diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-io.c b/drivers/ide/ide-io.c
index 661b75a89d4dc4d2227a09d3ce69819a6132e42e..ca0c04a919cba7714bcd25680778a2a7355a9ffb 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-io.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-io.c
@@ -437,8 +437,7 @@ static ide_startstop_t ide_atapi_error(ide_drive_t *drive, struct request *rq, u
 
 	if (ide_read_status(drive) & (BUSY_STAT | DRQ_STAT))
 		/* force an abort */
-		hwif->OUTBSYNC(hwif, WIN_IDLEIMMEDIATE,
-			       hwif->io_ports.command_addr);
+		hwif->exec_command(hwif, WIN_IDLEIMMEDIATE);
 
 	if (rq->errors >= ERROR_MAX) {
 		ide_kill_rq(drive, rq);
diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-iops.c b/drivers/ide/ide-iops.c
index 17cad6c39ee30451ce366c5774f1cb3e7c309a98..d8db25581909340a0ae00afa6537096e4f4380ad 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-iops.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-iops.c
@@ -103,6 +103,14 @@ void SELECT_MASK(ide_drive_t *drive, int mask)
 		port_ops->maskproc(drive, mask);
 }
 
+static void ide_exec_command(ide_hwif_t *hwif, u8 cmd)
+{
+	if (hwif->host_flags & IDE_HFLAG_MMIO)
+		writeb(cmd, (void __iomem *)hwif->io_ports.command_addr);
+	else
+		outb(cmd, hwif->io_ports.command_addr);
+}
+
 static u8 ide_read_sff_dma_status(ide_hwif_t *hwif)
 {
 	if (hwif->host_flags & IDE_HFLAG_MMIO)
@@ -331,6 +339,7 @@ static void ata_output_data(ide_drive_t *drive, struct request *rq,
 
 void default_hwif_transport(ide_hwif_t *hwif)
 {
+	hwif->exec_command	  = ide_exec_command;
 	hwif->read_sff_dma_status = ide_read_sff_dma_status;
 
 	hwif->tf_load	  = ide_tf_load;
@@ -696,7 +705,7 @@ int ide_driveid_update(ide_drive_t *drive)
 	SELECT_MASK(drive, 1);
 	ide_set_irq(drive, 0);
 	msleep(50);
-	hwif->OUTBSYNC(hwif, WIN_IDENTIFY, hwif->io_ports.command_addr);
+	hwif->exec_command(hwif, WIN_IDENTIFY);
 	timeout = jiffies + WAIT_WORSTCASE;
 	do {
 		if (time_after(jiffies, timeout)) {
@@ -783,7 +792,7 @@ int ide_config_drive_speed(ide_drive_t *drive, u8 speed)
 	ide_set_irq(drive, 0);
 	hwif->OUTB(speed, io_ports->nsect_addr);
 	hwif->OUTB(SETFEATURES_XFER, io_ports->feature_addr);
-	hwif->OUTBSYNC(hwif, WIN_SETFEATURES, io_ports->command_addr);
+	hwif->exec_command(hwif, WIN_SETFEATURES);
 	if (drive->quirk_list == 2)
 		ide_set_irq(drive, 1);
 
@@ -891,7 +900,7 @@ void ide_execute_command(ide_drive_t *drive, u8 cmd, ide_handler_t *handler,
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&ide_lock, flags);
 	__ide_set_handler(drive, handler, timeout, expiry);
-	hwif->OUTBSYNC(hwif, cmd, hwif->io_ports.command_addr);
+	hwif->exec_command(hwif, cmd);
 	/*
 	 * Drive takes 400nS to respond, we must avoid the IRQ being
 	 * serviced before that.
@@ -909,7 +918,7 @@ void ide_execute_pkt_cmd(ide_drive_t *drive)
 	unsigned long flags;
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&ide_lock, flags);
-	hwif->OUTBSYNC(hwif, WIN_PACKETCMD, hwif->io_ports.command_addr);
+	hwif->exec_command(hwif, WIN_PACKETCMD);
 	ndelay(400);
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ide_lock, flags);
 }
@@ -1116,7 +1125,7 @@ static ide_startstop_t do_reset1 (ide_drive_t *drive, int do_not_try_atapi)
 		pre_reset(drive);
 		SELECT_DRIVE(drive);
 		udelay (20);
-		hwif->OUTBSYNC(hwif, WIN_SRST, io_ports->command_addr);
+		hwif->exec_command(hwif, WIN_SRST);
 		ndelay(400);
 		hwgroup->poll_timeout = jiffies + WAIT_WORSTCASE;
 		hwgroup->polling = 1;
diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-probe.c b/drivers/ide/ide-probe.c
index ec5f58c6f19a4bce8b2cca76c34d13dc0f40a8af..d1e834a1c5cd41a04db94e953d9484f3378452a8 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-probe.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-probe.c
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ static int actual_try_to_identify (ide_drive_t *drive, u8 cmd)
 		hwif->OUTB(0, io_ports->feature_addr);
 
 	/* ask drive for ID */
-	hwif->OUTBSYNC(hwif, cmd, hwif->io_ports.command_addr);
+	hwif->exec_command(hwif, cmd);
 
 	timeout = ((cmd == WIN_IDENTIFY) ? WAIT_WORSTCASE : WAIT_PIDENTIFY) / 2;
 	timeout += jiffies;
@@ -482,7 +482,7 @@ static int do_probe (ide_drive_t *drive, u8 cmd)
 			msleep(50);
 			SELECT_DRIVE(drive);
 			msleep(50);
-			hwif->OUTBSYNC(hwif, WIN_SRST, io_ports->command_addr);
+			hwif->exec_command(hwif, WIN_SRST);
 			(void)ide_busy_sleep(hwif);
 			rc = try_to_identify(drive, cmd);
 		}
@@ -518,7 +518,7 @@ static void enable_nest (ide_drive_t *drive)
 	printk("%s: enabling %s -- ", hwif->name, drive->id->model);
 	SELECT_DRIVE(drive);
 	msleep(50);
-	hwif->OUTBSYNC(hwif, EXABYTE_ENABLE_NEST, hwif->io_ports.command_addr);
+	hwif->exec_command(hwif, EXABYTE_ENABLE_NEST);
 
 	if (ide_busy_sleep(hwif)) {
 		printk(KERN_CONT "failed (timeout)\n");
diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-taskfile.c b/drivers/ide/ide-taskfile.c
index 1fbdb746dc88a761a7edf9a66d49e7f68e66b179..c56be289417ed81ee8adbbe659114bc850387454 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-taskfile.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-taskfile.c
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ ide_startstop_t do_rw_taskfile (ide_drive_t *drive, ide_task_t *task)
 	switch (task->data_phase) {
 	case TASKFILE_MULTI_OUT:
 	case TASKFILE_OUT:
-		hwif->OUTBSYNC(hwif, tf->command, hwif->io_ports.command_addr);
+		hwif->exec_command(hwif, tf->command);
 		ndelay(400);	/* FIXME */
 		return pre_task_out_intr(drive, task->rq);
 	case TASKFILE_MULTI_IN:
diff --git a/drivers/ide/pci/scc_pata.c b/drivers/ide/pci/scc_pata.c
index fc163a7772a74f592fc83af3c3c9372e76af796f..d140dfd565a430037955839256e48d0c3d4ceb9e 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/pci/scc_pata.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/pci/scc_pata.c
@@ -126,6 +126,14 @@ static u8 scc_ide_inb(unsigned long port)
 	return (u8)data;
 }
 
+static void scc_exec_command(ide_hwif_t *hwif, u8 cmd)
+{
+	out_be32((void *)hwif->io_ports.command_addr, cmd);
+	eieio();
+	in_be32((void *)(hwif->dma_base + 0x01c));
+	eieio();
+}
+
 static u8 scc_read_sff_dma_status(ide_hwif_t *hwif)
 {
 	return (u8)in_be32((void *)(hwif->dma_base + 4));
@@ -779,6 +787,7 @@ static void __devinit init_mmio_iops_scc(ide_hwif_t *hwif)
 
 	ide_set_hwifdata(hwif, ports);
 
+	hwif->exec_command	  = scc_exec_command;
 	hwif->read_sff_dma_status = scc_read_sff_dma_status;
 
 	hwif->tf_load = scc_tf_load;
diff --git a/drivers/ide/ppc/pmac.c b/drivers/ide/ppc/pmac.c
index e68e33bb2c35b2972ffec407c7514ac6cb8ecff6..7c3a84f8fbed71fc51de9fff5b31b7aa4a3a98a5 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ppc/pmac.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ppc/pmac.c
@@ -495,6 +495,13 @@ static void pmac_outbsync(ide_hwif_t *hwif, u8 value, unsigned long port)
 				     + IDE_TIMING_CONFIG));
 }
 
+static void pmac_exec_command(ide_hwif_t *hwif, u8 cmd)
+{
+	writeb(cmd, (void __iomem *)hwif->io_ports.command_addr);
+	(void)readl((void __iomem *)(hwif->io_ports.data_addr
+				     + IDE_TIMING_CONFIG));
+}
+
 /*
  * Old tuning functions (called on hdparm -p), sets up drive PIO timings
  */
@@ -1092,6 +1099,8 @@ static int __devinit pmac_ide_setup_device(pmac_ide_hwif_t *pmif, hw_regs_t *hw)
 	if (hwif == NULL)
 		return -ENOENT;
 
+	hwif->exec_command = pmac_exec_command;
+
 	/* Setup MMIO ops */
 	default_hwif_mmiops(hwif);
        	hwif->OUTBSYNC = pmac_outbsync;
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/ide-scsi.c b/drivers/scsi/ide-scsi.c
index f843c1383a4b599480fdd53c9887a1263132e294..80123890ced0d0181dce93f93b6a5260fad26dea 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/ide-scsi.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/ide-scsi.c
@@ -248,8 +248,7 @@ idescsi_atapi_error(ide_drive_t *drive, struct request *rq, u8 stat, u8 err)
 
 	if (ide_read_status(drive) & (BUSY_STAT | DRQ_STAT))
 		/* force an abort */
-		hwif->OUTBSYNC(hwif, WIN_IDLEIMMEDIATE,
-			       hwif->io_ports.command_addr);
+		hwif->exec_command(hwif, WIN_IDLEIMMEDIATE);
 
 	rq->errors++;
 
diff --git a/include/linux/ide.h b/include/linux/ide.h
index a179a7f6e444deda683418f22c7f5ee134139987..d77c1994d0e3fcf47f4feb3c791d353efa0f24d3 100644
--- a/include/linux/ide.h
+++ b/include/linux/ide.h
@@ -489,7 +489,8 @@ typedef struct hwif_s {
 	const struct ide_port_ops	*port_ops;
 	const struct ide_dma_ops	*dma_ops;
 
-	u8 (*read_sff_dma_status)(struct hwif_s *);
+	void	(*exec_command)(struct hwif_s *, u8);
+	u8	(*read_sff_dma_status)(struct hwif_s *);
 
 	void (*tf_load)(ide_drive_t *, struct ide_task_s *);
 	void (*tf_read)(ide_drive_t *, struct ide_task_s *);