drm_i915_private_t *dev_priv = dev->dev_private;                \
        if (I915_VERBOSE)                                               \
                DRM_DEBUG("   BEGIN_LP_RING %x\n", (int)(n));           \
-       intel_ring_begin(dev, &dev_priv->render_ring, 4*(n));           \
+       intel_ring_begin(dev, &dev_priv->render_ring, (n));             \
 } while (0)
 
 
 
 #if WATCH_EXEC
                DRM_INFO("%s: queue flush %08x to ring\n", __func__, cmd);
 #endif
-               intel_ring_begin(dev, ring, 8);
+               intel_ring_begin(dev, ring, 2);
                intel_ring_emit(dev, ring, cmd);
                intel_ring_emit(dev, ring, MI_NOOP);
                intel_ring_advance(dev, ring);
                u32     invalidate_domains,
                u32     flush_domains)
 {
-       intel_ring_begin(dev, ring, 8);
+       intel_ring_begin(dev, ring, 2);
        intel_ring_emit(dev, ring, MI_FLUSH);
        intel_ring_emit(dev, ring, MI_NOOP);
        intel_ring_advance(dev, ring);
 }
 
 void intel_ring_begin(struct drm_device *dev,
-               struct intel_ring_buffer *ring, int n)
+               struct intel_ring_buffer *ring, int num_dwords)
 {
+       int n = 4*num_dwords;
        if (unlikely(ring->tail + n > ring->size))
                intel_wrap_ring_buffer(dev, ring);
        if (unlikely(ring->space < n))
 {
        unsigned int *virt = ring->virtual_start + ring->tail;
        BUG_ON((len&~(4-1)) != 0);
-       intel_ring_begin(dev, ring, len);
+       intel_ring_begin(dev, ring, len/4);
        memcpy(virt, data, len);
        ring->tail += len;
        ring->tail &= ring->size - 1;