diff --git a/drivers/rapidio/Kconfig b/drivers/rapidio/Kconfig
index 606cb17..bcb5c20 100644
--- a/drivers/rapidio/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/rapidio/Kconfig
@@ -9,4 +9,15 @@
 	  Amount of time a discovery node waits for a host to complete
 	  enumeration before giving up.
 
+config RAPIDIO_ENABLE_RX_TX_PORTS
+	bool "Enable RapidIO Input/Output Ports"
+	depends on RAPIDIO
+	---help---
+	  The RapidIO specification describes a Output port transmit
+	  enable and a Input port receive enable. The recommended state
+	  for Input ports and Output ports should be disabled. When
+	  this switch is set the RapidIO subsystem will enable all
+	  ports for Input/Output direction to allow other traffic
+	  than Maintenance transfers.
+
 source "drivers/rapidio/switches/Kconfig"
diff --git a/drivers/rapidio/rio-scan.c b/drivers/rapidio/rio-scan.c
index 74633cc..1faa1a5 100644
--- a/drivers/rapidio/rio-scan.c
+++ b/drivers/rapidio/rio-scan.c
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@
  * Alex Bounine <alexandre.bounine@idt.com>
  * - Added Port-Write/Error Management initialization and handling
  *
+ * Copyright 2009 Sysgo AG
+ * Thomas Moll <thomas.moll@sysgo.com>
+ * - Added Input- Output- enable functionality, to allow full communication
+ *
  * 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
@@ -328,6 +332,65 @@
 }
 
 /**
+ * rio_enable_rx_tx_port - enable input reciever and output transmitter of
+ * given port
+ * @port: Master port associated with the RIO network
+ * @local: local=1 select local port otherwise a far device is reached
+ * @destid: Destination ID of the device to check host bit
+ * @hopcount: Number of hops to reach the target
+ * @port_num: Port (-number on switch) to enable on a far end device
+ *
+ * Returns 0 or 1 from on General Control Command and Status Register
+ * (EXT_PTR+0x3C)
+ */
+inline int rio_enable_rx_tx_port(struct rio_mport *port,
+				 int local, u16 destid,
+				 u8 hopcount, u8 port_num) {
+#ifdef CONFIG_RAPIDIO_ENABLE_RX_TX_PORTS
+	u32 regval;
+	u32 ext_ftr_ptr;
+
+	/*
+	* enable rx input tx output port
+	*/
+	pr_debug("rio_enable_rx_tx_port(local = %d, destid = %d, hopcount = "
+		 "%d, port_num = %d)\n", local, destid, hopcount, port_num);
+
+	ext_ftr_ptr = rio_mport_get_physefb(port, local, destid, hopcount);
+
+	if (local) {
+		rio_local_read_config_32(port, ext_ftr_ptr +
+				RIO_PORT_N_CTL_CSR(0),
+				&regval);
+	} else {
+		if (rio_mport_read_config_32(port, destid, hopcount,
+		ext_ftr_ptr + RIO_PORT_N_CTL_CSR(port_num), &regval) < 0)
+			return -EIO;
+	}
+
+	if (regval & RIO_PORT_N_CTL_P_TYP_SER) {
+		/* serial */
+		regval = regval | RIO_PORT_N_CTL_EN_RX_SER
+				| RIO_PORT_N_CTL_EN_TX_SER;
+	} else {
+		/* parallel */
+		regval = regval | RIO_PORT_N_CTL_EN_RX_PAR
+				| RIO_PORT_N_CTL_EN_TX_PAR;
+	}
+
+	if (local) {
+		rio_local_write_config_32(port, ext_ftr_ptr +
+					  RIO_PORT_N_CTL_CSR(0), regval);
+	} else {
+		if (rio_mport_write_config_32(port, destid, hopcount,
+		    ext_ftr_ptr + RIO_PORT_N_CTL_CSR(port_num), regval) < 0)
+			return -EIO;
+	}
+#endif
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/**
  * rio_setup_device- Allocates and sets up a RIO device
  * @net: RIO network
  * @port: Master port to send transactions
@@ -430,9 +493,14 @@
 
 		list_add_tail(&rswitch->node, &rio_switches);
 
-	} else
+	} else {
+		if (do_enum)
+			/*Enable Input Output Port (transmitter reviever)*/
+			rio_enable_rx_tx_port(port, 0, destid, hopcount, 0);
+
 		dev_set_name(&rdev->dev, "%02x:e:%04x", rdev->net->id,
 			     rdev->destid);
+	}
 
 	rdev->dev.bus = &rio_bus_type;
 
@@ -812,6 +880,11 @@
 		    rio_name(rdev), rdev->vid, rdev->did, num_ports);
 		sw_destid = next_destid;
 		for (port_num = 0; port_num < num_ports; port_num++) {
+			/*Enable Input Output Port (transmitter reviever)*/
+			rio_enable_rx_tx_port(port, 0,
+					      RIO_ANY_DESTID(port->sys_size),
+					      hopcount, port_num);
+
 			if (sw_inport == port_num) {
 				rdev->rswitch->port_ok |= (1 << port_num);
 				continue;
@@ -1132,6 +1205,10 @@
 			rc = -ENOMEM;
 			goto out;
 		}
+
+		/* Enable Input Output Port (transmitter reviever) */
+		rio_enable_rx_tx_port(mport, 1, 0, 0, 0);
+
 		if (rio_enum_peer(net, mport, 0) < 0) {
 			/* A higher priority host won enumeration, bail. */
 			printk(KERN_INFO