* interrupt for this detection ccw uses the kernel event daemon to
  * trigger the call to dasd_change_state. All this is done in the
  * discipline code, see dasd_eckd.c.
- * After the analysis ccw is done (do_analysis returned 0 or error)
- * the block device is setup. Either a fake disk is added to allow
- * formatting or a proper device request queue is created.
+ * After the analysis ccw is done (do_analysis returned 0) the block
+ * device is setup.
+ * In case the analysis returns an error, the device setup is stopped
+ * (a fake disk was already added to allow formatting).
  */
 static inline int
 dasd_state_basic_to_ready(struct dasd_device * device)
        rc = 0;
        if (device->discipline->do_analysis != NULL)
                rc = device->discipline->do_analysis(device);
-       if (rc)
+       if (rc) {
+               if (rc != -EAGAIN)
+                       device->state = DASD_STATE_UNFMT;
                return rc;
+       }
+       /* make disk known with correct capacity */
        dasd_setup_queue(device);
+       set_capacity(device->gdp, device->blocks << device->s2b_shift);
        device->state = DASD_STATE_READY;
-       if (dasd_scan_partitions(device) != 0)
+       rc = dasd_scan_partitions(device);
+       if (rc)
                device->state = DASD_STATE_BASIC;
-       return 0;
+       return rc;
 }
 
 /*
        device->state = DASD_STATE_BASIC;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Back to basic.
+ */
+static inline void
+dasd_state_unfmt_to_basic(struct dasd_device * device)
+{
+       device->state = DASD_STATE_BASIC;
+}
+
 /*
  * Make the device online and schedule the bottom half to start
  * the requeueing of requests from the linux request queue to the
        if (device->state == DASD_STATE_READY &&
            device->target <= DASD_STATE_BASIC)
                dasd_state_ready_to_basic(device);
-       
-       if (device->state == DASD_STATE_BASIC && 
+
+       if (device->state == DASD_STATE_UNFMT &&
+           device->target <= DASD_STATE_BASIC)
+               dasd_state_unfmt_to_basic(device);
+
+       if (device->state == DASD_STATE_BASIC &&
            device->target <= DASD_STATE_KNOWN)
                dasd_state_basic_to_known(device);
        
                goto out;
        }
 
-       if (device->state < DASD_STATE_BASIC) {
+       if (device->state <= DASD_STATE_BASIC) {
                DBF_DEV_EVENT(DBF_ERR, device, " %s",
                              " Cannot open unrecognized device");
                rc = -ENODEV;
 
 {
        struct block_device *bdev;
 
-       /* Make the disk known. */
-       set_capacity(device->gdp, device->blocks << device->s2b_shift);
        bdev = bdget_disk(device->gdp, 0);
        if (!bdev || blkdev_get(bdev, FMODE_READ, 1) < 0)
                return -ENODEV;
 
  *   new: the dasd_device structure is allocated.
  *   known: the discipline for the device is identified.
  *   basic: the device can do basic i/o.
- *   accept: the device is analysed (format is known).
+ *   unfmt: the device could not be analyzed (format is unknown).
  *   ready: partition detection is done and the device is can do block io.
  *   online: the device accepts requests from the block device queue.
  *
 #define DASD_STATE_NEW   0
 #define DASD_STATE_KNOWN  1
 #define DASD_STATE_BASIC  2
-#define DASD_STATE_READY  3
-#define DASD_STATE_ONLINE 4
+#define DASD_STATE_UNFMT  3
+#define DASD_STATE_READY  4
+#define DASD_STATE_ONLINE 5
 
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/wait.h>
 
        case DASD_STATE_BASIC:
                seq_printf(m, "basic");
                break;
+       case DASD_STATE_UNFMT:
+               seq_printf(m, "unnformatted");
+               break;
        case DASD_STATE_READY:
        case DASD_STATE_ONLINE:
                seq_printf(m, "active ");
 
 ibm_partition(struct parsed_partitions *state, struct block_device *bdev)
 {
        int blocksize, offset, size;
+       loff_t i_size;
        dasd_information_t *info;
        struct hd_geometry *geo;
        char type[5] = {0,};
        unsigned char *data;
        Sector sect;
 
+       blocksize = bdev_hardsect_size(bdev);
+       if (blocksize <= 0)
+               return 0;
+       i_size = i_size_read(bdev->bd_inode);
+       if (i_size == 0)
+               return 0;
+
        if ((info = kmalloc(sizeof(dasd_information_t), GFP_KERNEL)) == NULL)
                goto out_noinfo;
        if ((geo = kmalloc(sizeof(struct hd_geometry), GFP_KERNEL)) == NULL)
        if (ioctl_by_bdev(bdev, BIODASDINFO, (unsigned long)info) != 0 ||
            ioctl_by_bdev(bdev, HDIO_GETGEO, (unsigned long)geo) != 0)
                goto out_noioctl;
-       
-       if ((blocksize = bdev_hardsect_size(bdev)) <= 0)
-               goto out_badsect;
 
        /*
         * Get volume label, extract name and type.
                } else {
                        printk("CMS1/%8s:", name);
                        offset = (info->label_block + 1);
-                       size = bdev->bd_inode->i_size >> 9;
+                       size = i_size >> 9;
                }
                put_partition(state, 1, offset*(blocksize >> 9),
                                 size-offset*(blocksize >> 9));
                else
                        printk("(nonl)/%8s:", name);
                offset = (info->label_block + 1);
-               size = (bdev->bd_inode->i_size >> 9);
+               size = i_size >> 9;
                put_partition(state, 1, offset*(blocksize >> 9),
                                 size-offset*(blocksize >> 9));
        }
        return 1;
        
 out_readerr:
-out_badsect:
 out_noioctl:
        kfree(label);
 out_nolab: