struct gendisk *disk = floppy->disk;
        struct ide_atapi_pc pc;
        u8 *cap_desc;
-       u8 header_len, desc_cnt;
+       u8 pc_buf[256], header_len, desc_cnt;
        int i, rc = 1, blocks, length;
 
        drive->bios_cyl = 0;
        drive->capacity64 = 0;
 
        ide_floppy_create_read_capacity_cmd(&pc);
+       pc.buf = &pc_buf[0];
+       pc.buf_size = sizeof(pc_buf);
+
        if (ide_queue_pc_tail(drive, disk, &pc)) {
                printk(KERN_ERR PFX "Can't get floppy parameters\n");
                return 1;
 
                                            int __user *arg)
 {
        struct ide_disk_obj *floppy = drive->driver_data;
-       u8 header_len, desc_cnt;
        int i, blocks, length, u_array_size, u_index;
        int __user *argp;
+       u8 pc_buf[256], header_len, desc_cnt;
 
        if (get_user(u_array_size, arg))
                return -EFAULT;
                return -EINVAL;
 
        ide_floppy_create_read_capacity_cmd(pc);
+       pc->buf = &pc_buf[0];
+       pc->buf_size = sizeof(pc_buf);
+
        if (ide_queue_pc_tail(drive, floppy->disk, pc)) {
                printk(KERN_ERR "ide-floppy: Can't get floppy parameters\n");
                return -EIO;
 
 {
        idetape_tape_t *tape = drive->driver_data;
        struct ide_atapi_pc pc;
+       u8 pc_buf[256];
        char fw_rev[4], vendor_id[8], product_id[16];
 
        idetape_create_inquiry_cmd(&pc);
+       pc.buf = &pc_buf[0];
+       pc.buf_size = sizeof(pc_buf);
+
        if (ide_queue_pc_tail(drive, tape->disk, &pc)) {
                printk(KERN_ERR "ide-tape: %s: can't get INQUIRY results\n",
                                tape->name);
 
  * With each packet command, we allocate a buffer of IDE_PC_BUFFER_SIZE bytes.
  * This is used for several packet commands (not for READ/WRITE commands).
  */
-#define IDE_PC_BUFFER_SIZE     256
+#define IDE_PC_BUFFER_SIZE     64
 #define ATAPI_WAIT_PC          (60 * HZ)
 
 struct ide_atapi_pc {