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diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-pci b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-pci index 25be3250f7d..428676cfa61 100644 --- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-pci +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-pci @@ -133,6 +133,46 @@ 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 |