unsigned int gtf_length,
                                  unsigned long gtf_address)
 {
-       int                     rc = -ENODEV, err;
+       int                     rc = 0, err;
        int                     gtf_count = gtf_length / REGS_PER_GTF;
        int                     ix;
        struct taskfile_array   *gtf;
 
-       if (ide_noacpi)
-               return 0;
-
-       DEBPRINT("ENTER: %s, hard_port#: %d\n", drive->name, drive->dn);
-
-       if ((drive->dev_flags & IDE_DFLAG_PRESENT) == 0)
-               goto out;
-
-       if (!gtf_count)         /* shouldn't be here */
-               goto out;
-
        DEBPRINT("total GTF bytes=%u (0x%x), gtf_count=%d, addr=0x%lx\n",
                 gtf_length, gtf_length, gtf_count, gtf_address);
 
-       if (gtf_length % REGS_PER_GTF) {
-               printk(KERN_ERR "%s: unexpected GTF length (%d)\n",
-                      __func__, gtf_length);
-               goto out;
-       }
-
-       rc = 0;
        for (ix = 0; ix < gtf_count; ix++) {
                gtf = (struct taskfile_array *)
                        (gtf_address + ix * REGS_PER_GTF);
                        rc = err;
        }
 
-out:
        return rc;
 }