2.4.9 ide-floppy broken - 2.4.8 works ok

My ls-120 drive is connected to /dev/hdd (a scsi emulated IDE drive is connected to /dev/hdc)

The "messages" has:

Aug 27 17:17:28 localhost kernel: hdb: 30043440 sectors (15382 MB) w/2048KiB 
Cache, CHS=1870/255/63
Aug 27 17:17:28 localhost kernel: ide-floppy driver 0.97
Aug 27 17:17:28 localhost kernel: hdd: No disk in drive
Aug 27 17:17:28 localhost kernel: hdd: 123264kB, 963/8/32 CHS, 533 kBps, 512 
sector size, 720 rpm
Aug 27 17:17:28 localhost kernel: ide-floppy: hdd: I/O error, pc = 5a, key =  
5, asc = 24, ascq =  0
Aug 27 17:17:28 localhost kernel: Partition check:
Aug 27 17:17:28 localhost kernel:  hda: hda1 hda2 hda3 hda4 < hda5 >
Aug 27 17:17:28 localhost kernel:  hdb: hdb1 hdb2 hdb3 hdb4 < hdb5 hdb6 >
Aug 27 17:17:28 localhost kernel: ide-floppy driver 0.97

Same message appears when a diskette is attempted to be mounted.

Floyd,