unsigned long io_addr = ide_default_io_base(i);
                hw_regs_t hw;
 
+               idx[i] = 0xff;
+
                if (io_addr) {
+                       if (!request_region(io_addr, 8, DRV_NAME)) {
+                               printk(KERN_ERR "%s: I/O resource 0x%lX-0x%lX "
+                                               "not free.\n",
+                                               DRV_NAME, io_addr, io_addr + 7);
+                               continue;
+                       }
+
+                       if (!request_region(io_addr + 0x206, 1, DRV_NAME)) {
+                               printk(KERN_ERR "%s: I/O resource 0x%lX "
+                                               "not free.\n",
+                                               DRV_NAME, io_addr + 0x206);
+                               release_region(io_addr, 8);
+                               continue;
+                       }
+
                        /*
                         * Skip probing if the corresponding
                         * slot is already occupied.
                        ide_std_init_ports(&hw, io_addr, io_addr + 0x206);
                        hw.irq = ide_default_irq(io_addr);
                        ide_init_port_hw(hwif, &hw);
+                       hwif->mmio = 1;
 
                        idx[i] = i;
-               } else
-                       idx[i] = 0xff;
+               }
        }
 
        ide_device_add_all(idx, NULL);