card = CARD_FROM_CDEV(channel->ccwdev);
 
        if (!(QETH_IS_IDX_ACT_POS_REPLY(iob->data))) {
-               PRINT_ERR("IDX_ACTIVATE on write channel device %s: negative "
-                         "reply\n", CARD_WDEV_ID(card));
+               if (QETH_IDX_ACT_CAUSE_CODE(iob->data) == 0x19)
+                       PRINT_ERR("IDX_ACTIVATE on write channel device %s: "
+                               "adapter exclusively used by another host\n",
+                               CARD_WDEV_ID(card));
+               else
+                       PRINT_ERR("IDX_ACTIVATE on write channel device %s: "
+                               "negative reply\n", CARD_WDEV_ID(card));
                goto out;
        }
        memcpy(&temp, QETH_IDX_ACT_FUNC_LEVEL(iob->data), 2);
        if ((temp & ~0x0100) != qeth_peer_func_level(card->info.func_level)) {
                PRINT_WARN("IDX_ACTIVATE on write channel device %s: "
-                          "function level mismatch "
-                          "(sent: 0x%x, received: 0x%x)\n",
-                          CARD_WDEV_ID(card), card->info.func_level, temp);
+                       "function level mismatch "
+                       "(sent: 0x%x, received: 0x%x)\n",
+                       CARD_WDEV_ID(card), card->info.func_level, temp);
                goto out;
        }
        channel->state = CH_STATE_UP;
                        goto out;
        }
        if (!(QETH_IS_IDX_ACT_POS_REPLY(iob->data))) {
-               PRINT_ERR("IDX_ACTIVATE on read channel device %s: negative "
-                         "reply\n", CARD_RDEV_ID(card));
+               if (QETH_IDX_ACT_CAUSE_CODE(iob->data) == 0x19)
+                       PRINT_ERR("IDX_ACTIVATE on read channel device %s: "
+                               "adapter exclusively used by another host\n",
+                               CARD_RDEV_ID(card));
+               else
+                       PRINT_ERR("IDX_ACTIVATE on read channel device %s: "
+                               "negative reply\n", CARD_RDEV_ID(card));
                goto out;
        }
 
        memcpy(&temp, QETH_IDX_ACT_FUNC_LEVEL(iob->data), 2);
        if (temp != qeth_peer_func_level(card->info.func_level)) {
                PRINT_WARN("IDX_ACTIVATE on read channel device %s: function "
-                          "level mismatch (sent: 0x%x, received: 0x%x)\n",
-                          CARD_RDEV_ID(card), card->info.func_level, temp);
+                       "level mismatch (sent: 0x%x, received: 0x%x)\n",
+                       CARD_RDEV_ID(card), card->info.func_level, temp);
                goto out;
        }
        memcpy(&card->token.issuer_rm_r,