diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-probe.c b/drivers/ide/ide-probe.c
index c6ba439..d5146c5 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-probe.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-probe.c
@@ -861,7 +861,7 @@
 static int hwif_init(ide_hwif_t *hwif);
 static void hwif_register_devices(ide_hwif_t *hwif);
 
-int probe_hwif_init(ide_hwif_t *hwif)
+static int probe_hwif_init(ide_hwif_t *hwif)
 {
 	probe_hwif(hwif);
 
@@ -877,8 +877,6 @@
 	return 0;
 }
 
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(probe_hwif_init);
-
 #if MAX_HWIFS > 1
 /*
  * save_match() is used to simplify logic in init_irq() below.
@@ -1410,3 +1408,22 @@
 }
 
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ideprobe_init);
+
+int ide_device_add(u8 idx[4])
+{
+	int i, rc = 0;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
+		if (idx[i] != 0xff)
+			rc |= probe_hwif_init(&ide_hwifs[idx[i]]);
+	}
+
+	for (i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
+		if (idx[i] != 0xff)
+			ide_proc_register_port(&ide_hwifs[idx[i]]);
+	}
+
+	return rc;
+}
+
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ide_device_add);