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authorNarendra K <Narendra_K@dell.com>2010-07-26 12:56:50 +0200
committerJesse Barnes <jbarnes@virtuousgeek.org>2010-07-30 18:36:01 +0200
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parentPCI: Allow read/write access to sysfs I/O port resources (diff)
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PCI: export SMBIOS provided firmware instance and label to sysfs
This patch exports SMBIOS provided firmware instance and label of onboard PCI devices to sysfs. New files are: /sys/bus/pci/devices/.../label which contains the firmware name for the device in question, and /sys/bus/pci/devices/.../index which contains the firmware device type instance for the given device. Signed-off-by: Jordan Hargrave <jordan_hargrave@dell.com> Signed-off-by: Narendra K <narendra_k@dell.com> Signed-off-by: Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@virtuousgeek.org>
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@@ -139,3 +139,30 @@ Contact: linux-pci@vger.kernel.org
Description:
This symbolic link points to the PCI hotplug controller driver
module that manages the hotplug slot.
+
+What: /sys/bus/pci/devices/.../label
+Date: July 2010
+Contact: Narendra K <narendra_k@dell.com>, linux-bugs@dell.com
+Description:
+ Reading this attribute will provide the firmware
+ given name(SMBIOS type 41 string) of the PCI device.
+ The attribute will be created only if the firmware
+ has given a name to the PCI device.
+Users:
+ Userspace applications interested in knowing the
+ firmware assigned name of the PCI device.
+
+What: /sys/bus/pci/devices/.../index
+Date: July 2010
+Contact: Narendra K <narendra_k@dell.com>, linux-bugs@dell.com
+Description:
+ Reading this attribute will provide the firmware
+ given instance(SMBIOS type 41 device type instance)
+ of the PCI device. The attribute will be created
+ only if the firmware has given a device type instance
+ to the PCI device.
+Users:
+ Userspace applications interested in knowing the
+ firmware assigned device type instance of the PCI
+ device that can help in understanding the firmware
+ intended order of the PCI device.