diff -Nru libata-dev-2.6/include/linux/ata.h libata-dev-2.6-mod/include/linux/ata.h
--- libata-dev-2.6/include/linux/ata.h	2005-02-05 10:42:06.000000000 +0800
+++ libata-dev-2.6-mod/include/linux/ata.h	2005-02-05 11:04:33.000000000 +0800
@@ -172,6 +172,7 @@
 	ATA_TFLAG_ISADDR	= (1 << 1), /* enable r/w to nsect/lba regs */
 	ATA_TFLAG_DEVICE	= (1 << 2), /* enable r/w to device reg */
 	ATA_TFLAG_WRITE		= (1 << 3), /* data dir: host->dev==1 (write) */
+	ATA_TFLAG_LBA		= (1 << 4), /* enable LBA */
 };
 
 enum ata_tf_protocols {
@@ -241,6 +242,18 @@
 	  ((u64) (id)[(n) + 1] << 16) |	\
 	  ((u64) (id)[(n) + 0]) )
 
+static inline int ata_id_current_chs_valid(u16 *id)
+{
+	/* For ATA-1 devices, if the INITIALIZE DEVICE PARAMETERS command 
+	   has not been issued to the device then the values of 
+	   id[54] to id[56] are vendor specific. */
+	return (id[53] & 0x01) && /* Current translation valid */
+		id[54] &&  /* cylinders in current translation */
+		id[55] &&  /* heads in current translation */
+		id[55] <= 16 &&
+		id[56];    /* sectors in current translation */
+}
+
 static inline int atapi_cdb_len(u16 *dev_id)
 {
 	u16 tmp = dev_id[0] & 0x3;
diff -Nru libata-dev-2.6/include/linux/libata.h libata-dev-2.6-mod/include/linux/libata.h
--- libata-dev-2.6/include/linux/libata.h	2005-02-05 10:42:07.000000000 +0800
+++ libata-dev-2.6-mod/include/linux/libata.h	2005-02-05 11:05:58.000000000 +0800
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@
 	ATA_DFLAG_LBA48		= (1 << 0), /* device supports LBA48 */
 	ATA_DFLAG_PIO		= (1 << 1), /* device currently in PIO mode */
 	ATA_DFLAG_LOCK_SECTORS	= (1 << 2), /* don't adjust max_sectors */
+	ATA_DFLAG_LBA		= (1 << 3), /* device supports LBA */
 
 	ATA_DEV_UNKNOWN		= 0,	/* unknown device */
 	ATA_DEV_ATA		= 1,	/* ATA device */
@@ -279,6 +280,11 @@
 	u8			xfer_protocol;	/* taskfile xfer protocol */
 	u8			read_cmd;	/* opcode to use on read */
 	u8			write_cmd;	/* opcode to use on write */
+
+	/* for CHS addressing */
+	u16			cylinders;	/* Number of cylinders */
+	u16			heads;		/* Number of heads */
+	u16			sectors;	/* Number of sectors per track */
 };
 
 struct ata_port {