+/* identical to scsi_test_unit_ready except that it doesn't
+ * eat the NOT_READY returns for removable media */
+int sr_test_unit_ready(struct scsi_device *sdev, struct scsi_sense_hdr *sshdr)
+{
+ int retries = MAX_RETRIES;
+ int the_result;
+ u8 cmd[] = {TEST_UNIT_READY, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 };
+
+ /* issue TEST_UNIT_READY until the initial startup UNIT_ATTENTION
+ * conditions are gone, or a timeout happens
+ */
+ do {
+ the_result = scsi_execute_req(sdev, cmd, DMA_NONE, NULL,
+ 0, sshdr, SR_TIMEOUT,
+ retries--);
+
+ } while (retries > 0 &&
+ (!scsi_status_is_good(the_result) ||
+ (scsi_sense_valid(sshdr) &&
+ sshdr->sense_key == UNIT_ATTENTION)));
+ return the_result;
+}
+