static const struct drive_list_entry drive_whitelist [] = {
 
-       { "Micropolis 2112A"    ,       "ALL"           },
-       { "CONNER CTMA 4000"    ,       "ALL"           },
-       { "CONNER CTT8000-A"    ,       "ALL"           },
-       { "ST34342A"            ,       "ALL"           },
+       { "Micropolis 2112A"    ,       NULL            },
+       { "CONNER CTMA 4000"    ,       NULL            },
+       { "CONNER CTT8000-A"    ,       NULL            },
+       { "ST34342A"            ,       NULL            },
        { NULL                  ,       NULL            }
 };
 
 static const struct drive_list_entry drive_blacklist [] = {
 
-       { "WDC AC11000H"        ,       "ALL"           },
-       { "WDC AC22100H"        ,       "ALL"           },
-       { "WDC AC32500H"        ,       "ALL"           },
-       { "WDC AC33100H"        ,       "ALL"           },
-       { "WDC AC31600H"        ,       "ALL"           },
+       { "WDC AC11000H"        ,       NULL            },
+       { "WDC AC22100H"        ,       NULL            },
+       { "WDC AC32500H"        ,       NULL            },
+       { "WDC AC33100H"        ,       NULL            },
+       { "WDC AC31600H"        ,       NULL            },
        { "WDC AC32100H"        ,       "24.09P07"      },
        { "WDC AC23200L"        ,       "21.10N21"      },
-       { "Compaq CRD-8241B"    ,       "ALL"           },
-       { "CRD-8400B"           ,       "ALL"           },
-       { "CRD-8480B",                  "ALL"           },
-       { "CRD-8482B",                  "ALL"           },
-       { "CRD-84"              ,       "ALL"           },
-       { "SanDisk SDP3B"       ,       "ALL"           },
-       { "SanDisk SDP3B-64"    ,       "ALL"           },
-       { "SANYO CD-ROM CRD"    ,       "ALL"           },
-       { "HITACHI CDR-8"       ,       "ALL"           },
-       { "HITACHI CDR-8335"    ,       "ALL"           },
-       { "HITACHI CDR-8435"    ,       "ALL"           },
-       { "Toshiba CD-ROM XM-6202B"     ,       "ALL"           },
-       { "TOSHIBA CD-ROM XM-1702BC",   "ALL"           },
-       { "CD-532E-A"           ,       "ALL"           },
-       { "E-IDE CD-ROM CR-840",        "ALL"           },
-       { "CD-ROM Drive/F5A",   "ALL"           },
-       { "WPI CDD-820",                "ALL"           },
-       { "SAMSUNG CD-ROM SC-148C",     "ALL"           },
-       { "SAMSUNG CD-ROM SC",  "ALL"           },
-       { "ATAPI CD-ROM DRIVE 40X MAXIMUM",     "ALL"           },
-       { "_NEC DV5800A",               "ALL"           },  
+       { "Compaq CRD-8241B"    ,       NULL            },
+       { "CRD-8400B"           ,       NULL            },
+       { "CRD-8480B",                  NULL            },
+       { "CRD-8482B",                  NULL            },
+       { "CRD-84"              ,       NULL            },
+       { "SanDisk SDP3B"       ,       NULL            },
+       { "SanDisk SDP3B-64"    ,       NULL            },
+       { "SANYO CD-ROM CRD"    ,       NULL            },
+       { "HITACHI CDR-8"       ,       NULL            },
+       { "HITACHI CDR-8335"    ,       NULL            },
+       { "HITACHI CDR-8435"    ,       NULL            },
+       { "Toshiba CD-ROM XM-6202B"     ,       NULL            },
+       { "TOSHIBA CD-ROM XM-1702BC",   NULL            },
+       { "CD-532E-A"           ,       NULL            },
+       { "E-IDE CD-ROM CR-840",        NULL            },
+       { "CD-ROM Drive/F5A",   NULL            },
+       { "WPI CDD-820",                NULL            },
+       { "SAMSUNG CD-ROM SC-148C",     NULL            },
+       { "SAMSUNG CD-ROM SC",  NULL            },
+       { "ATAPI CD-ROM DRIVE 40X MAXIMUM",     NULL            },
+       { "_NEC DV5800A",               NULL            },
        { "SAMSUNG CD-ROM SN-124",      "N001" },
-       { "Seagate STT20000A",          "ALL" },
+       { "Seagate STT20000A",          NULL  },
        { NULL                  ,       NULL            }
 
 };
 {
        for ( ; drive_table->id_model ; drive_table++)
                if ((!strcmp(drive_table->id_model, id->model)) &&
-                   ((strstr(id->fw_rev, drive_table->id_firmware)) ||
-                    (!strcmp(drive_table->id_firmware, "ALL"))))
+                   (!drive_table->id_firmware ||
+                    !strcmp(drive_table->id_firmware, "ALL") || /* to be removed later */
+                    strstr(id->fw_rev, drive_table->id_firmware)))
                        return 1;
        return 0;
 }