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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/ABI')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-pci | 11 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-pci b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-pci index 25c9c39770c6..1241b6d11a52 100644 --- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-pci +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-pci @@ -195,10 +195,13 @@ 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 an instance number to the PCI device. + Reading this attribute will provide the firmware given instance + number of the PCI device. Depending on the platform this can + be for example the SMBIOS type 41 device type instance or the + user-defined ID (UID) on s390. The attribute will be created + only if the firmware has given an instance number to the PCI + device and that number is guaranteed to uniquely identify the + device in the system. Users: Userspace applications interested in knowing the firmware assigned device type instance of the PCI |