,7 @@ void ata_dev_config(struct ata_port *ap, unsigned int i)
 		ap->udma_mask &= ATA_UDMA5;
 		ap->host->max_sectors = ATA_MAX_SECTORS;
 		ap->host->hostt->max_sectors = ATA_MAX_SECTORS;
-		ap->device->flags |= ATA_DFLAG_LOCK_SECTORS;
+		ap->device[i].flags |= ATA_DFLAG_LOCK_SECTORS;
 	}
 
 	if (ap->ops->dev_config)
@@ -3093,10 +3097,21 @@ static void ata_pio_data_xfer(struct ata_port *ap, unsigned char *buf,
 static void ata_data_xfer(struct ata_port *ap, unsigned char *buf,
 			  unsigned int buflen, int do_write)
 {
-	if (ap->flags & ATA_FLAG_MMIO)
-		ata_mmio_data_xfer(ap, buf, buflen, do_write);
-	else
-		ata_pio_data_xfer(ap, buf, buflen, do_write);
+	/* Make the crap hardware pay the costs not the good stuff */
+	if (unlikely(ap->flags & ATA_FLAG_IRQ_MASK)) {
+		unsigned long flags;
+		local_irq_save(flags);
+		if (ap->flags & ATA_FLAG_MMIO)
+			ata_mmio_data_xfer(ap, buf, buflen, do_write);
+		else
+			ata_pio_data_xfer(ap, buf, buflen, do_write);
+		local_irq_restore(flags);
+	} else {
+		if (ap->flags & ATA_FLAG_MMIO)
+			ata_mmio_data_xfer(ap, buf, buflen, do_write);
+		else
+			ata_pio_data_xfer(ap, buf, buflen, do_write);
+	}
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/trunk/include/linux/libata.h b/trunk/include/linux/libata.h
index af6624450f65..46ccea215892 100644
--- a/trunk/include/linux/libata.h
+++ b/trunk/include/linux/libata.h
@@ -35,7 +35,8 @@
 #include <linux/workqueue.h>
 
 /*
- * compile-time options
+ * compile-time options: to be removed as soon as all the drivers are
+ * converted to the new debugging mechanism
  */
 #undef ATA_DEBUG		/* debugging output */
 #undef ATA_VERBOSE_DEBUG	/* yet more debugging output */
@@ -71,6 +72,38 @@
         }
 #endif
 
+/* NEW: debug levels */
+#define HAVE_LIBATA_MSG 1
+
+enum {
+	ATA_MSG_DRV	= 0x0001,
+	ATA_MSG_INFO	= 0x0002,
+	ATA_MSG_PROBE	= 0x0004,
+	ATA_MSG_WARN	= 0x0008,
+	ATA_MSG_MALLOC	= 0x0010,
+	ATA_MSG_CTL	= 0x0020,
+	ATA_MSG_INTR	= 0x0040,
+	ATA_MSG_ERR	= 0x0080,
+};
+
+#define ata_msg_drv(p)    ((p)->msg_enable & ATA_MSG_DRV)
+#define ata_msg_info(p)   ((p)->msg_enable & ATA_MSG_INFO)
+#define ata_msg_probe(p)  ((p)->msg_enable & ATA_MSG_PROBE)
+#define ata_msg_warn(p)   ((p)->msg_enable & ATA_MSG_WARN)
+#define ata_msg_malloc(p) ((p)->msg_enable & ATA_MSG_MALLOC)
+#define ata_msg_ctl(p)    ((p)->msg_enable & ATA_MSG_CTL)
+#define ata_msg_intr(p)   ((p)->msg_enable & ATA_MSG_INTR)
+#define ata_msg_err(p)    ((p)->msg_enable & ATA_MSG_ERR)
+
+static inline u32 ata_msg_init(int dval, int default_msg_enable_bits)
+{
+	if (dval < 0 || dval >= (sizeof(u32) * 8))
+		return default_msg_enable_bits; /* should be 0x1 - only driver info msgs */
+	if (!dval)
+		return 0;
+	return (1 << dval) - 1;
+}
+
 /* defines only for the constants which don't work well as enums */
 #define ATA_TAG_POISON		0xfafbfcfdU
 
@@ -126,16 +159,19 @@ enum {
 
 	ATA_FLAG_SUSPENDED	= (1 << 12), /* port is suspended */
 
+	ATA_FLAG_PIO_LBA48	= (1 << 13), /* Host DMA engine is LBA28 only */
+	ATA_FLAG_IRQ_MASK	= (1 << 14), /* Mask IRQ in PIO xfers */
+
 	ATA_QCFLAG_ACTIVE	= (1 << 1), /* cmd not yet ack'd to scsi lyer */
 	ATA_QCFLAG_SG		= (1 << 3), /* have s/g table? */
 	ATA_QCFLAG_SINGLE	= (1 << 4), /* no s/g, just a single buffer */
 	ATA_QCFLAG_DMAMAP	= ATA_QCFLAG_SG | ATA_QCFLAG_SINGLE,
 
 	/* various lengths of time */
-	ATA_TMOUT_EDD		= 5 * HZ,	/* hueristic */
+	ATA_TMOUT_EDD		= 5 * HZ,	/* heuristic */
 	ATA_TMOUT_PIO		= 30 * HZ,
-	ATA_TMOUT_BOOT		= 30 * HZ,	/* hueristic */
-	ATA_TMOUT_BOOT_QUICK	= 7 * HZ,	/* hueristic */
+	ATA_TMOUT_BOOT		= 30 * HZ,	/* heuristic */
+	ATA_TMOUT_BOOT_QUICK	= 7 * HZ,	/* heuristic */
 	ATA_TMOUT_CDB		= 30 * HZ,
 	ATA_TMOUT_CDB_QUICK	= 5 * HZ,
 	ATA_TMOUT_INTERNAL	= 30 * HZ,
@@ -356,6 +392,8 @@ struct ata_port {
 	unsigned int		hsm_task_state;
 	unsigned long		pio_task_timeout;
 
+	u32			msg_enable;
+
 	void			*private_data;
 };
 
@@ -642,9 +680,9 @@ static inline u8 ata_wait_idle(struct ata_port *ap)
 
 	if (status & (ATA_BUSY | ATA_DRQ)) {
 		unsigned long l = ap->ioaddr.status_addr;
-		printk(KERN_WARNING
-		       "ATA: abnormal status 0x%X on port 0x%lX\n",
-		       status, l);
+		if (ata_msg_warn(ap))
+			printk(KERN_WARNING "ATA: abnormal status 0x%X on port 0x%lX\n",
+				status, l);
 	}
 
 	return status;
@@ -736,7 +774,8 @@ static inline u8 ata_irq_ack(struct ata_port *ap, unsigned int chk_drq)
 
 	status = ata_busy_wait(ap, bits, 1000);
 	if (status & bits)
-		DPRINTK("abnormal status 0x%X\n", status);
+		if (ata_msg_err(ap))
+			printk(KERN_ERR "abnormal status 0x%X\n", status);
 
 	/* get controller status; clear intr, err bits */
 	if (ap->flags & ATA_FLAG_MMIO) {
@@ -754,8 +793,10 @@ static inline u8 ata_irq_ack(struct ata_port *ap, unsigned int chk_drq)
 		post_stat = inb(ap->ioaddr.bmdma_addr + ATA_DMA_STATUS);
 	}
 
-	VPRINTK("irq ack: host_stat 0x%X, new host_stat 0x%X, drv_stat 0x%X\n",
-		host_stat, post_stat, status);
+	if (ata_msg_intr(ap))
+		printk(KERN_INFO "%s: irq ack: host_stat 0x%X, new host_stat 0x%X, drv_stat 0x%X\n",
+			__FUNCTION__,
+			host_stat, post_stat, status);
 
 	return status;
 }