Driver core: add name to device_type

If "name" of a device_type is specified, the uevent will
contain the device_type name in the DEVTYPE variable.
This helps userspace to distingiush between different types
of devices, belonging to the same subsystem.

Signed-off-by: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
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Kay Sievers 2007-03-12 21:08:57 +01:00 committed by Greg Kroah-Hartman
parent 621a1672f7
commit 414264f959
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@ -331,7 +331,17 @@ extern struct class_device *class_device_create(struct class *cls,
__attribute__((format(printf,5,6)));
extern void class_device_destroy(struct class *cls, dev_t devt);
/*
* The type of device, "struct device" is embedded in. A class
* or bus can contain devices of different types
* like "partitions" and "disks", "mouse" and "event".
* This identifies the device type and carries type-specific
* information, equivalent to the kobj_type of a kobject.
* If "name" is specified, the uevent will contain it in
* the DEVTYPE variable.
*/
struct device_type {
const char *name;
struct attribute_group **groups;
int (*uevent)(struct device *dev, char **envp, int num_envp,
char *buffer, int buffer_size);