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| author | Narendra_K@Dell.com <Narendra_K@Dell.com> | 2011-03-02 20:04:17 +0300 |
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| committer | Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@virtuousgeek.org> | 2011-03-04 21:41:56 +0300 |
| commit | 6058989bad05b82e78baacce69ec14f27a11b5fd (patch) | |
| tree | 26353578e7e9a95d2ea101cd9a8e656d85ddd829 /Documentation/ABI | |
| parent | cdb9755849fbaf2bb9c0a009ba5baa817a0f152d (diff) | |
| download | linux-6058989bad05b82e78baacce69ec14f27a11b5fd.tar.xz | |
PCI: Export ACPI _DSM provided firmware instance number and string name to sysfs
This patch exports ACPI _DSM (Device Specific Method) provided firmware
instance number and string name of PCI devices as defined by 'PCI
Firmware Specification Revision 3.1' section 4.6.7.( DSM for Naming a
PCI or PCI Express Device Under Operating Systems) to sysfs.
New files created are:
/sys/bus/pci/devices/.../label which contains the firmware name for
the device in question, and
/sys/bus/pci/devices/.../acpi_index which contains the firmware device type
instance for the given device.
cat /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0/0000:01:00.0/acpi_index
1
cat /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0/0000:01:00.0/label
Embedded Broadcom 5709C NIC 1
cat /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0/0000:01:00.1/acpi_index
2
cat /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0/0000:01:00.1/label
Embedded Broadcom 5709C NIC 2
The ACPI _DSM provided firmware 'instance number' and 'string name' will
be given priority if the firmware also provides 'SMBIOS type 41 device
type instance and string'.
Signed-off-by: Matthew Garrett <mjg@redhat.com>
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>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/ABI')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-pci | 31 |
1 files changed, 24 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-pci b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-pci index f979d825d112..36bf454ba855 100644 --- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-pci +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-pci @@ -145,9 +145,11 @@ 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. + given name (SMBIOS type 41 string or ACPI _DSM string) of + the PCI device. The attribute will be created only + if the firmware has given a name to the PCI device. + ACPI _DSM string name will be given priority if the + system firmware provides SMBIOS type 41 string also. Users: Userspace applications interested in knowing the firmware assigned name of the PCI device. @@ -157,12 +159,27 @@ 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. + 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. 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. + +What: /sys/bus/pci/devices/.../acpi_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 (ACPI _DSM instance number) of the PCI device. + The attribute will be created only if the firmware has given + an instance number to the PCI device. ACPI _DSM instance number + will be given priority if the system firmware provides SMBIOS + type 41 device type instance also. +Users: + Userspace applications interested in knowing the + firmware assigned instance number of the PCI + device that can help in understanding the firmware + intended order of the PCI device. |