diff --git a/block/Kconfig b/block/Kconfig
index 2859351..da12f26 100644
--- a/block/Kconfig
+++ b/block/Kconfig
@@ -51,4 +51,11 @@
 
 endif # BLOCK
 
+config BLK_DEV_BSG
+	bool "Block layer SG support"
+	default y
+	---help---
+	Saying Y here will enable generic SG (SCSI generic) v3
+	support for any block device.
+
 source block/Kconfig.iosched
diff --git a/block/Makefile b/block/Makefile
index 4b84d0d..959feeb 100644
--- a/block/Makefile
+++ b/block/Makefile
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 obj-$(CONFIG_BLOCK) := elevator.o ll_rw_blk.o ioctl.o genhd.o scsi_ioctl.o
 
+obj-$(CONFIG_BLK_DEV_BSG)	+= bsg.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_IOSCHED_NOOP)	+= noop-iosched.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_IOSCHED_AS)	+= as-iosched.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_IOSCHED_DEADLINE)	+= deadline-iosched.o
diff --git a/block/bsg.c b/block/bsg.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..724b693
--- /dev/null
+++ b/block/bsg.c
@@ -0,0 +1,997 @@
+/*
+ * bsg.c - block layer implementation of the sg v3 interface
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2004 Jens Axboe <axboe@suse.de> SUSE Labs
+ * Copyright (C) 2004 Peter M. Jones <pjones@redhat.com>
+ *
+ *  This file is subject to the terms and conditions of the GNU General Public
+ *  License version 2.  See the file "COPYING" in the main directory of this
+ *  archive for more details.
+ *
+ */
+/*
+ * TODO
+ *	- Should this get merged, block/scsi_ioctl.c will be migrated into
+ *	  this file. To keep maintenance down, it's easier to have them
+ *	  seperated right now.
+ *
+ */
+#include <linux/config.h>
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/init.h>
+#include <linux/file.h>
+#include <linux/blkdev.h>
+#include <linux/poll.h>
+#include <linux/cdev.h>
+#include <linux/percpu.h>
+#include <linux/uio.h>
+#include <linux/bsg.h>
+
+#include <scsi/scsi.h>
+#include <scsi/scsi_ioctl.h>
+#include <scsi/scsi_cmnd.h>
+#include <scsi/sg.h>
+
+static char bsg_version[] = "block layer sg (bsg) 0.4";
+
+struct bsg_command;
+
+struct bsg_device {
+	struct gendisk *disk;
+	request_queue_t *queue;
+	spinlock_t lock;
+	struct list_head busy_list;
+	struct list_head done_list;
+	struct hlist_node dev_list;
+	atomic_t ref_count;
+	int minor;
+	int queued_cmds;
+	int done_cmds;
+	unsigned long *cmd_bitmap;
+	struct bsg_command *cmd_map;
+	wait_queue_head_t wq_done;
+	wait_queue_head_t wq_free;
+	char name[BDEVNAME_SIZE];
+	int max_queue;
+	unsigned long flags;
+};
+
+enum {
+	BSG_F_BLOCK		= 1,
+	BSG_F_WRITE_PERM	= 2,
+};
+
+/*
+ * command allocation bitmap defines
+ */
+#define BSG_CMDS_PAGE_ORDER	(1)
+#define BSG_CMDS_PER_LONG	(sizeof(unsigned long) * 8)
+#define BSG_CMDS_MASK		(BSG_CMDS_PER_LONG - 1)
+#define BSG_CMDS_BYTES		(PAGE_SIZE * (1 << BSG_CMDS_PAGE_ORDER))
+#define BSG_CMDS		(BSG_CMDS_BYTES / sizeof(struct bsg_command))
+
+#undef BSG_DEBUG
+
+#ifdef BSG_DEBUG
+#define dprintk(fmt, args...) printk(KERN_ERR "%s: " fmt, __FUNCTION__, ##args)
+#else
+#define dprintk(fmt, args...)
+#endif
+
+#define list_entry_bc(entry)	list_entry((entry), struct bsg_command, list)
+
+/*
+ * just for testing
+ */
+#define BSG_MAJOR	(240)
+
+static DEFINE_MUTEX(bsg_mutex);
+static int bsg_device_nr;
+
+#define BSG_LIST_SIZE	(8)
+#define bsg_list_idx(minor)	((minor) & (BSG_LIST_SIZE - 1))
+static struct hlist_head bsg_device_list[BSG_LIST_SIZE];
+
+static struct class *bsg_class;
+static LIST_HEAD(bsg_class_list);
+
+/*
+ * our internal command type
+ */
+struct bsg_command {
+	struct bsg_device *bd;
+	struct list_head list;
+	struct request *rq;
+	struct bio *bio;
+	int err;
+	struct sg_io_hdr hdr;
+	struct sg_io_hdr __user *uhdr;
+	char sense[SCSI_SENSE_BUFFERSIZE];
+};
+
+static void bsg_free_command(struct bsg_command *bc)
+{
+	struct bsg_device *bd = bc->bd;
+	unsigned long bitnr = bc - bd->cmd_map;
+	unsigned long flags;
+
+	dprintk("%s: command bit offset %lu\n", bd->name, bitnr);
+
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&bd->lock, flags);
+	bd->queued_cmds--;
+	__clear_bit(bitnr, bd->cmd_bitmap);
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&bd->lock, flags);
+
+	wake_up(&bd->wq_free);
+}
+
+static struct bsg_command *__bsg_alloc_command(struct bsg_device *bd)
+{
+	struct bsg_command *bc = NULL;
+	unsigned long *map;
+	int free_nr;
+
+	spin_lock_irq(&bd->lock);
+
+	if (bd->queued_cmds >= bd->max_queue)
+		goto out;
+
+	for (free_nr = 0, map = bd->cmd_bitmap; *map == ~0UL; map++)
+		free_nr += BSG_CMDS_PER_LONG;
+
+	BUG_ON(*map == ~0UL);
+
+	bd->queued_cmds++;
+	free_nr += ffz(*map);
+	__set_bit(free_nr, bd->cmd_bitmap);
+	spin_unlock_irq(&bd->lock);
+
+	bc = bd->cmd_map + free_nr;
+	memset(bc, 0, sizeof(*bc));
+	bc->bd = bd;
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&bc->list);
+	dprintk("%s: returning free cmd %p (bit %d)\n", bd->name, bc, free_nr);
+	return bc;
+out:
+	dprintk("%s: failed (depth %d)\n", bd->name, bd->queued_cmds);
+	spin_unlock_irq(&bd->lock);
+	return bc;
+}
+
+static inline void
+bsg_del_done_cmd(struct bsg_device *bd, struct bsg_command *bc)
+{
+	bd->done_cmds--;
+	list_del(&bc->list);
+}
+
+static inline void
+bsg_add_done_cmd(struct bsg_device *bd, struct bsg_command *bc)
+{
+	bd->done_cmds++;
+	list_add_tail(&bc->list, &bd->done_list);
+	wake_up(&bd->wq_done);
+}
+
+static inline int bsg_io_schedule(struct bsg_device *bd, int state)
+{
+	DEFINE_WAIT(wait);
+	int ret = 0;
+
+	spin_lock_irq(&bd->lock);
+
+	BUG_ON(bd->done_cmds > bd->queued_cmds);
+
+	/*
+	 * -ENOSPC or -ENODATA?  I'm going for -ENODATA, meaning "I have no
+	 * work to do", even though we return -ENOSPC after this same test
+	 * during bsg_write() -- there, it means our buffer can't have more
+	 * bsg_commands added to it, thus has no space left.
+	 */
+	if (bd->done_cmds == bd->queued_cmds) {
+		ret = -ENODATA;
+		goto unlock;
+	}
+
+	if (!test_bit(BSG_F_BLOCK, &bd->flags)) {
+		ret = -EAGAIN;
+		goto unlock;
+	}
+
+	prepare_to_wait(&bd->wq_done, &wait, state);
+	spin_unlock_irq(&bd->lock);
+	io_schedule();
+	finish_wait(&bd->wq_done, &wait);
+
+	if ((state == TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE) && signal_pending(current))
+		ret = -ERESTARTSYS;
+
+	return ret;
+unlock:
+	spin_unlock_irq(&bd->lock);
+	return ret;
+}
+
+/*
+ * get a new free command, blocking if needed and specified
+ */
+static struct bsg_command *bsg_get_command(struct bsg_device *bd)
+{
+	struct bsg_command *bc;
+	int ret;
+
+	do {
+		bc = __bsg_alloc_command(bd);
+		if (bc)
+			break;
+
+		ret = bsg_io_schedule(bd, TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
+		if (ret) {
+			bc = ERR_PTR(ret);
+			break;
+		}
+
+	} while (1);
+
+	return bc;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Check if sg_io_hdr from user is allowed and valid
+ */
+static int
+bsg_validate_sghdr(request_queue_t *q, struct sg_io_hdr *hdr, int *rw)
+{
+	if (hdr->interface_id != 'S')
+		return -EINVAL;
+	if (hdr->cmd_len > BLK_MAX_CDB)
+		return -EINVAL;
+	if (hdr->dxfer_len > (q->max_sectors << 9))
+		return -EIO;
+
+	/*
+	 * looks sane, if no data then it should be fine from our POV
+	 */
+	if (!hdr->dxfer_len)
+		return 0;
+
+	switch (hdr->dxfer_direction) {
+		case SG_DXFER_TO_FROM_DEV:
+		case SG_DXFER_FROM_DEV:
+			*rw = READ;
+			break;
+		case SG_DXFER_TO_DEV:
+			*rw = WRITE;
+			break;
+		default:
+			return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * map sg_io_hdr to a request. for scatter-gather sg_io_hdr, we map
+ * each segment to a bio and string multiple bio's to the request
+ */
+static struct request *
+bsg_map_hdr(struct bsg_device *bd, int rw, struct sg_io_hdr *hdr)
+{
+	request_queue_t *q = bd->queue;
+	struct sg_iovec iov;
+	struct sg_iovec __user *u_iov;
+	struct request *rq;
+	int ret, i = 0;
+
+	dprintk("map hdr %p/%d/%d\n", hdr->dxferp, hdr->dxfer_len,
+					hdr->iovec_count);
+
+	ret = bsg_validate_sghdr(q, hdr, &rw);
+	if (ret)
+		return ERR_PTR(ret);
+
+	/*
+	 * map scatter-gather elements seperately and string them to request
+	 */
+	rq = blk_get_request(q, rw, GFP_KERNEL);
+	ret = blk_fill_sghdr_rq(q, rq, hdr, test_bit(BSG_F_WRITE_PERM,
+				&bd->flags));
+	if (ret) {
+		blk_put_request(rq);
+		return ERR_PTR(ret);
+	}
+
+	if (!hdr->iovec_count) {
+		ret = blk_rq_map_user(q, rq, hdr->dxferp, hdr->dxfer_len);
+		if (ret)
+			goto out;
+	}
+
+	u_iov = hdr->dxferp;
+	for (ret = 0, i = 0; i < hdr->iovec_count; i++, u_iov++) {
+		if (copy_from_user(&iov, u_iov, sizeof(iov))) {
+			ret = -EFAULT;
+			break;
+		}
+
+		if (!iov.iov_len || !iov.iov_base) {
+			ret = -EINVAL;
+			break;
+		}
+
+		ret = blk_rq_map_user(q, rq, iov.iov_base, iov.iov_len);
+		if (ret)
+			break;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * bugger, cleanup
+	 */
+	if (ret) {
+out:
+		dprintk("failed map at %d: %d\n", i, ret);
+		blk_unmap_sghdr_rq(rq, hdr);
+		rq = ERR_PTR(ret);
+	}
+
+	return rq;
+}
+
+/*
+ * async completion call-back from the block layer, when scsi/ide/whatever
+ * calls end_that_request_last() on a request
+ */
+static void bsg_rq_end_io(struct request *rq, int uptodate)
+{
+	struct bsg_command *bc = rq->end_io_data;
+	struct bsg_device *bd = bc->bd;
+	unsigned long flags;
+
+	dprintk("%s: finished rq %p bio %p, bc %p offset %ld stat %d\n",
+			bd->name, rq, bc, bc->bio, bc - bd->cmd_map, uptodate);
+
+	bc->hdr.duration = jiffies_to_msecs(jiffies - bc->hdr.duration);
+
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&bd->lock, flags);
+	list_del(&bc->list);
+	bsg_add_done_cmd(bd, bc);
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&bd->lock, flags);
+}
+
+/*
+ * do final setup of a 'bc' and submit the matching 'rq' to the block
+ * layer for io
+ */
+static void bsg_add_command(struct bsg_device *bd, request_queue_t *q,
+			    struct bsg_command *bc, struct request *rq)
+{
+	rq->sense = bc->sense;
+	rq->sense_len = 0;
+
+	/*
+	 * add bc command to busy queue and submit rq for io
+	 */
+	bc->rq = rq;
+	bc->bio = rq->bio;
+	bc->hdr.duration = jiffies;
+	spin_lock_irq(&bd->lock);
+	list_add_tail(&bc->list, &bd->busy_list);
+	spin_unlock_irq(&bd->lock);
+
+	dprintk("%s: queueing rq %p, bc %p\n", bd->name, rq, bc);
+
+	rq->end_io_data = bc;
+	blk_execute_rq_nowait(q, bd->disk, rq, 1, bsg_rq_end_io);
+}
+
+static inline struct bsg_command *bsg_next_done_cmd(struct bsg_device *bd)
+{
+	struct bsg_command *bc = NULL;
+
+	spin_lock_irq(&bd->lock);
+	if (bd->done_cmds) {
+		bc = list_entry_bc(bd->done_list.next);
+		bsg_del_done_cmd(bd, bc);
+	}
+	spin_unlock_irq(&bd->lock);
+
+	return bc;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Get a finished command from the done list
+ */
+static struct bsg_command *__bsg_get_done_cmd(struct bsg_device *bd, int state)
+{
+	struct bsg_command *bc;
+	int ret;
+
+	do {
+		bc = bsg_next_done_cmd(bd);
+		if (bc)
+			break;
+
+		ret = bsg_io_schedule(bd, state);
+		if (ret) {
+			bc = ERR_PTR(ret);
+			break;
+		}
+	} while (1);
+
+	dprintk("%s: returning done %p\n", bd->name, bc);
+
+	return bc;
+}
+
+static struct bsg_command *
+bsg_get_done_cmd(struct bsg_device *bd, const struct iovec *iov)
+{
+	return __bsg_get_done_cmd(bd, TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
+}
+
+static struct bsg_command *
+bsg_get_done_cmd_nosignals(struct bsg_device *bd)
+{
+	return __bsg_get_done_cmd(bd, TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
+}
+
+static int bsg_complete_all_commands(struct bsg_device *bd)
+{
+	struct bsg_command *bc;
+	int ret, tret;
+
+	dprintk("%s: entered\n", bd->name);
+
+	set_bit(BSG_F_BLOCK, &bd->flags);
+
+	/*
+	 * wait for all commands to complete
+	 */
+	ret = 0;
+	do {
+		ret = bsg_io_schedule(bd, TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
+		/*
+		 * look for -ENODATA specifically -- we'll sometimes get
+		 * -ERESTARTSYS when we've taken a signal, but we can't
+		 * return until we're done freeing the queue, so ignore
+		 * it.  The signal will get handled when we're done freeing
+		 * the bsg_device.
+		 */
+	} while (ret != -ENODATA);
+
+	/*
+	 * discard done commands
+	 */
+	ret = 0;
+	do {
+		bc = bsg_get_done_cmd_nosignals(bd);
+
+		/*
+		 * we _must_ complete before restarting, because
+		 * bsg_release can't handle this failing.
+		 */
+		if (PTR_ERR(bc) == -ERESTARTSYS)
+			continue;
+		if (IS_ERR(bc)) {
+			ret = PTR_ERR(bc);
+			break;
+		}
+
+		tret = blk_complete_sghdr_rq(bc->rq, &bc->hdr, bc->bio);
+		if (!ret)
+			ret = tret;
+
+		bsg_free_command(bc);
+	} while (1);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+typedef struct bsg_command *(*bsg_command_callback)(struct bsg_device *bd, const struct iovec *iov);
+
+static ssize_t
+__bsg_read(char __user *buf, size_t count, bsg_command_callback get_bc,
+	   struct bsg_device *bd, const struct iovec *iov, ssize_t *bytes_read)
+{
+	struct bsg_command *bc;
+	int nr_commands, ret;
+
+	if (count % sizeof(struct sg_io_hdr))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	ret = 0;
+	nr_commands = count / sizeof(struct sg_io_hdr);
+	while (nr_commands) {
+		bc = get_bc(bd, iov);
+		if (IS_ERR(bc)) {
+			ret = PTR_ERR(bc);
+			break;
+		}
+
+		/*
+		 * this is the only case where we need to copy data back
+		 * after completing the request. so do that here,
+		 * bsg_complete_work() cannot do that for us
+		 */
+		ret = blk_complete_sghdr_rq(bc->rq, &bc->hdr, bc->bio);
+
+		if (copy_to_user(buf, (char *) &bc->hdr, sizeof(bc->hdr)))
+			ret = -EFAULT;
+
+		bsg_free_command(bc);
+
+		if (ret)
+			break;
+
+		buf += sizeof(struct sg_io_hdr);
+		*bytes_read += sizeof(struct sg_io_hdr);
+		nr_commands--;
+	}
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static inline void bsg_set_block(struct bsg_device *bd, struct file *file)
+{
+	if (file->f_flags & O_NONBLOCK)
+		clear_bit(BSG_F_BLOCK, &bd->flags);
+	else
+		set_bit(BSG_F_BLOCK, &bd->flags);
+}
+
+static inline void bsg_set_write_perm(struct bsg_device *bd, struct file *file)
+{
+	if (file->f_mode & FMODE_WRITE)
+		set_bit(BSG_F_WRITE_PERM, &bd->flags);
+	else
+		clear_bit(BSG_F_WRITE_PERM, &bd->flags);
+}
+
+static inline int err_block_err(int ret)
+{
+	if (ret && ret != -ENOSPC && ret != -ENODATA && ret != -EAGAIN)
+		return 1;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static ssize_t
+bsg_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf, size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
+{
+	struct bsg_device *bd = file->private_data;
+	int ret;
+	ssize_t bytes_read;
+
+	dprintk("%s: read %lu bytes\n", bd->name, count);
+
+	bsg_set_block(bd, file);
+	bytes_read = 0;
+	ret = __bsg_read(buf, count, bsg_get_done_cmd,
+			bd, NULL, &bytes_read);
+	*ppos = bytes_read;
+
+	if (!bytes_read || (bytes_read && err_block_err(ret)))
+		bytes_read = ret;
+
+	return bytes_read;
+}
+
+static ssize_t __bsg_write(struct bsg_device *bd, const char __user *buf,
+			   size_t count, ssize_t *bytes_read)
+{
+	struct bsg_command *bc;
+	struct request *rq;
+	int ret, nr_commands;
+
+	if (count % sizeof(struct sg_io_hdr))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	nr_commands = count / sizeof(struct sg_io_hdr);
+	rq = NULL;
+	bc = NULL;
+	ret = 0;
+	while (nr_commands) {
+		request_queue_t *q = bd->queue;
+		int rw = READ;
+
+		bc = bsg_get_command(bd);
+		if (!bc)
+			break;
+		if (IS_ERR(bc)) {
+			ret = PTR_ERR(bc);
+			bc = NULL;
+			break;
+		}
+
+		bc->uhdr = (struct sg_io_hdr __user *) buf;
+		if (copy_from_user(&bc->hdr, buf, sizeof(bc->hdr))) {
+			ret = -EFAULT;
+			break;
+		}
+
+		/*
+		 * get a request, fill in the blanks, and add to request queue
+		 */
+		rq = bsg_map_hdr(bd, rw, &bc->hdr);
+		if (IS_ERR(rq)) {
+			ret = PTR_ERR(rq);
+			rq = NULL;
+			break;
+		}
+
+		bsg_add_command(bd, q, bc, rq);
+		bc = NULL;
+		rq = NULL;
+		nr_commands--;
+		buf += sizeof(struct sg_io_hdr);
+		*bytes_read += sizeof(struct sg_io_hdr);
+	}
+
+	if (rq)
+		blk_unmap_sghdr_rq(rq, &bc->hdr);
+	if (bc)
+		bsg_free_command(bc);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static ssize_t
+bsg_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf, size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
+{
+	struct bsg_device *bd = file->private_data;
+	ssize_t bytes_read;
+	int ret;
+
+	dprintk("%s: write %lu bytes\n", bd->name, count);
+
+	bsg_set_block(bd, file);
+	bsg_set_write_perm(bd, file);
+
+	bytes_read = 0;
+	ret = __bsg_write(bd, buf, count, &bytes_read);
+	*ppos = bytes_read;
+
+	/*
+	 * return bytes written on non-fatal errors
+	 */
+	if (!bytes_read || (bytes_read && err_block_err(ret)))
+		bytes_read = ret;
+
+	dprintk("%s: returning %lu\n", bd->name, bytes_read);
+	return bytes_read;
+}
+
+static void bsg_free_device(struct bsg_device *bd)
+{
+	if (bd->cmd_map)
+		free_pages((unsigned long) bd->cmd_map, BSG_CMDS_PAGE_ORDER);
+
+	kfree(bd->cmd_bitmap);
+	kfree(bd);
+}
+
+static struct bsg_device *bsg_alloc_device(void)
+{
+	struct bsg_command *cmd_map;
+	unsigned long *cmd_bitmap;
+	struct bsg_device *bd;
+	int bits;
+
+	bd = kzalloc(sizeof(struct bsg_device), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (unlikely(!bd))
+		return NULL;
+
+	spin_lock_init(&bd->lock);
+
+	bd->max_queue = BSG_CMDS;
+
+	bits = (BSG_CMDS / BSG_CMDS_PER_LONG) + 1;
+	cmd_bitmap = kzalloc(bits * sizeof(unsigned long), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!cmd_bitmap)
+		goto out_free_bd;
+	bd->cmd_bitmap = cmd_bitmap;
+
+	cmd_map = (void *) __get_free_pages(GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_ZERO,
+						BSG_CMDS_PAGE_ORDER);
+	if (!cmd_map)
+		goto out_free_bitmap;
+	bd->cmd_map = cmd_map;
+
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&bd->busy_list);
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&bd->done_list);
+	INIT_HLIST_NODE(&bd->dev_list);
+
+	init_waitqueue_head(&bd->wq_free);
+	init_waitqueue_head(&bd->wq_done);
+	return bd;
+
+out_free_bitmap:
+	kfree(cmd_bitmap);
+out_free_bd:
+	kfree(bd);
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+static int bsg_put_device(struct bsg_device *bd)
+{
+	int ret = 0;
+
+	mutex_lock(&bsg_mutex);
+
+	if (!atomic_dec_and_test(&bd->ref_count))
+		goto out;
+
+	dprintk("%s: tearing down\n", bd->name);
+
+	/*
+	 * close can always block
+	 */
+	set_bit(BSG_F_BLOCK, &bd->flags);
+
+	/*
+	 * correct error detection baddies here again. it's the responsibility
+	 * of the app to properly reap commands before close() if it wants
+	 * fool-proof error detection
+	 */
+	ret = bsg_complete_all_commands(bd);
+
+	blk_put_queue(bd->queue);
+	hlist_del(&bd->dev_list);
+	bsg_free_device(bd);
+out:
+	mutex_unlock(&bsg_mutex);
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static struct bsg_device *bsg_add_device(struct inode *inode,
+					 struct gendisk *disk,
+					 struct file *file)
+{
+	struct bsg_device *bd = NULL;
+#ifdef BSG_DEBUG
+	unsigned char buf[32];
+#endif
+
+	bd = bsg_alloc_device();
+	if (!bd)
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+
+	bd->disk = disk;
+	bd->queue = disk->queue;
+	kobject_get(&disk->queue->kobj);
+	bsg_set_block(bd, file);
+
+	atomic_set(&bd->ref_count, 1);
+	bd->minor = iminor(inode);
+	mutex_lock(&bsg_mutex);
+	hlist_add_head(&bd->dev_list,&bsg_device_list[bsg_list_idx(bd->minor)]);
+
+	strncpy(bd->name, disk->disk_name, sizeof(bd->name) - 1);
+	dprintk("bound to <%s>, max queue %d\n",
+		format_dev_t(buf, i->i_rdev), bd->max_queue);
+
+	mutex_unlock(&bsg_mutex);
+	return bd;
+}
+
+static struct bsg_device *__bsg_get_device(int minor)
+{
+	struct hlist_head *list = &bsg_device_list[bsg_list_idx(minor)];
+	struct bsg_device *bd = NULL;
+	struct hlist_node *entry;
+
+	mutex_lock(&bsg_mutex);
+
+	hlist_for_each(entry, list) {
+		bd = hlist_entry(entry, struct bsg_device, dev_list);
+		if (bd->minor == minor) {
+			atomic_inc(&bd->ref_count);
+			break;
+		}
+
+		bd = NULL;
+	}
+
+	mutex_unlock(&bsg_mutex);
+	return bd;
+}
+
+static struct bsg_device *bsg_get_device(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
+{
+	struct bsg_device *bd = __bsg_get_device(iminor(inode));
+	struct bsg_class_device *bcd, *__bcd;
+
+	if (bd)
+		return bd;
+
+	/*
+	 * find the class device
+	 */
+	bcd = NULL;
+	mutex_lock(&bsg_mutex);
+	list_for_each_entry(__bcd, &bsg_class_list, list) {
+		if (__bcd->minor == iminor(inode)) {
+			bcd = __bcd;
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+	mutex_unlock(&bsg_mutex);
+
+	if (!bcd)
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENODEV);
+
+	return bsg_add_device(inode, bcd->disk, file);
+}
+
+static int bsg_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
+{
+	struct bsg_device *bd = bsg_get_device(inode, file);
+
+	if (IS_ERR(bd))
+		return PTR_ERR(bd);
+
+	file->private_data = bd;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int bsg_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
+{
+	struct bsg_device *bd = file->private_data;
+
+	file->private_data = NULL;
+	return bsg_put_device(bd);
+}
+
+static unsigned int bsg_poll(struct file *file, poll_table *wait)
+{
+	struct bsg_device *bd = file->private_data;
+	unsigned int mask = 0;
+
+	poll_wait(file, &bd->wq_done, wait);
+	poll_wait(file, &bd->wq_free, wait);
+
+	spin_lock_irq(&bd->lock);
+	if (!list_empty(&bd->done_list))
+		mask |= POLLIN | POLLRDNORM;
+	if (bd->queued_cmds >= bd->max_queue)
+		mask |= POLLOUT;
+	spin_unlock_irq(&bd->lock);
+
+	return mask;
+}
+
+static int
+bsg_ioctl(struct inode *inode, struct file *file, unsigned int cmd,
+	  unsigned long arg)
+{
+	struct bsg_device *bd = file->private_data;
+	int __user *uarg = (int __user *) arg;
+
+	if (!bd)
+		return -ENXIO;
+
+	switch (cmd) {
+		/*
+		 * our own ioctls
+		 */
+	case SG_GET_COMMAND_Q:
+		return put_user(bd->max_queue, uarg);
+		case SG_SET_COMMAND_Q: {
+		int queue;
+
+		if (get_user(queue, uarg))
+			return -EFAULT;
+		if (queue > BSG_CMDS || queue < 1)
+			return -EINVAL;
+
+		bd->max_queue = queue;
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * SCSI/sg ioctls
+	 */
+	case SG_GET_VERSION_NUM:
+	case SCSI_IOCTL_GET_IDLUN:
+	case SCSI_IOCTL_GET_BUS_NUMBER:
+	case SG_SET_TIMEOUT:
+	case SG_GET_TIMEOUT:
+	case SG_GET_RESERVED_SIZE:
+	case SG_SET_RESERVED_SIZE:
+	case SG_EMULATED_HOST:
+	case SG_IO:
+	case SCSI_IOCTL_SEND_COMMAND: {
+		void __user *uarg = (void __user *) arg;
+		return scsi_cmd_ioctl(file, bd->disk, cmd, uarg);
+	}
+	/*
+	 * block device ioctls
+	 */
+	default:
+#if 0
+		return ioctl_by_bdev(bd->bdev, cmd, arg);
+#else
+		return -ENOTTY;
+#endif
+	}
+}
+
+static struct file_operations bsg_fops = {
+	.read		=	bsg_read,
+	.write		=	bsg_write,
+	.poll		=	bsg_poll,
+	.open		=	bsg_open,
+	.release	=	bsg_release,
+	.ioctl		=	bsg_ioctl,
+	.owner		=	THIS_MODULE,
+};
+
+void bsg_unregister_disk(struct gendisk *disk)
+{
+	struct bsg_class_device *bcd = &disk->bsg_dev;
+
+	if (!bcd->class_dev)
+		return;
+
+	mutex_lock(&bsg_mutex);
+	sysfs_remove_link(&bcd->disk->queue->kobj, "bsg");
+	class_device_destroy(bsg_class, MKDEV(BSG_MAJOR, bcd->minor));
+	bcd->class_dev = NULL;
+	list_del_init(&bcd->list);
+	mutex_unlock(&bsg_mutex);
+}
+
+int bsg_register_disk(struct gendisk *disk)
+{
+	request_queue_t *q = disk->queue;
+	struct bsg_class_device *bcd;
+	dev_t dev;
+
+	/*
+	 * we need a proper transport to send commands, not a stacked device
+	 */
+	if (!q->request_fn)
+		return 0;
+
+	bcd = &disk->bsg_dev;
+	memset(bcd, 0, sizeof(*bcd));
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&bcd->list);
+
+	mutex_lock(&bsg_mutex);
+	dev = MKDEV(BSG_MAJOR, bsg_device_nr);
+	bcd->minor = bsg_device_nr;
+	bsg_device_nr++;
+	bcd->disk = disk;
+	bcd->class_dev = class_device_create(bsg_class, NULL, dev, bcd->dev, "%s", disk->disk_name);
+	list_add_tail(&bcd->list, &bsg_class_list);
+	sysfs_create_link(&q->kobj, &bcd->class_dev->kobj, "bsg");
+	mutex_unlock(&bsg_mutex);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int __init bsg_init(void)
+{
+	int ret, i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < BSG_LIST_SIZE; i++)
+		INIT_HLIST_HEAD(&bsg_device_list[i]);
+
+	bsg_class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, "bsg");
+	if (IS_ERR(bsg_class))
+		return PTR_ERR(bsg_class);
+
+	ret = register_chrdev(BSG_MAJOR, "bsg", &bsg_fops);
+	if (ret) {
+		class_destroy(bsg_class);
+		return ret;
+	}
+
+	printk(KERN_INFO "%s loaded\n", bsg_version);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+MODULE_AUTHOR("Jens Axboe");
+MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Block layer SGSI generic (sg) driver");
+MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
+
+subsys_initcall(bsg_init);
diff --git a/block/ll_rw_blk.c b/block/ll_rw_blk.c
index ef42bb2..3795e07 100644
--- a/block/ll_rw_blk.c
+++ b/block/ll_rw_blk.c
@@ -4091,6 +4091,13 @@
 		return ret;
 	}
 
+	ret = bsg_register_disk(disk);
+	if (ret) {
+		elv_unregister_queue(q);
+		kobject_unregister(&q->kobj);
+		return ret;
+	}
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -4099,6 +4106,7 @@
 	request_queue_t *q = disk->queue;
 
 	if (q && q->request_fn) {
+		bsg_unregister_disk(disk);
 		elv_unregister_queue(q);
 
 		kobject_uevent(&q->kobj, KOBJ_REMOVE);
diff --git a/block/scsi_ioctl.c b/block/scsi_ioctl.c
index e83f1db..88fd008 100644
--- a/block/scsi_ioctl.c
+++ b/block/scsi_ioctl.c
@@ -41,8 +41,6 @@
 
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(scsi_command_size);
 
-#define BLK_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT	(60 * HZ)
-
 #include <scsi/sg.h>
 
 static int sg_get_version(int __user *p)
@@ -114,7 +112,7 @@
 #define safe_for_read(cmd)	[cmd] = CMD_READ_SAFE
 #define safe_for_write(cmd)	[cmd] = CMD_WRITE_SAFE
 
-static int verify_command(struct file *file, unsigned char *cmd)
+static int verify_command(unsigned char *cmd, int has_write_perm)
 {
 	static unsigned char cmd_type[256] = {
 
@@ -193,18 +191,11 @@
 		safe_for_write(GPCMD_SET_STREAMING),
 	};
 	unsigned char type = cmd_type[cmd[0]];
-	int has_write_perm = 0;
 
 	/* Anybody who can open the device can do a read-safe command */
 	if (type & CMD_READ_SAFE)
 		return 0;
 
-	/*
-	 * file can be NULL from ioctl_by_bdev()...
-	 */
-	if (file)
-		has_write_perm = file->f_mode & FMODE_WRITE;
-
 	/* Write-safe commands just require a writable open.. */
 	if ((type & CMD_WRITE_SAFE) && has_write_perm)
 		return 0;
@@ -222,24 +213,104 @@
 	return -EPERM;
 }
 
+int blk_fill_sghdr_rq(request_queue_t *q, struct request *rq,
+		      struct sg_io_hdr *hdr, int has_write_perm)
+{
+	memset(rq->cmd, 0, BLK_MAX_CDB); /* ATAPI hates garbage after CDB */
+
+	if (copy_from_user(rq->cmd, hdr->cmdp, hdr->cmd_len))
+		return -EFAULT;
+	if (verify_command(rq->cmd, has_write_perm))
+		return -EPERM;
+
+	/*
+	 * fill in request structure
+	 */
+	rq->cmd_len = hdr->cmd_len;
+	rq->cmd_type = REQ_TYPE_BLOCK_PC;
+
+	rq->timeout = (hdr->timeout * HZ) / 1000;
+	if (!rq->timeout)
+		rq->timeout = q->sg_timeout;
+	if (!rq->timeout)
+		rq->timeout = BLK_DEFAULT_SG_TIMEOUT;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(blk_fill_sghdr_rq);
+
+/*
+ * unmap a request that was previously mapped to this sg_io_hdr. handles
+ * both sg and non-sg sg_io_hdr.
+ */
+int blk_unmap_sghdr_rq(struct request *rq, struct sg_io_hdr *hdr)
+{
+	struct bio *bio = rq->bio;
+
+	/*
+	 * also releases request
+	 */
+	if (!hdr->iovec_count)
+		return blk_rq_unmap_user(bio, hdr->dxfer_len);
+
+	rq_for_each_bio(bio, rq)
+		bio_unmap_user(bio);
+
+	blk_put_request(rq);
+	return 0;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(blk_unmap_sghdr_rq);
+
+int blk_complete_sghdr_rq(struct request *rq, struct sg_io_hdr *hdr,
+			  struct bio *bio)
+{
+	int r, ret = 0;
+
+	/*
+	 * fill in all the output members
+	 */
+	hdr->status = rq->errors & 0xff;
+	hdr->masked_status = status_byte(rq->errors);
+	hdr->msg_status = msg_byte(rq->errors);
+	hdr->host_status = host_byte(rq->errors);
+	hdr->driver_status = driver_byte(rq->errors);
+	hdr->info = 0;
+	if (hdr->masked_status || hdr->host_status || hdr->driver_status)
+		hdr->info |= SG_INFO_CHECK;
+	hdr->resid = rq->data_len;
+	hdr->sb_len_wr = 0;
+
+	if (rq->sense_len && hdr->sbp) {
+		int len = min((unsigned int) hdr->mx_sb_len, rq->sense_len);
+
+		if (!copy_to_user(hdr->sbp, rq->sense, len))
+			hdr->sb_len_wr = len;
+		else
+			ret = -EFAULT;
+	}
+
+	rq->bio = bio;
+	r = blk_unmap_sghdr_rq(rq, hdr);
+	if (ret)
+		r = ret;
+
+	return r;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(blk_complete_sghdr_rq);
+
 static int sg_io(struct file *file, request_queue_t *q,
 		struct gendisk *bd_disk, struct sg_io_hdr *hdr)
 {
-	unsigned long start_time, timeout;
-	int writing = 0, ret = 0;
+	unsigned long start_time;
+	int writing = 0, ret = 0, has_write_perm = 0;
 	struct request *rq;
 	char sense[SCSI_SENSE_BUFFERSIZE];
-	unsigned char cmd[BLK_MAX_CDB];
 	struct bio *bio;
 
 	if (hdr->interface_id != 'S')
 		return -EINVAL;
 	if (hdr->cmd_len > BLK_MAX_CDB)
 		return -EINVAL;
-	if (copy_from_user(cmd, hdr->cmdp, hdr->cmd_len))
-		return -EFAULT;
-	if (verify_command(file, cmd))
-		return -EPERM;
 
 	if (hdr->dxfer_len > (q->max_hw_sectors << 9))
 		return -EIO;
@@ -260,25 +331,14 @@
 	if (!rq)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	/*
-	 * fill in request structure
-	 */
-	rq->cmd_len = hdr->cmd_len;
-	memset(rq->cmd, 0, BLK_MAX_CDB); /* ATAPI hates garbage after CDB */
-	memcpy(rq->cmd, cmd, hdr->cmd_len);
+	if (file)
+		has_write_perm = file->f_mode & FMODE_WRITE;
 
-	memset(sense, 0, sizeof(sense));
-	rq->sense = sense;
-	rq->sense_len = 0;
-
-	rq->cmd_type = REQ_TYPE_BLOCK_PC;
-
-	timeout = msecs_to_jiffies(hdr->timeout);
-	rq->timeout = (timeout < INT_MAX) ? timeout : INT_MAX;
-	if (!rq->timeout)
-		rq->timeout = q->sg_timeout;
-	if (!rq->timeout)
-		rq->timeout = BLK_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT;
+	if (blk_fill_sghdr_rq(q, rq, hdr, has_write_perm)) {
+		blk_rq_unmap_user(bio, hdr->dxfer_len);
+		blk_put_request(rq);
+		return -EFAULT;
+	}
 
 	if (hdr->iovec_count) {
 		const int size = sizeof(struct sg_iovec) * hdr->iovec_count;
@@ -306,6 +366,9 @@
 		goto out;
 
 	bio = rq->bio;
+	memset(sense, 0, sizeof(sense));
+	rq->sense = sense;
+	rq->sense_len = 0;
 	rq->retries = 0;
 
 	start_time = jiffies;
@@ -316,31 +379,9 @@
 	 */
 	blk_execute_rq(q, bd_disk, rq, 0);
 
-	/* write to all output members */
-	hdr->status = 0xff & rq->errors;
-	hdr->masked_status = status_byte(rq->errors);
-	hdr->msg_status = msg_byte(rq->errors);
-	hdr->host_status = host_byte(rq->errors);
-	hdr->driver_status = driver_byte(rq->errors);
-	hdr->info = 0;
-	if (hdr->masked_status || hdr->host_status || hdr->driver_status)
-		hdr->info |= SG_INFO_CHECK;
-	hdr->resid = rq->data_len;
 	hdr->duration = ((jiffies - start_time) * 1000) / HZ;
-	hdr->sb_len_wr = 0;
 
-	if (rq->sense_len && hdr->sbp) {
-		int len = min((unsigned int) hdr->mx_sb_len, rq->sense_len);
-
-		if (!copy_to_user(hdr->sbp, rq->sense, len))
-			hdr->sb_len_wr = len;
-	}
-
-	if (blk_rq_unmap_user(bio))
-		ret = -EFAULT;
-
-	/* may not have succeeded, but output values written to control
-	 * structure (struct sg_io_hdr).  */
+	return blk_complete_sghdr_rq(rq, hdr, bio);
 out:
 	blk_put_request(rq);
 	return ret;
@@ -427,7 +468,7 @@
 	if (in_len && copy_from_user(buffer, sic->data + cmdlen, in_len))
 		goto error;
 
-	err = verify_command(file, rq->cmd);
+	err = verify_command(rq->cmd, file->f_mode & FMODE_WRITE);
 	if (err)
 		goto error;
 
@@ -454,7 +495,7 @@
 		rq->retries = 1;
 		break;
 	default:
-		rq->timeout = BLK_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT;
+		rq->timeout = BLK_DEFAULT_SG_TIMEOUT;
 		break;
 	}
 
@@ -501,7 +542,7 @@
 	rq->cmd_type = REQ_TYPE_BLOCK_PC;
 	rq->data = NULL;
 	rq->data_len = 0;
-	rq->timeout = BLK_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT;
+	rq->timeout = BLK_DEFAULT_SG_TIMEOUT;
 	memset(rq->cmd, 0, sizeof(rq->cmd));
 	rq->cmd[0] = cmd;
 	rq->cmd[4] = data;
diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-floppy.c b/drivers/ide/ide-floppy.c
index f429be8..a21f585 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-floppy.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-floppy.c
@@ -1258,19 +1258,25 @@
 	set_bit(PC_DMA_RECOMMENDED, &pc->flags);
 }
 
-static int
+static void
 idefloppy_blockpc_cmd(idefloppy_floppy_t *floppy, idefloppy_pc_t *pc, struct request *rq)
 {
-	/*
-	 * just support eject for now, it would not be hard to make the
-	 * REQ_BLOCK_PC support fully-featured
-	 */
-	if (rq->cmd[0] != IDEFLOPPY_START_STOP_CMD)
-		return 1;
-
 	idefloppy_init_pc(pc);
+	pc->callback = &idefloppy_rw_callback;
 	memcpy(pc->c, rq->cmd, sizeof(pc->c));
-	return 0;
+	pc->rq = rq;
+	pc->b_count = rq->data_len;
+	if (rq->data_len && rq_data_dir(rq) == WRITE)
+		set_bit(PC_WRITING, &pc->flags);
+	pc->buffer = rq->data;
+	if (rq->bio)
+		set_bit(PC_DMA_RECOMMENDED, &pc->flags);
+		
+	/*
+	 * possibly problematic, doesn't look like ide-floppy correctly
+	 * handled scattered requests if dma fails...
+	 */
+	pc->request_transfer = pc->buffer_size = rq->data_len;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -1317,10 +1323,7 @@
 		pc = (idefloppy_pc_t *) rq->buffer;
 	} else if (blk_pc_request(rq)) {
 		pc = idefloppy_next_pc_storage(drive);
-		if (idefloppy_blockpc_cmd(floppy, pc, rq)) {
-			idefloppy_do_end_request(drive, 0, 0);
-			return ide_stopped;
-		}
+		idefloppy_blockpc_cmd(floppy, pc, rq);
 	} else {
 		blk_dump_rq_flags(rq,
 			"ide-floppy: unsupported command in queue");
diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide.c b/drivers/ide/ide.c
index c948a5c..9ae60a7 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide.c
@@ -1049,9 +1049,13 @@
 	unsigned long flags;
 	ide_driver_t *drv;
 	void __user *p = (void __user *)arg;
-	int err = 0, (*setfunc)(ide_drive_t *, int);
+	int err, (*setfunc)(ide_drive_t *, int);
 	u8 *val;
 
+	err = scsi_cmd_ioctl(file, bdev->bd_disk, cmd, p);
+	if (err != -ENOTTY)
+		return err;
+
 	switch (cmd) {
 	case HDIO_GET_32BIT:	    val = &drive->io_32bit;	 goto read_val;
 	case HDIO_GET_KEEPSETTINGS: val = &drive->keep_settings; goto read_val;
@@ -1171,10 +1175,6 @@
 			return 0;
 		}
 
-		case CDROMEJECT:
-		case CDROMCLOSETRAY:
-			return scsi_cmd_ioctl(file, bdev->bd_disk, cmd, p);
-
 		case HDIO_GET_BUSSTATE:
 			if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
 				return -EACCES;
diff --git a/include/linux/blkdev.h b/include/linux/blkdev.h
index fae138b..53002d4 100644
--- a/include/linux/blkdev.h
+++ b/include/linux/blkdev.h
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@
 typedef struct elevator_queue elevator_t;
 struct request_pm_state;
 struct blk_trace;
+struct request;
+struct sg_io_hdr;
 
 #define BLKDEV_MIN_RQ	4
 #define BLKDEV_MAX_RQ	128	/* Default maximum */
@@ -607,6 +609,11 @@
 #define BLK_BOUNCE_ANY		((u64)blk_max_pfn << PAGE_SHIFT)
 #define BLK_BOUNCE_ISA		(ISA_DMA_THRESHOLD)
 
+/*
+ * default timeout for SG_IO if none specified
+ */
+#define BLK_DEFAULT_SG_TIMEOUT	(60 * HZ)
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_MMU
 extern int init_emergency_isa_pool(void);
 extern void blk_queue_bounce(request_queue_t *q, struct bio **bio);
@@ -680,6 +687,11 @@
 			  struct request *, int);
 extern void blk_execute_rq_nowait(request_queue_t *, struct gendisk *,
 				  struct request *, int, rq_end_io_fn *);
+extern int blk_fill_sghdr_rq(request_queue_t *, struct request *,
+		      struct sg_io_hdr *, int);
+extern int blk_unmap_sghdr_rq(struct request *, struct sg_io_hdr *);
+extern int blk_complete_sghdr_rq(struct request *, struct sg_io_hdr *,
+			  struct bio *);
 
 static inline request_queue_t *bdev_get_queue(struct block_device *bdev)
 {
diff --git a/include/linux/bsg.h b/include/linux/bsg.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dc0d728
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/linux/bsg.h
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+#ifndef BSG_H
+#define BSG_H
+
+#if defined(CONFIG_BLK_DEV_BSG)
+struct bsg_class_device {
+	struct class_device *class_dev;
+	struct device *dev;
+	int minor;
+	struct gendisk *disk;
+	struct list_head list;
+};
+
+extern int bsg_register_disk(struct gendisk *);
+extern void bsg_unregister_disk(struct gendisk *);
+#else
+struct bsg_class_device { };
+#define bsg_register_disk(disk)		(0)
+#define bsg_unregister_disk(disk)	do { } while (0)
+#endif
+
+#endif
diff --git a/include/linux/genhd.h b/include/linux/genhd.h
index 9756fc1..8c43d70 100644
--- a/include/linux/genhd.h
+++ b/include/linux/genhd.h
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@
 #include <linux/string.h>
 #include <linux/fs.h>
 #include <linux/workqueue.h>
+#include <linux/bsg.h>
 
 struct partition {
 	unsigned char boot_ind;		/* 0x80 - active */
@@ -91,6 +92,7 @@
 #ifdef CONFIG_FAIL_MAKE_REQUEST
 	int make_it_fail;
 #endif
+	struct bsg_class_device bsg_dev;
 };
 
 #define GENHD_FL_REMOVABLE			1