*/
 
        /* Data buffer size chosen based on the tape's recommendation */
-       int stage_size;
+       int buffer_size;
        idetape_stage_t *merge_stage;
        int merge_stage_size;
        struct idetape_bh *bh;
        pc->buf = NULL;
        pc->buf_size = length * tape->blk_size;
        pc->req_xfer = pc->buf_size;
-       if (pc->req_xfer == tape->stage_size)
+       if (pc->req_xfer == tape->buffer_size)
                pc->flags |= PC_FLAG_DMA_RECOMMENDED;
 }
 
        pc->buf = NULL;
        pc->buf_size = length * tape->blk_size;
        pc->req_xfer = pc->buf_size;
-       if (pc->req_xfer == tape->stage_size)
+       if (pc->req_xfer == tape->buffer_size)
                pc->flags |= PC_FLAG_DMA_RECOMMENDED;
 }
 
 
 /*
  * The function below uses __get_free_pages to allocate a data buffer of size
- * tape->stage_size (or a bit more). We attempt to combine sequential pages as
+ * tape->buffer_size (or a bit more). We attempt to combine sequential pages as
  * much as possible.
  *
  * It returns a pointer to the newly allocated buffer, or NULL in case of
                                " but we are not writing.\n");
                return;
        }
-       if (tape->merge_stage_size > tape->stage_size) {
+       if (tape->merge_stage_size > tape->buffer_size) {
                printk(KERN_ERR "ide-tape: bug: merge_buffer too big\n");
-               tape->merge_stage_size = tape->stage_size;
+               tape->merge_stage_size = tape->buffer_size;
        }
        if (tape->merge_stage_size) {
                blocks = tape->merge_stage_size / tape->blk_size;
                unsigned int count;
 
                bh = tape->merge_stage->bh;
-               count = min(tape->stage_size, bcount);
+               count = min(tape->buffer_size, bcount);
                bcount -= count;
                blocks = count / tape->blk_size;
                while (count) {
                tape->merge_stage_size -= actually_read;
                count -= actually_read;
        }
-       while (count >= tape->stage_size) {
+       while (count >= tape->buffer_size) {
                bytes_read = idetape_add_chrdev_read_request(drive, ctl);
                if (bytes_read <= 0)
                        goto finish;
        if (count == 0)
                return (0);
        if (tape->merge_stage_size) {
-               if (tape->merge_stage_size >= tape->stage_size) {
+               if (tape->merge_stage_size >= tape->buffer_size) {
                        printk(KERN_ERR "ide-tape: bug: merge buf too big\n");
                        tape->merge_stage_size = 0;
                }
                actually_written = min((unsigned int)
-                               (tape->stage_size - tape->merge_stage_size),
+                               (tape->buffer_size - tape->merge_stage_size),
                                (unsigned int)count);
                if (idetape_copy_stage_from_user(tape, buf, actually_written))
                                ret = -EFAULT;
                tape->merge_stage_size += actually_written;
                count -= actually_written;
 
-               if (tape->merge_stage_size == tape->stage_size) {
+               if (tape->merge_stage_size == tape->buffer_size) {
                        ssize_t retval;
                        tape->merge_stage_size = 0;
                        retval = idetape_add_chrdev_write_request(drive, ctl);
                                return (retval);
                }
        }
-       while (count >= tape->stage_size) {
+       while (count >= tape->buffer_size) {
                ssize_t retval;
-               if (idetape_copy_stage_from_user(tape, buf, tape->stage_size))
+               if (idetape_copy_stage_from_user(tape, buf, tape->buffer_size))
                        ret = -EFAULT;
-               buf += tape->stage_size;
-               count -= tape->stage_size;
+               buf += tape->buffer_size;
+               count -= tape->buffer_size;
                retval = idetape_add_chrdev_write_request(drive, ctl);
-               actually_written += tape->stage_size;
+               actually_written += tape->buffer_size;
                if (retval <= 0)
                        return (retval);
        }
                        1, 2, (u16 *)&tape->caps[16], NULL);
        ide_add_setting(drive, "speed", SETTING_READ, TYPE_SHORT, 0, 0xffff,
                        1, 1, (u16 *)&tape->caps[14], NULL);
-       ide_add_setting(drive, "stage", SETTING_READ, TYPE_INT, 0, 0xffff, 1,
-                       1024, &tape->stage_size, NULL);
+       ide_add_setting(drive, "buffer_size", SETTING_READ, TYPE_INT, 0, 0xffff,
+                       1, 1024, &tape->buffer_size, NULL);
        ide_add_setting(drive, "tdsc", SETTING_RW, TYPE_INT, IDETAPE_DSC_RW_MIN,
                        IDETAPE_DSC_RW_MAX, 1000, HZ, &tape->best_dsc_rw_freq,
                        NULL);
 {
        unsigned long t;
        int speed;
-       int stage_size;
+       int buffer_size;
        u8 gcw[2];
        u16 *ctl = (u16 *)&tape->caps[12];
 
        idetape_get_mode_sense_results(drive);
        ide_tape_get_bsize_from_bdesc(drive);
        tape->user_bs_factor = 1;
-       tape->stage_size = *ctl * tape->blk_size;
-       while (tape->stage_size > 0xffff) {
+       tape->buffer_size = *ctl * tape->blk_size;
+       while (tape->buffer_size > 0xffff) {
                printk(KERN_NOTICE "ide-tape: decreasing stage size\n");
                *ctl /= 2;
-               tape->stage_size = *ctl * tape->blk_size;
+               tape->buffer_size = *ctl * tape->blk_size;
        }
-       stage_size = tape->stage_size;
-       tape->pages_per_stage = stage_size / PAGE_SIZE;
-       if (stage_size % PAGE_SIZE) {
+       buffer_size = tape->buffer_size;
+       tape->pages_per_stage = buffer_size / PAGE_SIZE;
+       if (buffer_size % PAGE_SIZE) {
                tape->pages_per_stage++;
-               tape->excess_bh_size = PAGE_SIZE - stage_size % PAGE_SIZE;
+               tape->excess_bh_size = PAGE_SIZE - buffer_size % PAGE_SIZE;
        }
 
        /* select the "best" DSC read/write polling freq */
        speed = max(*(u16 *)&tape->caps[14], *(u16 *)&tape->caps[8]);
 
-       t = (IDETAPE_FIFO_THRESHOLD * tape->stage_size * HZ) / (speed * 1000);
+       t = (IDETAPE_FIFO_THRESHOLD * tape->buffer_size * HZ) / (speed * 1000);
 
        /*
         * Ensure that the number we got makes sense; limit it within
        printk(KERN_INFO "ide-tape: %s <-> %s: %dKBps, %d*%dkB buffer, "
                "%lums tDSC%s\n",
                drive->name, tape->name, *(u16 *)&tape->caps[14],
-               (*(u16 *)&tape->caps[16] * 512) / tape->stage_size,
-               tape->stage_size / 1024,
+               (*(u16 *)&tape->caps[16] * 512) / tape->buffer_size,
+               tape->buffer_size / 1024,
                tape->best_dsc_rw_freq * 1000 / HZ,
                drive->using_dma ? ", DMA":"");