From 911e1c9b05a8e3559a7aa89083930700a0b9e7ee Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Narendra K Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2010 05:56:50 -0500 Subject: 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 Signed-off-by: Narendra K Signed-off-by: Jesse Barnes --- Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-pci | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 27 insertions(+) (limited to 'Documentation') diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-pci b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-pci index 25be3250f7d6..f979d825d112 100644 --- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-pci +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-pci @@ -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 , 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 , 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. -- cgit v1.2.3