(pmac_ide_hwif_t *)dev_get_drvdata(hwif->gendev.parent);
        struct device_node *np = pmif->node;
        const char *cable = of_get_property(np, "cable-type", NULL);
+       struct device_node *root = of_find_node_by_path("/");
+       const char *model = of_get_property(root, "model", NULL);
 
        /* Get cable type from device-tree. */
-       if (cable && !strncmp(cable, "80-", 3))
-               return ATA_CBL_PATA80;
+       if (cable && !strncmp(cable, "80-", 3)) {
+               /* Some drives fail to detect 80c cable in PowerBook */
+               /* These machine use proprietary short IDE cable anyway */
+               if (!strncmp(model, "PowerBook", 9))
+                       return ATA_CBL_PATA40_SHORT;
+               else
+                       return ATA_CBL_PATA80;
+       }
 
        /*
         * G5's seem to have incorrect cable type in device-tree.