diff -urpN --exclude-from=/home/davej/.exclude bk-linus/drivers/block/cciss.c linux-2.5/drivers/block/cciss.c
--- bk-linus/drivers/block/cciss.c	2002-11-21 02:13:37.000000000 +0000
+++ linux-2.5/drivers/block/cciss.c	2002-11-21 17:57:29.000000000 +0000
@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@ static int cciss_open(struct inode *inod
 	 * but I'm already using way to many device nodes to claim another one
 	 * for "raw controller".
 	 */
-	if (inode->i_bdev->bd_inode->i_size == 0) {
+	if (hba[ctlr]->drv[dsk].nr_blocks == 0) {
 		if (minor(inode->i_rdev) != 0)
 			return -ENXIO;
 		if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))