diff --git a/drivers/ide/Kconfig b/drivers/ide/Kconfig
index 6d9fd92763f46bf853bacbf091c92be3d1294c92..6eaece96524eac2c9e7d709559c4c99f4eb8a2a1 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/ide/Kconfig
@@ -1056,6 +1056,9 @@ endif
 config BLK_DEV_IDEDMA
 	def_bool BLK_DEV_IDEDMA_PCI || BLK_DEV_IDEDMA_PMAC || BLK_DEV_IDEDMA_ICS || BLK_DEV_IDE_AU1XXX_MDMA2_DBDMA
 
+config IDE_ARCH_OBSOLETE_INIT
+	def_bool ALPHA || (ARM && !ARCH_L7200) || BLACKFIN || X86 || IA64 || M32R || MIPS || PARISC || PPC || (SUPERH64 && BLK_DEV_IDEPCI) || SPARC
+
 endif
 
 config BLK_DEV_HD_ONLY
diff --git a/drivers/ide/setup-pci.c b/drivers/ide/setup-pci.c
index 252cb8c5931a4926dd4049e1bb2998142b91a777..875167e11cd12bc131f47c6ac7ef04262ada11cd 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/setup-pci.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/setup-pci.c
@@ -388,7 +388,7 @@ static ide_hwif_t *ide_hwif_configure(struct pci_dev *dev, ide_pci_device_t *d,
 	if (hwif->io_ports[IDE_DATA_OFFSET] != base ||
 	    hwif->io_ports[IDE_CONTROL_OFFSET] != (ctl | 2)) {
 		memset(&hwif->hw, 0, sizeof(hwif->hw));
-#ifndef IDE_ARCH_OBSOLETE_INIT
+#ifndef CONFIG_IDE_ARCH_OBSOLETE_INIT
 		ide_std_init_ports(&hwif->hw, base, (ctl | 2));
 		hwif->hw.io_ports[IDE_IRQ_OFFSET] = 0;
 #else
diff --git a/include/asm-alpha/ide.h b/include/asm-alpha/ide.h
index 2a5cc0b367ab4c36dfa79839248c662fa75f7aec..b7bf68d0407bed6367f5f7f848768681fd7d6357 100644
--- a/include/asm-alpha/ide.h
+++ b/include/asm-alpha/ide.h
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ static inline unsigned long ide_default_io_base(int index)
 	}
 }
 
-#define IDE_ARCH_OBSOLETE_INIT
 #define ide_default_io_ctl(base)	((base) + 0x206) /* obsolete */
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_PCI
diff --git a/include/asm-arm/ide.h b/include/asm-arm/ide.h
index 4f68c8a5a1998cd9f222c32831875e0f8a1ea97a..f348fcf3150b982bd82192d68a820419f675b78e 100644
--- a/include/asm-arm/ide.h
+++ b/include/asm-arm/ide.h
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 #endif
 
 #if !defined(CONFIG_ARCH_L7200)
-# define IDE_ARCH_OBSOLETE_INIT
 # ifdef CONFIG_ARCH_CLPS7500
 #  define ide_default_io_ctl(base)	((base) + 0x206) /* obsolete */
 # else
diff --git a/include/asm-blackfin/ide.h b/include/asm-blackfin/ide.h
index 41b2db46a1681d69b3a619e4b1259ab835f71886..121e272581d68a53225b0941b63bca62cee57036 100644
--- a/include/asm-blackfin/ide.h
+++ b/include/asm-blackfin/ide.h
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 #define MAX_HWIFS	1
 
 /* Legacy ... BLK_DEV_IDECS */
-#define IDE_ARCH_OBSOLETE_INIT
 #define ide_default_io_ctl(base)	((base) + 0x206) /* obsolete */
 
 
diff --git a/include/asm-ia64/ide.h b/include/asm-ia64/ide.h
index e928675de352b08f06799442fd9761ab0c341ea6..1ccf23809329e28b15be6c5967e697ef2b75014b 100644
--- a/include/asm-ia64/ide.h
+++ b/include/asm-ia64/ide.h
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ static inline unsigned long ide_default_io_base(int index)
 	}
 }
 
-#define IDE_ARCH_OBSOLETE_INIT
 #define ide_default_io_ctl(base)	((base) + 0x206) /* obsolete */
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_PCI
diff --git a/include/asm-m32r/ide.h b/include/asm-m32r/ide.h
index 4672a49e8760546f3b835d627359b9c0d62fd418..5d2044e529abc0e562a8eee0338e70c06834eed8 100644
--- a/include/asm-m32r/ide.h
+++ b/include/asm-m32r/ide.h
@@ -65,7 +65,6 @@ static __inline__ unsigned long ide_default_io_base(int index)
 	}
 }
 
-#define IDE_ARCH_OBSOLETE_INIT
 #define ide_default_io_ctl(base)	((base) + 0x206) /* obsolete */
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEPCI
diff --git a/include/asm-mips/mach-generic/ide.h b/include/asm-mips/mach-generic/ide.h
index a77128362a7d392d512f082bcf89daaced8fd51c..4ec2b930dfbb3ec565abe1978a4f896ccaeea6e7 100644
--- a/include/asm-mips/mach-generic/ide.h
+++ b/include/asm-mips/mach-generic/ide.h
@@ -98,7 +98,6 @@ static __inline__ unsigned long ide_default_io_base(int index)
 	}
 }
 
-#define IDE_ARCH_OBSOLETE_INIT
 #define ide_default_io_ctl(base)	((base) + 0x206) /* obsolete */
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEPCI
diff --git a/include/asm-parisc/ide.h b/include/asm-parisc/ide.h
index b27bf7aeb2564697325a3509cee430e9a39a61de..be8760fbc8ee4042ded80ff196b4f9ce70335aa0 100644
--- a/include/asm-parisc/ide.h
+++ b/include/asm-parisc/ide.h
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 #define MAX_HWIFS	2
 #endif
 
-#define IDE_ARCH_OBSOLETE_INIT
 #define ide_default_io_ctl(base)	((base) + 0x206) /* obsolete */
 
 #define ide_request_irq(irq,hand,flg,dev,id)	request_irq((irq),(hand),(flg),(dev),(id))
diff --git a/include/asm-powerpc/ide.h b/include/asm-powerpc/ide.h
index 1644e44c8757667e575ec03268d02323b62e4145..e61dad73353fd0b64fd18d6c87ba9f71ed05064e 100644
--- a/include/asm-powerpc/ide.h
+++ b/include/asm-powerpc/ide.h
@@ -74,7 +74,6 @@ static __inline__ unsigned long ide_default_io_base(int index)
 
 #endif /* __powerpc64__ */
 
-#define IDE_ARCH_OBSOLETE_INIT
 #define ide_default_io_ctl(base)	((base) + 0x206) /* obsolete */
 
 #endif /* __KERNEL__ */
diff --git a/include/asm-sh64/ide.h b/include/asm-sh64/ide.h
index c9d84d5f772edbe1eb2554135d659fb83598e41e..b6e31e8b941037a3a8a6ee6ff5a1362d91b2f2f1 100644
--- a/include/asm-sh64/ide.h
+++ b/include/asm-sh64/ide.h
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 /* Without this, the initialisation of PCI IDE cards end up calling
  * ide_init_hwif_ports, which won't work. */
 #ifdef CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEPCI
-#define IDE_ARCH_OBSOLETE_INIT 1
 #define ide_default_io_ctl(base)	(0)
 #endif
 
diff --git a/include/asm-sparc/ide.h b/include/asm-sparc/ide.h
index a6d735a1310e32aa6a31a1dd453cd86fcff34a5e..404022765fc779effd65235d71e1c294b46c31ab 100644
--- a/include/asm-sparc/ide.h
+++ b/include/asm-sparc/ide.h
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 #undef  MAX_HWIFS
 #define MAX_HWIFS	2
 
-#define IDE_ARCH_OBSOLETE_INIT
 #define ide_default_io_ctl(base)	((base) + 0x206) /* obsolete */
 
 #define __ide_insl(data_reg, buffer, wcount) \
diff --git a/include/asm-sparc64/ide.h b/include/asm-sparc64/ide.h
index 55149cf933c26bb8c61cbb4d760576ed3cedf0ef..ac7eb210b941edfbd69bbde7d4f4b45cc34e8289 100644
--- a/include/asm-sparc64/ide.h
+++ b/include/asm-sparc64/ide.h
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 # endif
 #endif
 
-#define IDE_ARCH_OBSOLETE_INIT
 #define ide_default_io_ctl(base)	((base) + 0x206) /* obsolete */
 
 #define __ide_insl(data_reg, buffer, wcount) \
diff --git a/include/asm-x86/ide.h b/include/asm-x86/ide.h
index e7817a3d6578009f29d750884010933266ca5f3c..42130adf9c7c36ce71a0e1d71da21b089974992a 100644
--- a/include/asm-x86/ide.h
+++ b/include/asm-x86/ide.h
@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@ static __inline__ unsigned long ide_default_io_base(int index)
 	}
 }
 
-#define IDE_ARCH_OBSOLETE_INIT
 #define ide_default_io_ctl(base)	((base) + 0x206) /* obsolete */
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEPCI
diff --git a/include/linux/ide.h b/include/linux/ide.h
index 17a946b5f552f79e85ec870b62ea2130281d7458..39b76aaaa1293cbd8de7e4254ff774f6d343c2a9 100644
--- a/include/linux/ide.h
+++ b/include/linux/ide.h
@@ -265,11 +265,7 @@ static inline void ide_std_init_ports(hw_regs_t *hw,
 # define ide_init_default_irq(base)	(0)
 #endif
 
-/*
- * ide_init_hwif_ports() is OBSOLETE and will be removed in 2.7 series.
- * New ports shouldn't define IDE_ARCH_OBSOLETE_INIT in <asm/ide.h>.
- */
-#ifdef IDE_ARCH_OBSOLETE_INIT
+#ifdef CONFIG_IDE_ARCH_OBSOLETE_INIT
 static inline void ide_init_hwif_ports(hw_regs_t *hw,
 				       unsigned long io_addr,
 				       unsigned long ctl_addr,
@@ -299,7 +295,7 @@ static inline void ide_init_hwif_ports(hw_regs_t *hw,
 	if (io_addr || ctl_addr)
 		printk(KERN_WARNING "%s: must not be called\n", __FUNCTION__);
 }
-#endif /* IDE_ARCH_OBSOLETE_INIT */
+#endif /* CONFIG_IDE_ARCH_OBSOLETE_INIT */
 
 /* Currently only m68k, apus and m8xx need it */
 #ifndef IDE_ARCH_ACK_INTR