diff --git a/Documentation/ide/warm-plug-howto.txt b/Documentation/ide/warm-plug-howto.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d5885468b072
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/ide/warm-plug-howto.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+
+IDE warm-plug HOWTO
+===================
+
+To warm-plug devices on a port 'idex':
+
+# echo -n "1" > /sys/class/ide_port/idex/delete_devices
+
+unplug old device(s) and plug new device(s)
+
+# echo -n "1" > /sys/class/ide_port/idex/scan
+
+done
diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-probe.c b/drivers/ide/ide-probe.c
index 468c4ac4181d..510254ab3c9b 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-probe.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-probe.c
@@ -623,7 +623,7 @@ static void hwif_release_dev (struct device *dev)
 	complete(&hwif->gendev_rel_comp);
 }
 
-static void ide_register_port(ide_hwif_t *hwif)
+static int ide_register_port(ide_hwif_t *hwif)
 {
 	int ret;
 
@@ -639,9 +639,23 @@ static void ide_register_port(ide_hwif_t *hwif)
 	}
 	hwif->gendev.release = hwif_release_dev;
 	ret = device_register(&hwif->gendev);
-	if (ret < 0)
+	if (ret < 0) {
 		printk(KERN_WARNING "IDE: %s: device_register error: %d\n",
 			__FUNCTION__, ret);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	get_device(&hwif->gendev);
+
+	hwif->portdev = device_create(ide_port_class, &hwif->gendev,
+				      MKDEV(0, 0), hwif->name);
+	if (IS_ERR(hwif->portdev)) {
+		ret = PTR_ERR(hwif->portdev);
+		device_unregister(&hwif->gendev);
+	}
+	dev_set_drvdata(hwif->portdev, hwif);
+out:
+	return ret;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -1378,6 +1392,58 @@ static void ide_port_cable_detect(ide_hwif_t *hwif)
 	}
 }
 
+static ssize_t store_delete_devices(struct device *portdev,
+				    struct device_attribute *attr,
+				    const char *buf, size_t n)
+{
+	ide_hwif_t *hwif = dev_get_drvdata(portdev);
+
+	if (strncmp(buf, "1", n))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	ide_port_unregister_devices(hwif);
+
+	return n;
+};
+
+static DEVICE_ATTR(delete_devices, S_IWUSR, NULL, store_delete_devices);
+
+static ssize_t store_scan(struct device *portdev,
+			  struct device_attribute *attr,
+			  const char *buf, size_t n)
+{
+	ide_hwif_t *hwif = dev_get_drvdata(portdev);
+
+	if (strncmp(buf, "1", n))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	ide_port_unregister_devices(hwif);
+	ide_port_scan(hwif);
+
+	return n;
+};
+
+static DEVICE_ATTR(scan, S_IWUSR, NULL, store_scan);
+
+static struct device_attribute *ide_port_attrs[] = {
+	&dev_attr_delete_devices,
+	&dev_attr_scan,
+	NULL
+};
+
+static int ide_sysfs_register_port(ide_hwif_t *hwif)
+{
+	int i, rc;
+
+	for (i = 0; ide_port_attrs[i]; i++) {
+		rc = device_create_file(hwif->portdev, ide_port_attrs[i]);
+		if (rc)
+			break;
+	}
+
+	return rc;
+}
+
 int ide_device_add_all(u8 *idx, const struct ide_port_info *d)
 {
 	ide_hwif_t *hwif, *mate = NULL;
@@ -1474,6 +1540,7 @@ int ide_device_add_all(u8 *idx, const struct ide_port_info *d)
 		hwif = &ide_hwifs[idx[i]];
 
 		if (hwif->present) {
+			ide_sysfs_register_port(hwif);
 			ide_proc_register_port(hwif);
 			ide_proc_port_register_devices(hwif);
 		}
diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide.c b/drivers/ide/ide.c
index cb18ba8de22d..d791b1ffb586 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide.c
@@ -78,6 +78,8 @@
 /* default maximum number of failures */
 #define IDE_DEFAULT_MAX_FAILURES 	1
 
+struct class *ide_port_class;
+
 static const u8 ide_hwif_to_major[] = { IDE0_MAJOR, IDE1_MAJOR,
 					IDE2_MAJOR, IDE3_MAJOR,
 					IDE4_MAJOR, IDE5_MAJOR,
@@ -591,6 +593,7 @@ void ide_unregister(unsigned int index, int init_default, int restore)
 
 	ide_remove_port_from_hwgroup(hwif);
 
+	device_unregister(hwif->portdev);
 	device_unregister(&hwif->gendev);
 	wait_for_completion(&hwif->gendev_rel_comp);
 
@@ -1590,6 +1593,13 @@ struct bus_type ide_bus_type = {
 
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ide_bus_type);
 
+static void ide_port_class_release(struct device *portdev)
+{
+	ide_hwif_t *hwif = dev_get_drvdata(portdev);
+
+	put_device(&hwif->gendev);
+}
+
 /*
  * This is gets invoked once during initialization, to set *everything* up
  */
@@ -1610,11 +1620,23 @@ static int __init ide_init(void)
 		return ret;
 	}
 
+	ide_port_class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, "ide_port");
+	if (IS_ERR(ide_port_class)) {
+		ret = PTR_ERR(ide_port_class);
+		goto out_port_class;
+	}
+	ide_port_class->dev_release = ide_port_class_release;
+
 	init_ide_data();
 
 	proc_ide_create();
 
 	return 0;
+
+out_port_class:
+	bus_unregister(&ide_bus_type);
+
+	return ret;
 }
 
 #ifdef MODULE
@@ -1651,6 +1673,8 @@ void __exit cleanup_module (void)
 
 	proc_ide_destroy();
 
+	class_destroy(ide_port_class);
+
 	bus_unregister(&ide_bus_type);
 }
 
diff --git a/include/linux/ide.h b/include/linux/ide.h
index e43570a19200..9cebf3054080 100644
--- a/include/linux/ide.h
+++ b/include/linux/ide.h
@@ -579,7 +579,9 @@ typedef struct hwif_s {
 	unsigned	mmio       : 1; /* host uses MMIO */
 	unsigned	straight8  : 1;	/* Alan's straight 8 check */
 
-	struct device	gendev;
+	struct device		gendev;
+	struct device		*portdev;
+
 	struct completion gendev_rel_comp; /* To deal with device release() */
 
 	void		*hwif_data;	/* extra hwif data */
@@ -1275,6 +1277,7 @@ extern struct mutex ide_cfg_mtx;
 #define local_irq_set(flags)	do { local_save_flags((flags)); local_irq_enable_in_hardirq(); } while (0)
 
 extern struct bus_type ide_bus_type;
+extern struct class *ide_port_class;
 
 /* check if CACHE FLUSH (EXT) command is supported (bits defined in ATA-6) */
 #define ide_id_has_flush_cache(id)	((id)->cfs_enable_2 & 0x3000)