diff -urN 2.4.7/drivers/block/paride/pd.c paride/drivers/block/paride/pd.c
--- 2.4.7/drivers/block/paride/pd.c	Sat May 26 04:03:39 2001
+++ paride/drivers/block/paride/pd.c	Mon Jul 23 03:27:20 2001
@@ -287,6 +287,7 @@
 static struct hd_struct pd_hd[PD_DEVS];
 static int pd_sizes[PD_DEVS];
 static int pd_blocksizes[PD_DEVS];
+static int pd_maxsectors[PD_DEVS];
 
 #define PD_NAMELEN	8
 
@@ -385,56 +386,6 @@
 	}
 }
 
-static inline int pd_new_segment(request_queue_t *q, struct request *req, int max_segments)
-{
-	if (max_segments > cluster)
-		max_segments = cluster;
-
-	if (req->nr_segments < max_segments) {
-		req->nr_segments++;
-		return 1;
-	}
-	return 0;
-}
-
-static int pd_back_merge_fn(request_queue_t *q, struct request *req, 
-			    struct buffer_head *bh, int max_segments)
-{
-	if (req->bhtail->b_data + req->bhtail->b_size == bh->b_data)
-		return 1;
-	return pd_new_segment(q, req, max_segments);
-}
-
-static int pd_front_merge_fn(request_queue_t *q, struct request *req, 
-			     struct buffer_head *bh, int max_segments)
-{
-	if (bh->b_data + bh->b_size == req->bh->b_data)
-		return 1;
-	return pd_new_segment(q, req, max_segments);
-}
-
-static int pd_merge_requests_fn(request_queue_t *q, struct request *req,
-				struct request *next, int max_segments)
-{
-	int total_segments = req->nr_segments + next->nr_segments;
-	int same_segment;
-
-	if (max_segments > cluster)
-		max_segments = cluster;
-
-	same_segment = 0;
-	if (req->bhtail->b_data + req->bhtail->b_size == next->bh->b_data) {
-		total_segments--;
-		same_segment = 1;
-	}
-    
-	if (total_segments > max_segments)
-		return 0;
-
-	req->nr_segments = total_segments;
-	return 1;
-}
-
 int pd_init (void)
 
 {       int i;
@@ -448,9 +399,6 @@
         }
 	q = BLK_DEFAULT_QUEUE(MAJOR_NR);
 	blk_init_queue(q, DEVICE_REQUEST);
-	q->back_merge_fn = pd_back_merge_fn;
-	q->front_merge_fn = pd_front_merge_fn;
-	q->merge_requests_fn = pd_merge_requests_fn;
         read_ahead[MAJOR_NR] = 8;       /* 8 sector (4kB) read ahead */
         
 	pd_gendisk.major = major;
@@ -461,6 +409,9 @@
 	for(i=0;i<PD_DEVS;i++) pd_blocksizes[i] = 1024;
 	blksize_size[MAJOR_NR] = pd_blocksizes;
 
+	for(i=0;i<PD_DEVS;i++) pd_maxsectors[i] = cluster;
+	max_sectors[MAJOR_NR] = pd_maxsectors;
+
 	printk("%s: %s version %s, major %d, cluster %d, nice %d\n",
 		name,name,PD_VERSION,major,cluster,nice);
 	pd_init_units();
@@ -648,6 +599,8 @@
 
 	for (unit=0;unit<PD_UNITS;unit++) 
 	   if (PD.present) pi_release(PI);
+
+	max_sectors[MAJOR_NR] = NULL;
 }
 
 #endif