diff --git a/drivers/mmc/card/block.c b/drivers/mmc/card/block.c
index d24ab234394c..a7562f7fc0b3 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/card/block.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/card/block.c
@@ -45,8 +45,6 @@
  */
 #define MMC_SHIFT	3
 
-static int major;
-
 /*
  * There is one mmc_blk_data per slot.
  */
@@ -466,7 +464,7 @@ static struct mmc_blk_data *mmc_blk_alloc(struct mmc_card *card)
 	md->queue.issue_fn = mmc_blk_issue_rq;
 	md->queue.data = md;
 
-	md->disk->major	= major;
+	md->disk->major	= MMC_BLOCK_MAJOR;
 	md->disk->first_minor = devidx << MMC_SHIFT;
 	md->disk->fops = &mmc_bdops;
 	md->disk->private_data = md;
@@ -634,14 +632,9 @@ static int __init mmc_blk_init(void)
 {
 	int res = -ENOMEM;
 
-	res = register_blkdev(major, "mmc");
-	if (res < 0) {
-		printk(KERN_WARNING "Unable to get major %d for MMC media: %d\n",
-		       major, res);
+	res = register_blkdev(MMC_BLOCK_MAJOR, "mmc");
+	if (res)
 		goto out;
-	}
-	if (major == 0)
-		major = res;
 
 	return mmc_register_driver(&mmc_driver);
 
@@ -652,7 +645,7 @@ static int __init mmc_blk_init(void)
 static void __exit mmc_blk_exit(void)
 {
 	mmc_unregister_driver(&mmc_driver);
-	unregister_blkdev(major, "mmc");
+	unregister_blkdev(MMC_BLOCK_MAJOR, "mmc");
 }
 
 module_init(mmc_blk_init);
@@ -661,5 +654,3 @@ module_exit(mmc_blk_exit);
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Multimedia Card (MMC) block device driver");
 
-module_param(major, int, 0444);
-MODULE_PARM_DESC(major, "specify the major device number for MMC block driver");
diff --git a/drivers/mmc/host/au1xmmc.c b/drivers/mmc/host/au1xmmc.c
index b7156a4555b5..f967226d7505 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/host/au1xmmc.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/host/au1xmmc.c
@@ -187,9 +187,8 @@ static void au1xmmc_tasklet_finish(unsigned long param)
 }
 
 static int au1xmmc_send_command(struct au1xmmc_host *host, int wait,
-				struct mmc_command *cmd)
+				struct mmc_command *cmd, unsigned int flags)
 {
-
 	u32 mmccmd = (cmd->opcode << SD_CMD_CI_SHIFT);
 
 	switch (mmc_resp_type(cmd)) {
@@ -213,24 +212,16 @@ static int au1xmmc_send_command(struct au1xmmc_host *host, int wait,
 		return MMC_ERR_INVALID;
 	}
 
-	switch(cmd->opcode) {
-	case MMC_READ_SINGLE_BLOCK:
-	case SD_APP_SEND_SCR:
-		mmccmd |= SD_CMD_CT_2;
-		break;
-	case MMC_READ_MULTIPLE_BLOCK:
-		mmccmd |= SD_CMD_CT_4;
-		break;
-	case MMC_WRITE_BLOCK:
-		mmccmd |= SD_CMD_CT_1;
-		break;
-
-	case MMC_WRITE_MULTIPLE_BLOCK:
-		mmccmd |= SD_CMD_CT_3;
-		break;
-	case MMC_STOP_TRANSMISSION:
-		mmccmd |= SD_CMD_CT_7;
-		break;
+	if (flags & MMC_DATA_READ) {
+		if (flags & MMC_DATA_MULTI)
+			mmccmd |= SD_CMD_CT_4;
+		else
+			mmccmd |= SD_CMD_CT_2;
+	} else if (flags & MMC_DATA_WRITE) {
+		if (flags & MMC_DATA_MULTI)
+			mmccmd |= SD_CMD_CT_3;
+		else
+			mmccmd |= SD_CMD_CT_1;
 	}
 
 	au_writel(cmd->arg, HOST_CMDARG(host));
@@ -665,6 +656,7 @@ static void au1xmmc_request(struct mmc_host* mmc, struct mmc_request* mrq)
 {
 
 	struct au1xmmc_host *host = mmc_priv(mmc);
+	unsigned int flags = 0;
 	int ret = MMC_ERR_NONE;
 
 	WARN_ON(irqs_disabled());
@@ -677,11 +669,12 @@ static void au1xmmc_request(struct mmc_host* mmc, struct mmc_request* mrq)
 
 	if (mrq->data) {
 		FLUSH_FIFO(host);
+		flags = mrq->data->flags;
 		ret = au1xmmc_prepare_data(host, mrq->data);
 	}
 
 	if (ret == MMC_ERR_NONE)
-		ret = au1xmmc_send_command(host, 0, mrq->cmd);
+		ret = au1xmmc_send_command(host, 0, mrq->cmd, flags);
 
 	if (ret != MMC_ERR_NONE) {
 		mrq->cmd->error = ret;
diff --git a/drivers/mmc/host/pxamci.c b/drivers/mmc/host/pxamci.c
index d97d3864b57f..f8985c508bb9 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/host/pxamci.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/host/pxamci.c
@@ -232,20 +232,14 @@ static int pxamci_cmd_done(struct pxamci_host *host, unsigned int stat)
 		/*
 		 * workaround for erratum #42:
 		 * Intel PXA27x Family Processor Specification Update Rev 001
+		 * A bogus CRC error can appear if the msb of a 136 bit
+		 * response is a one.
 		 */
-		if (cmd->opcode == MMC_ALL_SEND_CID ||
-		    cmd->opcode == MMC_SEND_CSD ||
-		    cmd->opcode == MMC_SEND_CID) {
-			/* a bogus CRC error can appear if the msb of
-			   the 15 byte response is a one */
-			if ((cmd->resp[0] & 0x80000000) == 0)
-				cmd->error = MMC_ERR_BADCRC;
-		} else {
-			pr_debug("ignoring CRC from command %d - *risky*\n",cmd->opcode);
-		}
-#else
-		cmd->error = MMC_ERR_BADCRC;
+		if (cmd->flags & MMC_RSP_136 && cmd->resp[0] & 0x80000000) {
+			pr_debug("ignoring CRC from command %d - *risky*\n", cmd->opcode);
+		} else
 #endif
+		cmd->error = MMC_ERR_BADCRC;
 	}
 
 	pxamci_disable_irq(host, END_CMD_RES);
diff --git a/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci.c b/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci.c
index ff5bf73cdd25..a359efdd77eb 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci.c
@@ -963,6 +963,15 @@ static void sdhci_data_irq(struct sdhci_host *host, u32 intmask)
 		if (intmask & (SDHCI_INT_DATA_AVAIL | SDHCI_INT_SPACE_AVAIL))
 			sdhci_transfer_pio(host);
 
+		/*
+		 * We currently don't do anything fancy with DMA
+		 * boundaries, but as we can't disable the feature
+		 * we need to at least restart the transfer.
+		 */
+		if (intmask & SDHCI_INT_DMA_END)
+			writel(readl(host->ioaddr + SDHCI_DMA_ADDRESS),
+				host->ioaddr + SDHCI_DMA_ADDRESS);
+
 		if (intmask & SDHCI_INT_DATA_END)
 			sdhci_finish_data(host);
 	}
diff --git a/include/linux/major.h b/include/linux/major.h
index 0a74c52924c9..7e7c9093919a 100644
--- a/include/linux/major.h
+++ b/include/linux/major.h
@@ -152,6 +152,8 @@
 #define USB_ACM_AUX_MAJOR	167
 #define USB_CHAR_MAJOR		180
 
+#define MMC_BLOCK_MAJOR		179
+
 #define VXVM_MAJOR		199	/* VERITAS volume i/o driver    */
 #define VXSPEC_MAJOR		200	/* VERITAS volume config driver */
 #define VXDMP_MAJOR		201	/* VERITAS volume multipath driver */