m[ATA_ID_PROD_LEN - 1] = '\0';
 
        if (strstr(m, "E X A B Y T E N E S T"))
-               goto err_misc;
-
-       drive->dev_flags |= IDE_DFLAG_PRESENT;
-       drive->dev_flags &= ~IDE_DFLAG_DEAD;
-
-       return;
-err_misc:
-       kfree(id);
-       drive->dev_flags &= ~IDE_DFLAG_PRESENT;
+               drive->dev_flags &= ~IDE_DFLAG_PRESENT;
+       else
+               drive->dev_flags |= IDE_DFLAG_PRESENT;
 }
 
 /**
                }
 
                if ((drive->dev_flags & IDE_DFLAG_PRESENT) == 0)
-                       /* drive not found */
-                       return 0;
+                       goto out_free;
 
                /* identification failed? */
                if ((drive->dev_flags & IDE_DFLAG_ID_READ) == 0) {
        }
 
        if ((drive->dev_flags & IDE_DFLAG_PRESENT) == 0)
-               return 0;
+               goto out_free;
 
        /* The drive wasn't being helpful. Add generic info only */
        if ((drive->dev_flags & IDE_DFLAG_ID_READ) == 0) {
                ide_disk_init_mult_count(drive);
        }
 
-       return !!(drive->dev_flags & IDE_DFLAG_PRESENT);
+       return 1;
+out_free:
+       kfree(drive->id);
+       return 0;
 }
 
 static void hwif_release_dev(struct device *dev)
 
        IDE_DFLAG_NICE1                 = (1 << 5),
        /* device is physically present */
        IDE_DFLAG_PRESENT               = (1 << 6),
-       /* device ejected hint */
-       IDE_DFLAG_DEAD                  = (1 << 7),
        /* id read from device (synthetic if not set) */
        IDE_DFLAG_ID_READ               = (1 << 8),
        IDE_DFLAG_NOPROBE               = (1 << 9),