diff --git a/arch/ia64/sn/kernel/bte.c b/arch/ia64/sn/kernel/bte.c
index b362d6d6a8c8f76234596037d8a3406626e2aa64..9456d4034024aa97eed31518162e6ddb68e7a436 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/sn/kernel/bte.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/sn/kernel/bte.c
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  * License.  See the file "COPYING" in the main directory of this archive
  * for more details.
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2000-2006 Silicon Graphics, Inc.  All Rights Reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2000-2007 Silicon Graphics, Inc.  All Rights Reserved.
  */
 
 #include <linux/module.h>
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ bte_result_t bte_copy(u64 src, u64 dest, u64 len, u64 mode, void *notification)
 		     BTE_LNSTAT_LOAD(bte), *bte->most_rcnt_na));
 
 	if (transfer_stat & IBLS_ERROR) {
-		bte_status = transfer_stat & ~IBLS_ERROR;
+		bte_status = BTE_GET_ERROR_STATUS(transfer_stat);
 	} else {
 		bte_status = BTE_SUCCESS;
 	}
diff --git a/arch/ia64/sn/kernel/bte_error.c b/arch/ia64/sn/kernel/bte_error.c
index 27c5936ccfe96b5287f87994a37aa0956b12061f..4cb09f3f1efc636b9090adcfd2fe80e07e278760 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/sn/kernel/bte_error.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/sn/kernel/bte_error.c
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  * License.  See the file "COPYING" in the main directory of this archive
  * for more details.
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2000-2005 Silicon Graphics, Inc.  All Rights Reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2000-2007 Silicon Graphics, Inc.  All Rights Reserved.
  */
 
 #include <linux/types.h>
@@ -148,7 +148,11 @@ int shub2_bte_error_handler(unsigned long _nodepda)
 	for (i = 0; i < BTES_PER_NODE; i++) {
 		bte = &err_nodepda->bte_if[i];
 		status = BTE_LNSTAT_LOAD(bte);
-		if ((status & IBLS_ERROR) || !(status & IBLS_BUSY))
+		if (status & IBLS_ERROR) {
+			bte->bh_error = BTE_SHUB2_ERROR(status);
+			continue;
+		}
+		if (!(status & IBLS_BUSY))
 			continue;
 		mod_timer(recovery_timer, jiffies + (HZ * 5));
 		BTE_PRINTK(("eh:%p:%d Marked Giving up\n", err_nodepda,
diff --git a/include/asm-ia64/sn/bte.h b/include/asm-ia64/sn/bte.h
index 5335d87ca5f8e080b756ec6dec7478822c87be1f..a0d214f4311560cf100b4f568d78998f4a62b112 100644
--- a/include/asm-ia64/sn/bte.h
+++ b/include/asm-ia64/sn/bte.h
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  * License.  See the file "COPYING" in the main directory of this archive
  * for more details.
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2000-2006 Silicon Graphics, Inc.  All Rights Reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2000-2007 Silicon Graphics, Inc.  All Rights Reserved.
  */
 
 
@@ -150,6 +150,35 @@ typedef enum {
 	BTEFAIL_NOTAVAIL,	/* BTE not available */
 } bte_result_t;
 
+#define BTEFAIL_SH2_RESP_SHORT	0x1	/* bit 000001 */
+#define BTEFAIL_SH2_RESP_LONG	0x2	/* bit 000010 */
+#define BTEFAIL_SH2_RESP_DSP	0x4	/* bit 000100 */
+#define BTEFAIL_SH2_RESP_ACCESS	0x8	/* bit 001000 */
+#define BTEFAIL_SH2_CRB_TO	0x10	/* bit 010000 */
+#define BTEFAIL_SH2_NACK_LIMIT	0x20	/* bit 100000 */
+#define BTEFAIL_SH2_ALL		0x3F	/* bit 111111 */
+
+#define	BTE_ERR_BITS	0x3FUL
+#define	BTE_ERR_SHIFT	36
+#define BTE_ERR_MASK	(BTE_ERR_BITS << BTE_ERR_SHIFT)
+
+#define BTE_ERROR_RETRY(value)						\
+	(is_shub2() ? (value != BTEFAIL_SH2_CRB_TO)			\
+		: (value != BTEFAIL_TOUT))
+
+/*
+ * On shub1 BTE_ERR_MASK will always be false, so no need for is_shub2()
+ */
+#define BTE_SHUB2_ERROR(_status)					\
+	((_status & BTE_ERR_MASK) 					\
+	   ? (((_status >> BTE_ERR_SHIFT) & BTE_ERR_BITS) | IBLS_ERROR) \
+	   : _status)
+
+#define BTE_GET_ERROR_STATUS(_status)					\
+	(BTE_SHUB2_ERROR(_status) & ~IBLS_ERROR)
+
+#define BTE_VALID_SH2_ERROR(value)					\
+	((value >= BTEFAIL_SH2_RESP_SHORT) && (value <= BTEFAIL_SH2_ALL))
 
 /*
  * Structure defining a bte.  An instance of this
diff --git a/include/asm-ia64/sn/xp.h b/include/asm-ia64/sn/xp.h
index 6f807e0193b77600f7a3abd03125fdb9cebc2b13..f7711b308e48e4d9216756dbcaa6ab5d0275bbd9 100644
--- a/include/asm-ia64/sn/xp.h
+++ b/include/asm-ia64/sn/xp.h
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ xp_bte_copy(u64 src, u64 vdst, u64 len, u64 mode, void *notification)
 	BUG_ON(REGION_NUMBER(vdst) != RGN_KERNEL);
 
 	ret = bte_copy(src, pdst, len, mode, notification);
-	if (ret != BTE_SUCCESS) {
+	if ((ret != BTE_SUCCESS) && BTE_ERROR_RETRY(ret)) {
 		if (!in_interrupt()) {
 			cond_resched();
 		}
@@ -244,7 +244,30 @@ enum xpc_retval {
 
 	xpcDisconnected,	/* 51: channel disconnected (closed) */
 
-	xpcUnknownReason	/* 52: unknown reason -- must be last in list */
+	xpcBteSh2Start,		/* 52: BTE CRB timeout */
+
+				/* 53: 0x1 BTE Error Response Short */
+	xpcBteSh2RspShort = xpcBteSh2Start + BTEFAIL_SH2_RESP_SHORT,
+
+				/* 54: 0x2 BTE Error Response Long */
+	xpcBteSh2RspLong = xpcBteSh2Start + BTEFAIL_SH2_RESP_LONG,
+
+				/* 56: 0x4 BTE Error Response DSB */
+	xpcBteSh2RspDSB = xpcBteSh2Start + BTEFAIL_SH2_RESP_DSP,
+
+				/* 60: 0x8 BTE Error Response Access */
+	xpcBteSh2RspAccess = xpcBteSh2Start + BTEFAIL_SH2_RESP_ACCESS,
+
+				/* 68: 0x10 BTE Error CRB timeout */
+	xpcBteSh2CRBTO = xpcBteSh2Start + BTEFAIL_SH2_CRB_TO,
+
+				/* 84: 0x20 BTE Error NACK limit */
+	xpcBteSh2NACKLimit = xpcBteSh2Start + BTEFAIL_SH2_NACK_LIMIT,
+
+				/* 115: BTE end */
+	xpcBteSh2End = xpcBteSh2Start + BTEFAIL_SH2_ALL,
+
+	xpcUnknownReason	/* 116: unknown reason -- must be last in list */
 };
 
 
diff --git a/include/asm-ia64/sn/xpc.h b/include/asm-ia64/sn/xpc.h
index e52b8508083be5dcd37243200795211b5423aff2..8e5d7de9c63217d4518847670ab5466022f2a44c 100644
--- a/include/asm-ia64/sn/xpc.h
+++ b/include/asm-ia64/sn/xpc.h
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  * License.  See the file "COPYING" in the main directory of this archive
  * for more details.
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2004-2006 Silicon Graphics, Inc.  All Rights Reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2004-2007 Silicon Graphics, Inc.  All Rights Reserved.
  */
 
 
@@ -1211,6 +1211,12 @@ xpc_IPI_init(int index)
 static inline enum xpc_retval
 xpc_map_bte_errors(bte_result_t error)
 {
+	if (is_shub2()) {
+		if (BTE_VALID_SH2_ERROR(error))
+			return xpcBteSh2Start + error;
+		else
+			return xpcBteUnmappedError;
+	}
 	switch (error) {
 	case BTE_SUCCESS:	return xpcSuccess;
 	case BTEFAIL_DIR:	return xpcBteDirectoryError;