From 29b71a1ca74491fab9fed09e9d835d840d042690 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Thomas Renninger Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2007 14:43:51 +0200 Subject: ACPI: autoload modules - Create ACPI alias interface Modify modpost (file2alias.c) to add acpi*:XYZ0001: alias in modules.alias like: grep acpi /lib/modules/2.6.22-rc4-default/modules.alias alias acpi*:SNY5001:* sony_laptop alias acpi*:SNY6001:* sony_laptop for e.g. the sony_laptop module. This module matches against all ACPI devices with a HID or CID of SNY5001 or SNY6001 Export an uevent and modalias sysfs file containing the string: [MODALIAS=]acpi:PNP0C0C: additional CIDs are concatenated at the end. Signed-off-by: Thomas Renninger Signed-off-by: Kay Sievers Signed-off-by: Len Brown --- include/linux/mod_devicetable.h | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) (limited to 'include/linux/mod_devicetable.h') diff --git a/include/linux/mod_devicetable.h b/include/linux/mod_devicetable.h index af04a555b52..2ada8ee316b 100644 --- a/include/linux/mod_devicetable.h +++ b/include/linux/mod_devicetable.h @@ -159,6 +159,12 @@ struct ap_device_id { #define AP_DEVICE_ID_MATCH_DEVICE_TYPE 0x01 +#define ACPI_ID_LEN 9 + +struct acpi_device_id { + __u8 id[ACPI_ID_LEN]; + kernel_ulong_t driver_data; +}; #define PNP_ID_LEN 8 #define PNP_MAX_DEVICES 8 -- cgit v1.2.3