diff --git a/drivers/scsi/arcmsr/arcmsr_hba.c b/drivers/scsi/arcmsr/arcmsr_hba.c
index da7b988..a47327f 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/arcmsr/arcmsr_hba.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/arcmsr/arcmsr_hba.c
@@ -75,8 +75,10 @@
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("ARECA (ARC11xx/12xx/16xx/1880) SATA/SAS RAID Host Bus Adapter");
 MODULE_LICENSE("Dual BSD/GPL");
 MODULE_VERSION(ARCMSR_DRIVER_VERSION);
-static int sleeptime = 10;
-static int retrycount = 12;
+
+#define	ARCMSR_SLEEPTIME	10
+#define	ARCMSR_RETRYCOUNT	12
+
 wait_queue_head_t wait_q;
 static int arcmsr_iop_message_xfer(struct AdapterControlBlock *acb,
 					struct scsi_cmnd *cmd);
@@ -171,24 +173,6 @@
 ****************************************************************************
 ****************************************************************************
 */
-int arcmsr_sleep_for_bus_reset(struct scsi_cmnd *cmd)
-{
-		struct Scsi_Host *shost = NULL;
-		int i, isleep;
-		shost = cmd->device->host;
-		isleep = sleeptime / 10;
-		if (isleep > 0) {
-			for (i = 0; i < isleep; i++) {
-				msleep(10000);
-			}
-		}
-
-		isleep = sleeptime % 10;
-		if (isleep > 0) {
-			msleep(isleep*1000);
-		}
-		return 0;
-}
 
 static void arcmsr_free_hbb_mu(struct AdapterControlBlock *acb)
 {
@@ -323,66 +307,64 @@
 
 	default: acb->adapter_type = ACB_ADAPTER_TYPE_A;
 	}
-}	
+}
 
 static uint8_t arcmsr_hba_wait_msgint_ready(struct AdapterControlBlock *acb)
 {
 	struct MessageUnit_A __iomem *reg = acb->pmuA;
-	uint32_t Index;
-	uint8_t Retries = 0x00;
-	do {
-		for (Index = 0; Index < 100; Index++) {
-			if (readl(&reg->outbound_intstatus) &
-					ARCMSR_MU_OUTBOUND_MESSAGE0_INT) {
-				writel(ARCMSR_MU_OUTBOUND_MESSAGE0_INT,
-					&reg->outbound_intstatus);
-				return true;
-			}
-			msleep(10);
-		}/*max 1 seconds*/
+	int i;
 
-	} while (Retries++ < 20);/*max 20 sec*/
+	for (i = 0; i < 2000; i++) {
+		if (readl(&reg->outbound_intstatus) &
+				ARCMSR_MU_OUTBOUND_MESSAGE0_INT) {
+			writel(ARCMSR_MU_OUTBOUND_MESSAGE0_INT,
+				&reg->outbound_intstatus);
+			return true;
+		}
+		msleep(10);
+	} /* max 20 seconds */
+
 	return false;
 }
 
 static uint8_t arcmsr_hbb_wait_msgint_ready(struct AdapterControlBlock *acb)
 {
 	struct MessageUnit_B *reg = acb->pmuB;
-	uint32_t Index;
-	uint8_t Retries = 0x00;
-	do {
-		for (Index = 0; Index < 100; Index++) {
-			if (readl(reg->iop2drv_doorbell)
-				& ARCMSR_IOP2DRV_MESSAGE_CMD_DONE) {
-				writel(ARCMSR_MESSAGE_INT_CLEAR_PATTERN
-					, reg->iop2drv_doorbell);
-				writel(ARCMSR_DRV2IOP_END_OF_INTERRUPT, reg->drv2iop_doorbell);
-				return true;
-			}
-			msleep(10);
-		}/*max 1 seconds*/
+	int i;
 
-	} while (Retries++ < 20);/*max 20 sec*/
+	for (i = 0; i < 2000; i++) {
+		if (readl(reg->iop2drv_doorbell)
+			& ARCMSR_IOP2DRV_MESSAGE_CMD_DONE) {
+			writel(ARCMSR_MESSAGE_INT_CLEAR_PATTERN,
+					reg->iop2drv_doorbell);
+			writel(ARCMSR_DRV2IOP_END_OF_INTERRUPT,
+					reg->drv2iop_doorbell);
+			return true;
+		}
+		msleep(10);
+	} /* max 20 seconds */
+
 	return false;
 }
 
 static uint8_t arcmsr_hbc_wait_msgint_ready(struct AdapterControlBlock *pACB)
 {
 	struct MessageUnit_C *phbcmu = (struct MessageUnit_C *)pACB->pmuC;
-	unsigned char Retries = 0x00;
-	uint32_t Index;
-	do {
-		for (Index = 0; Index < 100; Index++) {
-			if (readl(&phbcmu->outbound_doorbell) & ARCMSR_HBCMU_IOP2DRV_MESSAGE_CMD_DONE) {
-				writel(ARCMSR_HBCMU_IOP2DRV_MESSAGE_CMD_DONE_DOORBELL_CLEAR, &phbcmu->outbound_doorbell_clear);/*clear interrupt*/
-				return true;
-			}
-			/* one us delay	*/
-			msleep(10);
-		} /*max 1 seconds*/
-	} while (Retries++ < 20); /*max 20 sec*/
+	int i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < 2000; i++) {
+		if (readl(&phbcmu->outbound_doorbell)
+				& ARCMSR_HBCMU_IOP2DRV_MESSAGE_CMD_DONE) {
+			writel(ARCMSR_HBCMU_IOP2DRV_MESSAGE_CMD_DONE_DOORBELL_CLEAR,
+				&phbcmu->outbound_doorbell_clear); /*clear interrupt*/
+			return true;
+		}
+		msleep(10);
+	} /* max 20 seconds */
+
 	return false;
 }
+
 static void arcmsr_flush_hba_cache(struct AdapterControlBlock *acb)
 {
 	struct MessageUnit_A __iomem *reg = acb->pmuA;
@@ -2602,12 +2584,8 @@
 		if (cdb_phyaddr_hi32 != 0) {
 			struct MessageUnit_C *reg = (struct MessageUnit_C *)acb->pmuC;
 
-			if (cdb_phyaddr_hi32 != 0) {
-				unsigned char Retries = 0x00;
-				do {
-					printk(KERN_NOTICE "arcmsr%d: cdb_phyaddr_hi32=0x%x \n", acb->adapter_index, cdb_phyaddr_hi32);
-				} while (Retries++ < 100);
-			}
+			printk(KERN_NOTICE "arcmsr%d: cdb_phyaddr_hi32=0x%x\n",
+					acb->adapter_index, cdb_phyaddr_hi32);
 			writel(ARCMSR_SIGNATURE_SET_CONFIG, &reg->msgcode_rwbuffer[0]);
 			writel(cdb_phyaddr_hi32, &reg->msgcode_rwbuffer[1]);
 			writel(ARCMSR_INBOUND_MESG0_SET_CONFIG, &reg->inbound_msgaddr0);
@@ -2955,12 +2933,12 @@
 				arcmsr_hardware_reset(acb);
 				acb->acb_flags &= ~ACB_F_IOP_INITED;
 sleep_again:
-				arcmsr_sleep_for_bus_reset(cmd);
+				ssleep(ARCMSR_SLEEPTIME);
 				if ((readl(&reg->outbound_msgaddr1) & ARCMSR_OUTBOUND_MESG1_FIRMWARE_OK) == 0) {
-					printk(KERN_ERR "arcmsr%d: waiting for hw bus reset return, retry=%d \n", acb->host->host_no, retry_count);
-					if (retry_count > retrycount) {
+					printk(KERN_ERR "arcmsr%d: waiting for hw bus reset return, retry=%d\n", acb->host->host_no, retry_count);
+					if (retry_count > ARCMSR_RETRYCOUNT) {
 						acb->fw_flag = FW_DEADLOCK;
-						printk(KERN_ERR "arcmsr%d: waiting for hw bus reset return, RETRY TERMINATED!! \n", acb->host->host_no);
+						printk(KERN_ERR "arcmsr%d: waiting for hw bus reset return, RETRY TERMINATED!!\n", acb->host->host_no);
 						return FAILED;
 					}
 					retry_count++;
@@ -3025,12 +3003,12 @@
 				arcmsr_hardware_reset(acb);
 				acb->acb_flags &= ~ACB_F_IOP_INITED;
 sleep:
-				arcmsr_sleep_for_bus_reset(cmd);
+				ssleep(ARCMSR_SLEEPTIME);
 				if ((readl(&reg->host_diagnostic) & 0x04) != 0) {
-					printk(KERN_ERR "arcmsr%d: waiting for hw bus reset return, retry=%d \n", acb->host->host_no, retry_count);
-					if (retry_count > retrycount) {
+					printk(KERN_ERR "arcmsr%d: waiting for hw bus reset return, retry=%d\n", acb->host->host_no, retry_count);
+					if (retry_count > ARCMSR_RETRYCOUNT) {
 						acb->fw_flag = FW_DEADLOCK;
-						printk(KERN_ERR "arcmsr%d: waiting for hw bus reset return, RETRY TERMINATED!! \n", acb->host->host_no);
+						printk(KERN_ERR "arcmsr%d: waiting for hw bus reset return, RETRY TERMINATED!!\n", acb->host->host_no);
 						return FAILED;
 					}
 					retry_count++;