struct scsi_cmnd * scsicmd;
 
        scsicmd = (struct scsi_cmnd *) context;
+       scsicmd->SCp.phase = AAC_OWNER_MIDLEVEL;
 
        dprintk((KERN_DEBUG "get_container_name_callback[cpu %d]: t = %ld.\n", smp_processor_id(), jiffies));
        if (fibptr == NULL)
        /*
         *      Check that the command queued to the controller
         */
-       if (status == -EINPROGRESS) 
+       if (status == -EINPROGRESS) {
+               scsicmd->SCp.phase = AAC_OWNER_FIRMWARE;
                return 0;
+       }
                
        printk(KERN_WARNING "aac_get_container_name: aac_fib_send failed with status: %d.\n", status);
        aac_fib_complete(cmd_fibcontext);
        u32 cid;
 
        scsicmd = (struct scsi_cmnd *) context;
+       scsicmd->SCp.phase = AAC_OWNER_MIDLEVEL;
 
        dev = (struct aac_dev *)scsicmd->device->host->hostdata;
        cid = scmd_id(scsicmd);
        /*
         *      Check that the command queued to the controller
         */
-       if (status == -EINPROGRESS) 
+       if (status == -EINPROGRESS) {
+               scsicmd->SCp.phase = AAC_OWNER_FIRMWARE;
                return 0;
+       }
                
        printk(KERN_WARNING "aac_read: aac_fib_send failed with status: %d.\n", status);
        /*
        /*
         *      Check that the command queued to the controller
         */
-       if (status == -EINPROGRESS)
-       {
+       if (status == -EINPROGRESS) {
+               scsicmd->SCp.phase = AAC_OWNER_FIRMWARE;
                return 0;
        }
 
        struct scsi_cmnd *cmd;
 
        cmd = context;
+       cmd->SCp.phase = AAC_OWNER_MIDLEVEL;
 
        dprintk((KERN_DEBUG "synchronize_callback[cpu %d]: t = %ld.\n", 
                                smp_processor_id(), jiffies));
        unsigned long flags;
 
        /*
-        * Wait for all commands to complete to this specific
-        * target (block).
+        * Wait for all outstanding queued commands to complete to this
+        * specific target (block).
         */
        spin_lock_irqsave(&sdev->list_lock, flags);
        list_for_each_entry(cmd, &sdev->cmd_list, list)
-               if (cmd != scsicmd && cmd->serial_number != 0) {
+               if (cmd != scsicmd && cmd->SCp.phase == AAC_OWNER_FIRMWARE) {
                        ++active;
                        break;
                }
        /*
         *      Check that the command queued to the controller
         */
-       if (status == -EINPROGRESS)
+       if (status == -EINPROGRESS) {
+               scsicmd->SCp.phase = AAC_OWNER_FIRMWARE;
                return 0;
+       }
 
        printk(KERN_WARNING 
                "aac_synchronize: aac_fib_send failed with status: %d.\n", status);
        struct Scsi_Host *host = scsicmd->device->host;
        struct aac_dev *dev = (struct aac_dev *)host->hostdata;
        struct fsa_dev_info *fsa_dev_ptr = dev->fsa_dev;
-       int ret;
        
        /*
         *      If the bus, id or lun is out of range, return fail
                         *      containers to /dev/sd device names
                         */
                         
-                       spin_unlock_irq(host->host_lock);
                        if (scsicmd->request->rq_disk)
                                strlcpy(fsa_dev_ptr[cid].devname,
                                scsicmd->request->rq_disk->disk_name,
                                min(sizeof(fsa_dev_ptr[cid].devname),
                                sizeof(scsicmd->request->rq_disk->disk_name) + 1));
-                       ret = aac_read(scsicmd, cid);
-                       spin_lock_irq(host->host_lock);
-                       return ret;
+
+                       return aac_read(scsicmd, cid);
 
                case WRITE_6:
                case WRITE_10:
                case WRITE_12:
                case WRITE_16:
-                       spin_unlock_irq(host->host_lock);
-                       ret = aac_write(scsicmd, cid);
-                       spin_lock_irq(host->host_lock);
-                       return ret;
+                       return aac_write(scsicmd, cid);
 
                case SYNCHRONIZE_CACHE:
                        /* Issue FIB to tell Firmware to flush it's cache */
        struct scsi_cmnd *scsicmd;
 
        scsicmd = (struct scsi_cmnd *) context;
+       scsicmd->SCp.phase = AAC_OWNER_MIDLEVEL;
        dev = (struct aac_dev *)scsicmd->device->host->hostdata;
 
        if (fibptr == NULL)
        /*
         *      Check that the command queued to the controller
         */
-       if (status == -EINPROGRESS){
+       if (status == -EINPROGRESS) {
+               scsicmd->SCp.phase = AAC_OWNER_FIRMWARE;
                return 0;
        }