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diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-pci b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-pci index 428676cfa61e..f979d825d112 100644 --- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-pci +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-pci @@ -133,49 +133,36 @@ Description: The symbolic link points to the PCI device sysfs entry of the Physical Function this device associates with. - -What: /sys/bus/pci/slots/... -Date: April 2005 (possibly older) -KernelVersion: 2.6.12 (possibly older) -Contact: linux-pci@vger.kernel.org -Description: - When the appropriate driver is loaded, it will create a - directory per claimed physical PCI slot in - /sys/bus/pci/slots/. The names of these directories are - specific to the driver, which in turn, are specific to the - platform, but in general, should match the label on the - machine's physical chassis. - - The drivers that can create slot directories include the - PCI hotplug drivers, and as of 2.6.27, the pci_slot driver. - - The slot directories contain, at a minimum, a file named - 'address' which contains the PCI bus:device:function tuple. - Other files may appear as well, but are specific to the - driver. - -What: /sys/bus/pci/slots/.../function[0-7] -Date: March 2010 -KernelVersion: 2.6.35 -Contact: linux-pci@vger.kernel.org -Description: - If PCI slot directories (as described above) are created, - and the physical slot is actually populated with a device, - symbolic links in the slot directory pointing to the - device's PCI functions are created as well. - -What: /sys/bus/pci/devices/.../slot -Date: March 2010 -KernelVersion: 2.6.35 -Contact: linux-pci@vger.kernel.org -Description: - If PCI slot directories (as described above) are created, - a symbolic link pointing to the slot directory will be - created as well. - What: /sys/bus/pci/slots/.../module Date: June 2009 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. |