#include <scsi/scsi_host.h>
 #include <scsi/scsi_device.h>
 #include <asm/semaphore.h>
+#include <asm/delay.h>
 
 #include "aacraid.h"
 
     
        if (wait) {
                spin_unlock_irqrestore(&fibptr->event_lock, flags);
-               down(&fibptr->event_wait);
+               /* Only set for first known interruptable command */
+               if (wait < 0) {
+                       /*
+                        * *VERY* Dangerous to time out a command, the
+                        * assumption is made that we have no hope of
+                        * functioning because an interrupt routing or other
+                        * hardware failure has occurred.
+                        */
+                       unsigned long count = 36000000L; /* 3 minutes */
+                       unsigned long qflags;
+                       while (down_trylock(&fibptr->event_wait)) {
+                               if (--count == 0) {
+                                       spin_lock_irqsave(q->lock, qflags);
+                                       q->numpending--;
+                                       list_del(&fibptr->queue);
+                                       spin_unlock_irqrestore(q->lock, qflags);
+                                       if (wait == -1) {
+                                               printk(KERN_ERR "aacraid: fib_send: first asynchronous command timed out.\n"
+                                                 "Usually a result of a PCI interrupt routing problem;\n"
+                                                 "update mother board BIOS or consider utilizing one of\n"
+                                                 "the SAFE mode kernel options (acpi, apic etc)\n");
+                                       }
+                                       return -ETIMEDOUT;
+                               }
+                               udelay(5);
+                       }
+               } else
+                       down(&fibptr->event_wait);
                if(fibptr->done == 0)
                        BUG();