diff --git a/southbridge/nvidia/mcp55/ide.c b/southbridge/nvidia/mcp55/ide.c
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+++ b/southbridge/nvidia/mcp55/ide.c
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+/*
+ * This file is part of the coreboot project.
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2004 Tyan Computer
+ * Written by Yinghai Lu <yhlu@tyan.com> for Tyan Computer.
+ * Copyright (C) 2006,2007 AMD
+ * Written by Yinghai Lu <yinghai.lu@amd.com> for AMD.
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301 USA
+ */
+
+#include <types.h>
+#include <lib.h>
+#include <console.h>
+#include <device/pci.h>
+#include <msr.h>
+#include <legacy.h>
+#include <device/pci_ids.h>
+#include <statictree.h>
+#include <config.h>
+#include "mcp55.h"
+
+static void ide_init(struct device *dev)
+{
+	struct southbridge_nvidia_mcp55_ide_config *conf =
+	    (struct southbridge_nvidia_mcp55_ide_config *)dev->device_configuration;
+	/* Enable ide devices so the linux ide driver will work */
+	u32 dword;
+	u16 word;
+	u8 byte;
+
+	word = pci_read_config16(dev, 0x50);
+	/* Ensure prefetch is disabled */
+	word &= ~((1 << 15) | (1 << 13));
+	if (conf->ide1_enable) {
+		word |= (1<<0);
+		printk(BIOS_DEBUG, "Enable secondary ide interface\t");
+	}
+	if (conf->ide0_enable) {
+		word |= (1<<1);
+		printk(BIOS_DEBUG, "Enable primary ide interfac\n");
+	}
+
+	word |= (1<<12);
+	word |= (1<<14);
+
+	pci_write_config16(dev, 0x50, word);
+
+
+	byte = 0x20 ; // Latency: 64-->32
+	pci_write_config8(dev, 0xd, byte);
+
+	dword = pci_read_config32(dev, 0xf8);
+	dword |= 12;
+	pci_write_config32(dev, 0xf8, dword);
+#ifdef CONFIG_PCI_ROM_RUN
+	pci_dev_init(dev);
+#endif
+
+#warning set subsystem id on mcp55 ide
+#if 0
+	pci_write_config32(dev, 0x40,
+		((device & 0xffff) << 16) | (vendor & 0xffff));
+#endif
+}
+
+struct device_operations mcp55_ide = {
+	.id = {.type = DEVICE_ID_PCI,
+		{.pci = {.vendor = PCI_VENDOR_ID_NVIDIA,
+			      .device = PCI_DEVICE_ID_NVIDIA_MCP55_IDE}}},
+	.constructor		 = default_device_constructor,
+	.phase3_scan		 = 0,
+	.phase4_read_resources	 = pci_dev_read_resources,
+	.phase4_set_resources	 = pci_dev_set_resources,
+	.phase5_enable_resources = pci_dev_enable_resources,
+	.phase6_init		 = ide_init,
+	.ops_pci		 = &pci_dev_ops_pci,
+};
+
diff --git a/southbridge/nvidia/mcp55/ide.dts b/southbridge/nvidia/mcp55/ide.dts
new file mode 100644
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+++ b/southbridge/nvidia/mcp55/ide.dts
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+/*
+ * This file is part of the coreboot project.
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2007-8 Ronald G. Minnich <rminnich@gmail.com> *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301 USA
+ */
+
+{
+	device_operations = "mcp55_ide";
+
+	/* IDE: enable MCP55 IDE. There may be a different IDE controller on board */
+	ide0_enable = "0";
+	ide1_enable = "0";
+};