1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-generic.c b/drivers/ide/ide-generic.c
index 9134488ac043..2d92214096ab 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-generic.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-generic.c
@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@
 
 #define DRV_NAME        "ide_generic"
 
+static int probe_mask = 0x03;
+module_param(probe_mask, int, 0);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(probe_mask, "probe mask for legacy ISA IDE ports");
+
 static ssize_t store_add(struct class *cls, const char *buf, size_t n)
 {
         ide_hwif_t *hwif;
@@ -89,6 +93,9 @@ static int __init ide_generic_init(void)
         u8 idx[MAX_HWIFS];
         int i;
 
+        printk(KERN_INFO DRV_NAME ": please use \"probe_mask=0x3f\" module "
+                         "parameter for probing all legacy ISA IDE ports\n");
+
         for (i = 0; i < MAX_HWIFS; i++) {
                 ide_hwif_t *hwif;
                 unsigned long io_addr = ide_default_io_base(i);
@@ -96,7 +103,7 @@ static int __init ide_generic_init(void)
 
                 idx[i] = 0xff;
 
-                if (io_addr) {
+                if ((probe_mask & (1 << i)) && io_addr) {
                         if (!request_region(io_addr, 8, DRV_NAME)) {
                                 printk(KERN_ERR "%s: I/O resource 0x%lX-0x%lX "
                                                 "not free.\n",