need a little pause here */
        msleep(HPSA_POST_RESET_PAUSE_MSECS);
 
-       if (!use_doorbell) {
-               /* Wait for board to become not ready, then ready.
-                * (if we used the doorbell, then we already waited 5 secs
-                * so the "not ready" state is already gone by so we
-                * won't catch it.)
-                */
-               dev_info(&pdev->dev, "Waiting for board to reset.\n");
-               rc = hpsa_wait_for_board_state(pdev, vaddr, BOARD_NOT_READY);
-               if (rc) {
-                       dev_warn(&pdev->dev,
-                               "failed waiting for board to reset."
-                               " Will try soft reset.\n");
-                       /* Not expected, but try soft reset later */
-                       rc = -ENOTSUPP;
-                       goto unmap_cfgtable;
-               }
-       }
        rc = hpsa_wait_for_board_state(pdev, vaddr, BOARD_READY);
        if (rc) {
                dev_warn(&pdev->dev,