This makes sure every acpi_device has at least one ID. If we build an
acpi_device for a namespace node with no _HID or _CID, we sometimes
synthesize an ID like "LNXCPU" or "LNXVIDEO". If we don't even have
that, give it a default "device" ID.
Note that this means things like:
/sys/devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXSYBUS:00/HWP0001:00/HWP0002:04/device:00
(a PCI slot SxFy device) will have "hid" and "modprobe" entries, where
they didn't before. These aren't very useful (a HID of "device" doesn't
tell you what *kind* of device it is, so it doesn't help find a driver),
but I don't think they're harmful.
Signed-off-by: Bjorn Helgaas <bjorn.helgaas@hp.com>
Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
break;
}
+ /*
+ * We build acpi_devices for some objects that don't have _HID or _CID,
+ * e.g., PCI bridges and slots. Drivers can't bind to these objects,
+ * but we do use them indirectly by traversing the acpi_device tree.
+ * This generic ID isn't useful for driver binding, but it provides
+ * the useful property that "every acpi_device has an ID."
+ */
+ if (!hid && !cid_list && !cid_add)
+ hid = "device";
+
if (hid) {
device->pnp.hardware_id = ACPI_ALLOCATE_ZEROED(strlen (hid) + 1);
if (device->pnp.hardware_id) {