diff -Nru a/drivers/scsi/libata-core.c b/drivers/scsi/libata-core.c
--- a/drivers/scsi/libata-core.c	Mon Nov 24 11:30:35 2003
+++ b/drivers/scsi/libata-core.c	Mon Nov 24 11:30:35 2003
@@ -133,7 +133,11 @@
 	struct ata_ioports *ioaddr = &ap->ioaddr;
 	unsigned int is_addr = tf->flags & ATA_TFLAG_ISADDR;
 
-	outb(tf->ctl, ioaddr->ctl_addr);
+	if (tf->ctl != ap->last_ctl) {
+		outb(tf->ctl, ioaddr->ctl_addr);
+		ap->last_ctl = tf->ctl;
+		ata_wait_idle(ap);
+	}
 
 	if (is_addr && (tf->flags & ATA_TFLAG_LBA48)) {
 		outb(tf->hob_feature, ioaddr->error_addr);
@@ -187,7 +191,11 @@
 	struct ata_ioports *ioaddr = &ap->ioaddr;
 	unsigned int is_addr = tf->flags & ATA_TFLAG_ISADDR;
 
-	writeb(tf->ctl, ap->ioaddr.ctl_addr);
+	if (tf->ctl != ap->last_ctl) {
+		writeb(tf->ctl, ap->ioaddr.ctl_addr);
+		ap->last_ctl = tf->ctl;
+		ata_wait_idle(ap);
+	}
 
 	if (is_addr && (tf->flags & ATA_TFLAG_LBA48)) {
 		writeb(tf->hob_feature, (void *) ioaddr->error_addr);
@@ -1281,9 +1289,9 @@
 	/* software reset.  causes dev0 to be selected */
 	if (ap->flags & ATA_FLAG_MMIO) {
 		writeb(ap->ctl, ioaddr->ctl_addr);
-		udelay(10);	/* FIXME: flush */
+		udelay(20);	/* FIXME: flush */
 		writeb(ap->ctl | ATA_SRST, ioaddr->ctl_addr);
-		udelay(10);	/* FIXME: flush */
+		udelay(20);	/* FIXME: flush */
 		writeb(ap->ctl, ioaddr->ctl_addr);
 	} else {
 		outb(ap->ctl, ioaddr->ctl_addr);
@@ -2755,6 +2763,7 @@
 	ap->cbl = ATA_CBL_NONE;
 	ap->device[0].flags = ATA_DFLAG_MASTER;
 	ap->active_tag = ATA_TAG_POISON;
+	ap->last_ctl = 0xFF;
 
 	/* ata_engine init */
 	ap->eng.flags = 0;
diff -Nru a/drivers/scsi/libata.h b/drivers/scsi/libata.h
--- a/drivers/scsi/libata.h	Mon Nov 24 11:30:35 2003
+++ b/drivers/scsi/libata.h	Mon Nov 24 11:30:35 2003
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 #define __LIBATA_H__
 
 #define DRV_NAME	"libata"
-#define DRV_VERSION	"0.80"	/* must be exactly four chars */
+#define DRV_VERSION	"0.81"	/* must be exactly four chars */
 
 struct ata_scsi_args {
 	struct ata_port		*ap;
diff -Nru a/drivers/scsi/sata_promise.c b/drivers/scsi/sata_promise.c
--- a/drivers/scsi/sata_promise.c	Mon Nov 24 11:30:35 2003
+++ b/drivers/scsi/sata_promise.c	Mon Nov 24 11:30:35 2003
@@ -213,6 +213,8 @@
 	  board_2037x },
 	{ PCI_VENDOR_ID_PROMISE, 0x3375, PCI_ANY_ID, PCI_ANY_ID, 0, 0,
 	  board_2037x },
+	{ PCI_VENDOR_ID_PROMISE, 0x3376, PCI_ANY_ID, PCI_ANY_ID, 0, 0,
+	  board_2037x },
 	{ PCI_VENDOR_ID_PROMISE, 0x3318, PCI_ANY_ID, PCI_ANY_ID, 0, 0,
 	  board_20319 },
 	{ PCI_VENDOR_ID_PROMISE, 0x3319, PCI_ANY_ID, PCI_ANY_ID, 0, 0,
diff -Nru a/drivers/scsi/sata_svw.c b/drivers/scsi/sata_svw.c
--- a/drivers/scsi/sata_svw.c	Mon Nov 24 11:30:35 2003
+++ b/drivers/scsi/sata_svw.c	Mon Nov 24 11:30:35 2003
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
 #endif /* CONFIG_ALL_PPC */
 
 #define DRV_NAME	"ata_k2"
-#define DRV_VERSION	"1.02"
+#define DRV_VERSION	"1.03"
 
 
 static u32 k2_sata_scr_read (struct ata_port *ap, unsigned int sc_reg)
@@ -69,8 +69,11 @@
 	struct ata_ioports *ioaddr = &ap->ioaddr;
 	unsigned int is_addr = tf->flags & ATA_TFLAG_ISADDR;
 
-	writeb(tf->ctl, ioaddr->ctl_addr);
-
+	if (tf->ctl != ap->last_ctl) {
+		writeb(tf->ctl, ioaddr->ctl_addr);
+		ap->last_ctl = tf->ctl;
+		ata_wait_idle(ap);
+	}
 	if (is_addr && (tf->flags & ATA_TFLAG_LBA48)) {
 		writew(tf->feature | (((u16)tf->hob_feature) << 8), ioaddr->error_addr);
 		writew(tf->nsect | (((u16)tf->hob_nsect) << 8), ioaddr->nsect_addr);
@@ -311,13 +314,24 @@
 		rc = -ENODEV;
 		goto err_out_unmap;
 	}
+
+	/* Clear a magic bit in SCR1 according to Darwin, those help
+	 * some funky seagate drives (though so far, those were already
+	 * set by the firmware on the machines I had access to
+	 */
+	writel(readl(mmio_base + 0x80) & ~0x00040000, mmio_base + 0x80);
+
+	/* Clear SATA error & interrupts we don't use */
+	writel(0xffffffff, mmio_base + 0x44);
+	writel(0x0, mmio_base + 0x88);
+
 	probe_ent->sht = &k2_sata_sht;
-	probe_ent->host_flags = ATA_FLAG_SATA | ATA_FLAG_NO_LEGACY |
-				ATA_FLAG_SRST | ATA_FLAG_MMIO;
+	probe_ent->host_flags = ATA_FLAG_SATA | ATA_FLAG_SATA_RESET |
+				ATA_FLAG_NO_LEGACY | ATA_FLAG_MMIO;
 	probe_ent->port_ops = &k2_sata_ops;
-       	probe_ent->n_ports = 2;
-       	probe_ent->irq = pdev->irq;
-       	probe_ent->irq_flags = SA_SHIRQ;
+	probe_ent->n_ports = 2;
+	probe_ent->irq = pdev->irq;
+	probe_ent->irq_flags = SA_SHIRQ;
 	probe_ent->mmio_base = mmio_base;
 
 	/*
diff -Nru a/include/linux/libata.h b/include/linux/libata.h
--- a/include/linux/libata.h	Mon Nov 24 11:30:35 2003
+++ b/include/linux/libata.h	Mon Nov 24 11:30:35 2003
@@ -310,6 +310,7 @@
 	struct ata_ioports	ioaddr;	/* ATA cmd/ctl/dma register blocks */
 
 	u8			ctl;	/* cache of ATA control register */
+	u8			last_ctl;	/* Cache last written value */
 	unsigned int		bus_state;
 	unsigned int		port_state;
 	unsigned int		pio_mask;
@@ -522,12 +523,12 @@
 	struct ata_ioports *ioaddr = &ap->ioaddr;
 
 	ap->ctl &= ~ATA_NIEN;
+	ap->last_ctl = ap->ctl;
 
 	if (ap->flags & ATA_FLAG_MMIO)
 		writeb(ap->ctl, ioaddr->ctl_addr);
 	else
 		outb(ap->ctl, ioaddr->ctl_addr);
-
 	return ata_wait_idle(ap);
 }