--- zzzz-none-000/linux-2.4.17/drivers/scsi/sd.c	2001-11-09 22:05:06.000000000 +0000
+++ sangam-fb-401/linux-2.4.17/drivers/scsi/sd.c	2005-04-08 07:24:30.000000000 +0000
@@ -1358,7 +1358,17 @@
 
 			for (j = max_p - 1; j >= 0; j--) {
 				int index = start + j;
+#if 1
+				/*
+				 * For now, there are only removable USB mass storage
+				 * devices and this code is run only after someone un-
+				 * plugged the device: A sync is pointless and causes
+				 * nothing but distress...		=OS= 20050406
+				 */
+				invalidate_device(MKDEV_SD_PARTITION(index), !SDp->removable);
+#else
 				invalidate_device(MKDEV_SD_PARTITION(index), 1);
+#endif
 				sd_gendisks->part[index].start_sect = 0;
 				sd_gendisks->part[index].nr_sects = 0;
 				sd_sizes[index] = 0;