EXPORT_SYMBOL(ide_hwifs);
 
+static void ide_port_init_devices_data(ide_hwif_t *);
+
 /*
  * Do not even *think* about calling this!
  */
 void ide_init_port_data(ide_hwif_t *hwif, unsigned int index)
 {
-       unsigned int unit;
-
        /* bulk initialize hwif & drive info with zeros */
        memset(hwif, 0, sizeof(ide_hwif_t));
 
 
        default_hwif_iops(hwif);
        default_hwif_transport(hwif);
+
+       ide_port_init_devices_data(hwif);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ide_init_port_data);
+
+static void ide_port_init_devices_data(ide_hwif_t *hwif)
+{
+       int unit;
+
        for (unit = 0; unit < MAX_DRIVES; ++unit) {
                ide_drive_t *drive = &hwif->drives[unit];
+               u8 j = (hwif->index * MAX_DRIVES) + unit;
+
+               memset(drive, 0, sizeof(*drive));
 
                drive->media                    = ide_disk;
                drive->select.all               = (unit<<4)|0xa0;
                drive->special.b.set_geometry   = 1;
                drive->name[0]                  = 'h';
                drive->name[1]                  = 'd';
-               drive->name[2]                  = 'a' + (index * MAX_DRIVES) + unit;
+               drive->name[2]                  = 'a' + j;
                drive->max_failures             = IDE_DEFAULT_MAX_FAILURES;
-               drive->using_dma                = 0;
-               drive->vdma                     = 0;
+
                INIT_LIST_HEAD(&drive->list);
                init_completion(&drive->gendev_rel_comp);
        }
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ide_init_port_data);
+
 
 static void init_hwif_default(ide_hwif_t *hwif, unsigned int index)
 {