/* be sure we're looking at the low order bits */
        outb(ATA_DEVCTL_OBS & ~0x80, io_ports->ctl_addr);
 
+       if (task->tf_flags & IDE_TFLAG_IN_FEATURE)
+               tf->feature = inb(io_ports->feature_addr);
        if (task->tf_flags & IDE_TFLAG_IN_NSECT)
                tf->nsect  = inb(io_ports->nsect_addr);
        if (task->tf_flags & IDE_TFLAG_IN_LBAL)
 
        /* be sure we're looking at the low order bits */
        tf_outb(ATA_DEVCTL_OBS & ~0x80, io_ports->ctl_addr);
 
+       if (task->tf_flags & IDE_TFLAG_IN_FEATURE)
+               tf->feature = tf_inb(io_ports->feature_addr);
        if (task->tf_flags & IDE_TFLAG_IN_NSECT)
                tf->nsect  = tf_inb(io_ports->nsect_addr);
        if (task->tf_flags & IDE_TFLAG_IN_LBAL)
        hwif->output_data = ata_output_data;
 }
 
+u8 ide_read_error(ide_drive_t *drive)
+{
+       ide_task_t task;
+
+       memset(&task, 0, sizeof(task));
+       task.tf_flags = IDE_TFLAG_IN_FEATURE;
+
+       drive->hwif->tf_read(drive, &task);
+
+       return task.tf.error;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ide_read_error);
+
 void ide_fix_driveid (struct hd_driveid *id)
 {
 #ifndef __LITTLE_ENDIAN
 
        /* be sure we're looking at the low order bits */
        outb(ATA_DEVCTL_OBS & ~0x80, io_ports->ctl_addr);
 
+       if (task->tf_flags & IDE_TFLAG_IN_FEATURE)
+               tf->feature = inb(io_ports->feature_addr);
        if (task->tf_flags & IDE_TFLAG_IN_NSECT)
                tf->nsect  = inb(io_ports->nsect_addr);
        if (task->tf_flags & IDE_TFLAG_IN_LBAL)
 
        /* be sure we're looking at the low order bits */
        scc_ide_outb(ATA_DEVCTL_OBS & ~0x80, io_ports->ctl_addr);
 
+       if (task->tf_flags & IDE_TFLAG_IN_FEATURE)
+               tf->feature = scc_ide_inb(io_ports->feature_addr);
        if (task->tf_flags & IDE_TFLAG_IN_NSECT)
                tf->nsect  = scc_ide_inb(io_ports->nsect_addr);
        if (task->tf_flags & IDE_TFLAG_IN_LBAL)
 
        IDE_TFLAG_IN_HOB                = IDE_TFLAG_IN_HOB_FEATURE |
                                          IDE_TFLAG_IN_HOB_NSECT |
                                          IDE_TFLAG_IN_HOB_LBA,
+       IDE_TFLAG_IN_FEATURE            = (1 << 1),
        IDE_TFLAG_IN_NSECT              = (1 << 25),
        IDE_TFLAG_IN_LBAL               = (1 << 26),
        IDE_TFLAG_IN_LBAM               = (1 << 27),
 extern void SELECT_DRIVE(ide_drive_t *);
 void SELECT_MASK(ide_drive_t *, int);
 
+u8 ide_read_error(ide_drive_t *);
+
 extern int drive_is_ready(ide_drive_t *);
 
 void ide_pktcmd_tf_load(ide_drive_t *, u32, u16, u8);
 
        return &hwif->drives[(drive->dn ^ 1) & 1];
 }
-
-static inline u8 ide_read_error(ide_drive_t *drive)
-{
-       ide_hwif_t *hwif = drive->hwif;
-
-       return hwif->INB(hwif->io_ports.error_addr);
-}
 #endif /* _IDE_H */