[PATCH v2 6/8] ABI: sysfs-bus-pci: add documentation for modalias

From: Mauro Carvalho Chehab
Date: Tue Sep 14 2021 - 10:55:35 EST


Even being available since 2005, there's no documentation for
modalias.

Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-pci | 17 +++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 17 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-pci b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-pci
index 191cbe9ae5ed..1da4c8db3a9e 100644
--- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-pci
+++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-pci
@@ -187,6 +187,23 @@ Description:
The symbolic link points to the PCI device sysfs entry of the
Physical Function this device associates with.

+What: /sys/bus/pci/devices/.../modalias
+Date: May 2005
+Contact: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
+Description:
+ This attribute indicates the PCI ID of the device object.
+
+ That is in the format:
+ pci:vXXXXXXXXdXXXXXXXXsvXXXXXXXXsdXXXXXXXXbcXXscXXiXX,
+ where:
+ - vXXXXXXXX contains the vendor ID;
+ - dXXXXXXXX contains the device ID;
+ - svXXXXXXXX contains the sub-vendor ID;
+ - sdXXXXXXXX contains the subsystem device ID;
+ - bcXX contains the device class;
+ - scXX contains the device subclass;
+ - iXX contains the device class programming interface.
+
What: /sys/bus/pci/slots/.../module
Date: June 2009
Contact: linux-pci@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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