73 files changed, 743 insertions, 1121 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/acpi/bus.c b/drivers/acpi/bus.c
index feab124d8e05..cbfc81579c9a 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/bus.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/bus.c
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ int acpi_bus_set_power(acpi_handle handle, int state)
 
         if (!device->flags.power_manageable) {
                 ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT((ACPI_DB_INFO, "Device `[%s]' is not power manageable\n",
-                                device->dev.kobj.name));
+                                kobject_name(&device->dev.kobj)));
                 return -ENODEV;
         }
         /*
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/scan.c b/drivers/acpi/scan.c
index 64620d668742..5b4d462117cf 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/scan.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/scan.c
@@ -319,16 +319,18 @@ static int acpi_bus_match(struct device *dev, struct device_driver *drv)
         return !acpi_match_device_ids(acpi_dev, acpi_drv->ids);
 }
 
-static int acpi_device_uevent(struct device *dev, char **envp, int num_envp,
-                              char *buffer, int buffer_size)
+static int acpi_device_uevent(struct device *dev, struct kobj_uevent_env *env)
 {
         struct acpi_device *acpi_dev = to_acpi_device(dev);
+        int len;
 
-        strcpy(buffer, "MODALIAS=");
-        if (create_modalias(acpi_dev, buffer + 9, buffer_size - 9) > 0) {
-                envp[0] = buffer;
-                envp[1] = NULL;
-        }
+        if (add_uevent_var(env, "MODALIAS="))
+                return -ENOMEM;
+        len = create_modalias(acpi_dev, &env->buf[env->buflen - 1],
+                              sizeof(env->buf) - env->buflen);
+        if (len >= (sizeof(env->buf) - env->buflen))
+                return -ENOMEM;
+        env->buflen += len;
         return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/video.c b/drivers/acpi/video.c
index d05891f16282..b8a2095cb5ee 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/video.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/video.c
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ static int acpi_video_output_get(struct output_device *od)
 {
         unsigned long state;
         struct acpi_video_device *vd =
-                (struct acpi_video_device *)class_get_devdata(&od->class_dev);
+                (struct acpi_video_device *)dev_get_drvdata(&od->dev);
         acpi_video_device_get_state(vd, &state);
         return (int)state;
 }
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ static int acpi_video_output_set(struct output_device *od)
 {
         unsigned long state = od->request_state;
         struct acpi_video_device *vd=
-                (struct acpi_video_device *)class_get_devdata(&od->class_dev);
+                (struct acpi_video_device *)dev_get_drvdata(&od->dev);
         return acpi_video_device_set_state(vd, state);
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/amba/bus.c b/drivers/amba/bus.c
index 268e301775fc..6b94fb7be5f2 100644
--- a/drivers/amba/bus.c
+++ b/drivers/amba/bus.c
@@ -44,15 +44,12 @@ static int amba_match(struct device *dev, struct device_driver *drv)
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG
-static int amba_uevent(struct device *dev, char **envp, int nr_env, char *buf, int bufsz)
+static int amba_uevent(struct device *dev, struct kobj_uevent_env *env)
 {
         struct amba_device *pcdev = to_amba_device(dev);
-        int retval = 0, i = 0, len = 0;
+        int retval = 0;
 
-        retval = add_uevent_var(envp, nr_env, &i,
-                                buf, bufsz, &len,
-                                "AMBA_ID=%08x", pcdev->periphid);
-        envp[i] = NULL;
+        retval = add_uevent_var(env, "AMBA_ID=%08x", pcdev->periphid);
         return retval;
 }
 #else
diff --git a/drivers/base/Kconfig b/drivers/base/Kconfig
index 5d6312e33490..d7da109c24fd 100644
--- a/drivers/base/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/base/Kconfig
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 menu "Generic Driver Options"
 
+config UEVENT_HELPER_PATH
+        string "path to uevent helper"
+        depends on HOTPLUG
+        default "/sbin/hotplug"
+        help
+          Path to uevent helper program forked by the kernel for
+          every uevent.
+
 config STANDALONE
         bool "Select only drivers that don't need compile-time external firmware" if EXPERIMENTAL
         default y
diff --git a/drivers/base/base.h b/drivers/base/base.h
index 47eb02d9f1af..10b2fb6c9ce6 100644
--- a/drivers/base/base.h
+++ b/drivers/base/base.h
@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@ extern int attribute_container_init(void);
 extern int bus_add_device(struct device * dev);
 extern void bus_attach_device(struct device * dev);
 extern void bus_remove_device(struct device * dev);
-extern struct bus_type *get_bus(struct bus_type * bus);
-extern void put_bus(struct bus_type * bus);
 
 extern int bus_add_driver(struct device_driver *);
 extern void bus_remove_driver(struct device_driver *);
diff --git a/drivers/base/bus.c b/drivers/base/bus.c
index 61c67526a656..9a19b071c573 100644
--- a/drivers/base/bus.c
+++ b/drivers/base/bus.c
@@ -30,6 +30,17 @@
 static int __must_check bus_rescan_devices_helper(struct device *dev,
                                                 void *data);
 
+static struct bus_type *bus_get(struct bus_type *bus)
+{
+        return bus ? container_of(kset_get(&bus->subsys),
+                                struct bus_type, subsys) : NULL;
+}
+
+static void bus_put(struct bus_type *bus)
+{
+        kset_put(&bus->subsys);
+}
+
 static ssize_t
 drv_attr_show(struct kobject * kobj, struct attribute * attr, char * buf)
 {
@@ -78,7 +89,7 @@ static void driver_release(struct kobject * kobj)
          */
 }
 
-static struct kobj_type ktype_driver = {
+static struct kobj_type driver_ktype = {
         .sysfs_ops      = &driver_sysfs_ops,
         .release        = driver_release,
 };
@@ -122,9 +133,9 @@ static struct sysfs_ops bus_sysfs_ops = {
 int bus_create_file(struct bus_type * bus, struct bus_attribute * attr)
 {
         int error;
-        if (get_bus(bus)) {
+        if (bus_get(bus)) {
                 error = sysfs_create_file(&bus->subsys.kobj, &attr->attr);
-                put_bus(bus);
+                bus_put(bus);
         } else
                 error = -EINVAL;
         return error;
@@ -132,9 +143,9 @@ int bus_create_file(struct bus_type * bus, struct bus_attribute * attr)
 
 void bus_remove_file(struct bus_type * bus, struct bus_attribute * attr)
 {
-        if (get_bus(bus)) {
+        if (bus_get(bus)) {
                 sysfs_remove_file(&bus->subsys.kobj, &attr->attr);
-                put_bus(bus);
+                bus_put(bus);
         }
 }
 
@@ -172,7 +183,7 @@ static int driver_helper(struct device *dev, void *data)
 static ssize_t driver_unbind(struct device_driver *drv,
                              const char *buf, size_t count)
 {
-        struct bus_type *bus = get_bus(drv->bus);
+        struct bus_type *bus = bus_get(drv->bus);
         struct device *dev;
         int err = -ENODEV;
 
@@ -186,7 +197,7 @@ static ssize_t driver_unbind(struct device_driver *drv,
                 err = count;
         }
         put_device(dev);
-        put_bus(bus);
+        bus_put(bus);
         return err;
 }
 static DRIVER_ATTR(unbind, S_IWUSR, NULL, driver_unbind);
@@ -199,7 +210,7 @@ static DRIVER_ATTR(unbind, S_IWUSR, NULL, driver_unbind);
 static ssize_t driver_bind(struct device_driver *drv,
                            const char *buf, size_t count)
 {
-        struct bus_type *bus = get_bus(drv->bus);
+        struct bus_type *bus = bus_get(drv->bus);
         struct device *dev;
         int err = -ENODEV;
 
@@ -219,7 +230,7 @@ static ssize_t driver_bind(struct device_driver *drv,
                         err = -ENODEV;
         }
         put_device(dev);
-        put_bus(bus);
+        bus_put(bus);
         return err;
 }
 static DRIVER_ATTR(bind, S_IWUSR, NULL, driver_bind);
@@ -430,7 +441,7 @@ static inline void remove_deprecated_bus_links(struct device *dev) { }
  */
 int bus_add_device(struct device * dev)
 {
-        struct bus_type * bus = get_bus(dev->bus);
+        struct bus_type * bus = bus_get(dev->bus);
         int error = 0;
 
         if (bus) {
@@ -459,7 +470,7 @@ out_subsys:
 out_id:
         device_remove_attrs(bus, dev);
 out_put:
-        put_bus(dev->bus);
+        bus_put(dev->bus);
         return error;
 }
 
@@ -509,7 +520,7 @@ void bus_remove_device(struct device * dev)
                 }
                 pr_debug("bus %s: remove device %s\n", dev->bus->name, dev->bus_id);
                 device_release_driver(dev);
-                put_bus(dev->bus);
+                bus_put(dev->bus);
         }
 }
 
@@ -568,32 +579,29 @@ static void remove_bind_files(struct device_driver *drv)
         driver_remove_file(drv, &driver_attr_unbind);
 }
 
+static BUS_ATTR(drivers_probe, S_IWUSR, NULL, store_drivers_probe);
+static BUS_ATTR(drivers_autoprobe, S_IWUSR | S_IRUGO,
+                show_drivers_autoprobe, store_drivers_autoprobe);
+
 static int add_probe_files(struct bus_type *bus)
 {
         int retval;
 
-        bus->drivers_probe_attr.attr.name = "drivers_probe";
-        bus->drivers_probe_attr.attr.mode = S_IWUSR;
-        bus->drivers_probe_attr.store = store_drivers_probe;
-        retval = bus_create_file(bus, &bus->drivers_probe_attr);
+        retval = bus_create_file(bus, &bus_attr_drivers_probe);
         if (retval)
                 goto out;
 
-        bus->drivers_autoprobe_attr.attr.name = "drivers_autoprobe";
-        bus->drivers_autoprobe_attr.attr.mode = S_IWUSR | S_IRUGO;
-        bus->drivers_autoprobe_attr.show = show_drivers_autoprobe;
-        bus->drivers_autoprobe_attr.store = store_drivers_autoprobe;
-        retval = bus_create_file(bus, &bus->drivers_autoprobe_attr);
+        retval = bus_create_file(bus, &bus_attr_drivers_autoprobe);
         if (retval)
-                bus_remove_file(bus, &bus->drivers_probe_attr);
+                bus_remove_file(bus, &bus_attr_drivers_probe);
 out:
         return retval;
 }
 
 static void remove_probe_files(struct bus_type *bus)
 {
-        bus_remove_file(bus, &bus->drivers_autoprobe_attr);
-        bus_remove_file(bus, &bus->drivers_probe_attr);
+        bus_remove_file(bus, &bus_attr_drivers_autoprobe);
+        bus_remove_file(bus, &bus_attr_drivers_probe);
 }
 #else
 static inline int add_bind_files(struct device_driver *drv) { return 0; }
@@ -602,6 +610,17 @@ static inline int add_probe_files(struct bus_type *bus) { return 0; }
 static inline void remove_probe_files(struct bus_type *bus) {}
 #endif
 
+static ssize_t driver_uevent_store(struct device_driver *drv,
+                                   const char *buf, size_t count)
+{
+        enum kobject_action action;
+
+        if (kobject_action_type(buf, count, &action) == 0)
+                kobject_uevent(&drv->kobj, action);
+        return count;
+}
+static DRIVER_ATTR(uevent, S_IWUSR, NULL, driver_uevent_store);
+
 /**
  *      bus_add_driver - Add a driver to the bus.
  *      @drv:   driver.
@@ -609,7 +628,7 @@ static inline void remove_probe_files(struct bus_type *bus) {}
  */
 int bus_add_driver(struct device_driver *drv)
 {
-        struct bus_type * bus = get_bus(drv->bus);
+        struct bus_type * bus = bus_get(drv->bus);
         int error = 0;
 
         if (!bus)
@@ -632,6 +651,11 @@ int bus_add_driver(struct device_driver *drv)
         klist_add_tail(&drv->knode_bus, &bus->klist_drivers);
         module_add_driver(drv->owner, drv);
 
+        error = driver_create_file(drv, &driver_attr_uevent);
+        if (error) {
+                printk(KERN_ERR "%s: uevent attr (%s) failed\n",
+                        __FUNCTION__, drv->name);
+        }
         error = driver_add_attrs(bus, drv);
         if (error) {
                 /* How the hell do we get out of this pickle? Give up */
@@ -649,7 +673,7 @@ int bus_add_driver(struct device_driver *drv)
 out_unregister:
         kobject_unregister(&drv->kobj);
 out_put_bus:
-        put_bus(bus);
+        bus_put(bus);
         return error;
 }
 
@@ -669,12 +693,13 @@ void bus_remove_driver(struct device_driver * drv)
 
         remove_bind_files(drv);
         driver_remove_attrs(drv->bus, drv);
+        driver_remove_file(drv, &driver_attr_uevent);
         klist_remove(&drv->knode_bus);
         pr_debug("bus %s: remove driver %s\n", drv->bus->name, drv->name);
         driver_detach(drv);
         module_remove_driver(drv);
         kobject_unregister(&drv->kobj);
-        put_bus(drv->bus);
+        bus_put(drv->bus);
 }
 
 
@@ -729,18 +754,6 @@ int device_reprobe(struct device *dev)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(device_reprobe);
 
-struct bus_type *get_bus(struct bus_type *bus)
-{
-        return bus ? container_of(subsys_get(&bus->subsys),
-                                struct bus_type, subsys) : NULL;
-}
-
-void put_bus(struct bus_type * bus)
-{
-        subsys_put(&bus->subsys);
-}
-
-
 /**
  *      find_bus - locate bus by name.
  *      @name:  name of bus.
@@ -808,6 +821,17 @@ static void klist_devices_put(struct klist_node *n)
         put_device(dev);
 }
 
+static ssize_t bus_uevent_store(struct bus_type *bus,
+                                const char *buf, size_t count)
+{
+        enum kobject_action action;
+
+        if (kobject_action_type(buf, count, &action) == 0)
+                kobject_uevent(&bus->subsys.kobj, action);
+        return count;
+}
+static BUS_ATTR(uevent, S_IWUSR, NULL, bus_uevent_store);
+
 /**
  *      bus_register - register a bus with the system.
  *      @bus:   bus.
@@ -826,11 +850,16 @@ int bus_register(struct bus_type * bus)
         if (retval)
                 goto out;
 
-        subsys_set_kset(bus, bus_subsys);
+        bus->subsys.kobj.kset = &bus_subsys;
+
         retval = subsystem_register(&bus->subsys);
         if (retval)
                 goto out;
 
+        retval = bus_create_file(bus, &bus_attr_uevent);
+        if (retval)
+                goto bus_uevent_fail;
+
         kobject_set_name(&bus->devices.kobj, "devices");
         bus->devices.kobj.parent = &bus->subsys.kobj;
         retval = kset_register(&bus->devices);
@@ -839,7 +868,7 @@ int bus_register(struct bus_type * bus)
 
         kobject_set_name(&bus->drivers.kobj, "drivers");
         bus->drivers.kobj.parent = &bus->subsys.kobj;
-        bus->drivers.ktype = &ktype_driver;
+        bus->drivers.ktype = &driver_ktype;
         retval = kset_register(&bus->drivers);
         if (retval)
                 goto bus_drivers_fail;
@@ -866,6 +895,8 @@ bus_probe_files_fail:
 bus_drivers_fail:
         kset_unregister(&bus->devices);
 bus_devices_fail:
+        bus_remove_file(bus, &bus_attr_uevent);
+bus_uevent_fail:
         subsystem_unregister(&bus->subsys);
 out:
         return retval;
@@ -876,7 +907,7 @@ out:
  *      @bus:   bus.
  *
  *      Unregister the child subsystems and the bus itself.
- *      Finally, we call put_bus() to release the refcount
+ *      Finally, we call bus_put() to release the refcount
  */
 void bus_unregister(struct bus_type * bus)
 {
@@ -885,6 +916,7 @@ void bus_unregister(struct bus_type * bus)
         remove_probe_files(bus);
         kset_unregister(&bus->drivers);
         kset_unregister(&bus->devices);
+        bus_remove_file(bus, &bus_attr_uevent);
         subsystem_unregister(&bus->subsys);
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/base/class.c b/drivers/base/class.c
index 4d2222618b78..a863bb091e11 100644
--- a/drivers/base/class.c
+++ b/drivers/base/class.c
@@ -65,13 +65,13 @@ static struct sysfs_ops class_sysfs_ops = {
         .store  = class_attr_store,
 };
 
-static struct kobj_type ktype_class = {
+static struct kobj_type class_ktype = {
         .sysfs_ops      = &class_sysfs_ops,
         .release        = class_release,
 };
 
 /* Hotplug events for classes go to the class_obj subsys */
-static decl_subsys(class, &ktype_class, NULL);
+static decl_subsys(class, &class_ktype, NULL);
 
 
 int class_create_file(struct class * cls, const struct class_attribute * attr)
@@ -93,14 +93,14 @@ void class_remove_file(struct class * cls, const struct class_attribute * attr)
 static struct class *class_get(struct class *cls)
 {
         if (cls)
-                return container_of(subsys_get(&cls->subsys), struct class, subsys);
+                return container_of(kset_get(&cls->subsys), struct class, subsys);
         return NULL;
 }
 
 static void class_put(struct class * cls)
 {
         if (cls)
-                subsys_put(&cls->subsys);
+                kset_put(&cls->subsys);
 }
 
 
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ int class_register(struct class * cls)
         if (error)
                 return error;
 
-        subsys_set_kset(cls, class_subsys);
+        cls->subsys.kobj.kset = &class_subsys;
 
         error = subsystem_register(&cls->subsys);
         if (!error) {
@@ -180,8 +180,7 @@ static void class_device_create_release(struct class_device *class_dev)
 
 /* needed to allow these devices to have parent class devices */
 static int class_device_create_uevent(struct class_device *class_dev,
-                                       char **envp, int num_envp,
-                                       char *buffer, int buffer_size)
+                                      struct kobj_uevent_env *env)
 {
         pr_debug("%s called for %s\n", __FUNCTION__, class_dev->class_id);
         return 0;
@@ -324,7 +323,7 @@ static void class_dev_release(struct kobject * kobj)
         }
 }
 
-static struct kobj_type ktype_class_device = {
+static struct kobj_type class_device_ktype = {
         .sysfs_ops      = &class_dev_sysfs_ops,
         .release        = class_dev_release,
 };
@@ -333,7 +332,7 @@ static int class_uevent_filter(struct kset *kset, struct kobject *kobj)
 {
         struct kobj_type *ktype = get_ktype(kobj);
 
-        if (ktype == &ktype_class_device) {
+        if (ktype == &class_device_ktype) {
                 struct class_device *class_dev = to_class_dev(kobj);
                 if (class_dev->class)
                         return 1;
@@ -403,64 +402,43 @@ static void remove_deprecated_class_device_links(struct class_device *cd)
 { }
 #endif
 
-static int class_uevent(struct kset *kset, struct kobject *kobj, char **envp,
-                         int num_envp, char *buffer, int buffer_size)
+static int class_uevent(struct kset *kset, struct kobject *kobj,
+                        struct kobj_uevent_env *env)
 {
         struct class_device *class_dev = to_class_dev(kobj);
         struct device *dev = class_dev->dev;
-        int i = 0;
-        int length = 0;
         int retval = 0;
 
         pr_debug("%s - name = %s\n", __FUNCTION__, class_dev->class_id);
 
         if (MAJOR(class_dev->devt)) {
-                add_uevent_var(envp, num_envp, &i,
-                               buffer, buffer_size, &length,
-                               "MAJOR=%u", MAJOR(class_dev->devt));
+                add_uevent_var(env, "MAJOR=%u", MAJOR(class_dev->devt));
 
-                add_uevent_var(envp, num_envp, &i,
-                               buffer, buffer_size, &length,
-                               "MINOR=%u", MINOR(class_dev->devt));
+                add_uevent_var(env, "MINOR=%u", MINOR(class_dev->devt));
         }
 
         if (dev) {
                 const char *path = kobject_get_path(&dev->kobj, GFP_KERNEL);
                 if (path) {
-                        add_uevent_var(envp, num_envp, &i,
-                                       buffer, buffer_size, &length,
-                                       "PHYSDEVPATH=%s", path);
+                        add_uevent_var(env, "PHYSDEVPATH=%s", path);
                         kfree(path);
                 }
 
                 if (dev->bus)
-                        add_uevent_var(envp, num_envp, &i,
-                                       buffer, buffer_size, &length,
-                                       "PHYSDEVBUS=%s", dev->bus->name);
+                        add_uevent_var(env, "PHYSDEVBUS=%s", dev->bus->name);
 
                 if (dev->driver)
-                        add_uevent_var(envp, num_envp, &i,
-                                       buffer, buffer_size, &length,
-                                       "PHYSDEVDRIVER=%s", dev->driver->name);
+                        add_uevent_var(env, "PHYSDEVDRIVER=%s", dev->driver->name);
         }
 
-        /* terminate, set to next free slot, shrink available space */
-        envp[i] = NULL;
-        envp = &envp[i];
-        num_envp -= i;
-        buffer = &buffer[length];
-        buffer_size -= length;
-
         if (class_dev->uevent) {
                 /* have the class device specific function add its stuff */
-                retval = class_dev->uevent(class_dev, envp, num_envp,
-                                            buffer, buffer_size);
+                retval = class_dev->uevent(class_dev, env);
                 if (retval)
                         pr_debug("class_dev->uevent() returned %d\n", retval);
         } else if (class_dev->class->uevent) {
                 /* have the class specific function add its stuff */
-                retval = class_dev->class->uevent(class_dev, envp, num_envp,
-                                                   buffer, buffer_size);
+                retval = class_dev->class->uevent(class_dev, env);
                 if (retval)
                         pr_debug("class->uevent() returned %d\n", retval);
         }
@@ -474,7 +452,7 @@ static struct kset_uevent_ops class_uevent_ops = {
         .uevent =       class_uevent,
 };
 
-static decl_subsys(class_obj, &ktype_class_device, &class_uevent_ops);
+static decl_subsys(class_obj, &class_device_ktype, &class_uevent_ops);
 
 
 static int class_device_add_attrs(struct class_device * cd)
@@ -883,7 +861,7 @@ int __init classes_init(void)
 
         /* ick, this is ugly, the things we go through to keep from showing up
          * in sysfs... */
-        subsystem_init(&class_obj_subsys);
+        kset_init(&class_obj_subsys);
         if (!class_obj_subsys.kobj.parent)
                 class_obj_subsys.kobj.parent = &class_obj_subsys.kobj;
         return 0;
diff --git a/drivers/base/core.c b/drivers/base/core.c
index ec86d6fc2360..c1343414d285 100644
--- a/drivers/base/core.c
+++ b/drivers/base/core.c
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ static void device_release(struct kobject * kobj)
         }
 }
 
-static struct kobj_type ktype_device = {
+static struct kobj_type device_ktype = {
         .release        = device_release,
         .sysfs_ops      = &dev_sysfs_ops,
 };
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ static int dev_uevent_filter(struct kset *kset, struct kobject *kobj)
 {
         struct kobj_type *ktype = get_ktype(kobj);
 
-        if (ktype == &ktype_device) {
+        if (ktype == &device_ktype) {
                 struct device *dev = to_dev(kobj);
                 if (dev->uevent_suppress)
                         return 0;
@@ -141,33 +141,23 @@ static const char *dev_uevent_name(struct kset *kset, struct kobject *kobj)
         return NULL;
 }
 
-static int dev_uevent(struct kset *kset, struct kobject *kobj, char **envp,
-                        int num_envp, char *buffer, int buffer_size)
+static int dev_uevent(struct kset *kset, struct kobject *kobj,
+                      struct kobj_uevent_env *env)
 {
         struct device *dev = to_dev(kobj);
-        int i = 0;
-        int length = 0;
         int retval = 0;
 
         /* add the major/minor if present */
         if (MAJOR(dev->devt)) {
-                add_uevent_var(envp, num_envp, &i,
-                               buffer, buffer_size, &length,
-                               "MAJOR=%u", MAJOR(dev->devt));
-                add_uevent_var(envp, num_envp, &i,
-                               buffer, buffer_size, &length,
-                               "MINOR=%u", MINOR(dev->devt));
+                add_uevent_var(env, "MAJOR=%u", MAJOR(dev->devt));
+                add_uevent_var(env, "MINOR=%u", MINOR(dev->devt));
         }
 
         if (dev->type && dev->type->name)
-                add_uevent_var(envp, num_envp, &i,
-                               buffer, buffer_size, &length,
-                               "DEVTYPE=%s", dev->type->name);
+                add_uevent_var(env, "DEVTYPE=%s", dev->type->name);
 
         if (dev->driver)
-                add_uevent_var(envp, num_envp, &i,
-                               buffer, buffer_size, &length,
-                               "DRIVER=%s", dev->driver->name);
+                add_uevent_var(env, "DRIVER=%s", dev->driver->name);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED
         if (dev->class) {
@@ -181,59 +171,43 @@ static int dev_uevent(struct kset *kset, struct kobject *kobj, char **envp,
 
                         path = kobject_get_path(&parent->kobj, GFP_KERNEL);
                         if (path) {
-                                add_uevent_var(envp, num_envp, &i,
-                                               buffer, buffer_size, &length,
-                                               "PHYSDEVPATH=%s", path);
+                                add_uevent_var(env, "PHYSDEVPATH=%s", path);
                                 kfree(path);
                         }
 
-                        add_uevent_var(envp, num_envp, &i,
-                                       buffer, buffer_size, &length,
-                                       "PHYSDEVBUS=%s", parent->bus->name);
+                        add_uevent_var(env, "PHYSDEVBUS=%s", parent->bus->name);
 
                         if (parent->driver)
-                                add_uevent_var(envp, num_envp, &i,
-                                               buffer, buffer_size, &length,
-                                               "PHYSDEVDRIVER=%s", parent->driver->name);
+                                add_uevent_var(env, "PHYSDEVDRIVER=%s",
+                                               parent->driver->name);
                 }
         } else if (dev->bus) {
-                add_uevent_var(envp, num_envp, &i,
-                               buffer, buffer_size, &length,
-                               "PHYSDEVBUS=%s", dev->bus->name);
+                add_uevent_var(env, "PHYSDEVBUS=%s", dev->bus->name);
 
                 if (dev->driver)
-                        add_uevent_var(envp, num_envp, &i,
-                                       buffer, buffer_size, &length,
-                                       "PHYSDEVDRIVER=%s", dev->driver->name);
+                        add_uevent_var(env, "PHYSDEVDRIVER=%s", dev->driver->name);
         }
 #endif
 
-        /* terminate, set to next free slot, shrink available space */
-        envp[i] = NULL;
-        envp = &envp[i];
-        num_envp -= i;
-        buffer = &buffer[length];
-        buffer_size -= length;
-
+        /* have the bus specific function add its stuff */
         if (dev->bus && dev->bus->uevent) {
-                /* have the bus specific function add its stuff */
-                retval = dev->bus->uevent(dev, envp, num_envp, buffer, buffer_size);
+                retval = dev->bus->uevent(dev, env);
                 if (retval)
                         pr_debug ("%s: bus uevent() returned %d\n",
                                   __FUNCTION__, retval);
         }
 
+        /* have the class specific function add its stuff */
         if (dev->class && dev->class->dev_uevent) {
-                /* have the class specific function add its stuff */
-                retval = dev->class->dev_uevent(dev, envp, num_envp, buffer, buffer_size);
+                retval = dev->class->dev_uevent(dev, env);
                 if (retval)
                         pr_debug("%s: class uevent() returned %d\n",
                                  __FUNCTION__, retval);
         }
 
+        /* have the device type specific fuction add its stuff */
         if (dev->type && dev->type->uevent) {
-                /* have the device type specific fuction add its stuff */
-                retval = dev->type->uevent(dev, envp, num_envp, buffer, buffer_size);
+                retval = dev->type->uevent(dev, env);
                 if (retval)
                         pr_debug("%s: dev_type uevent() returned %d\n",
                                  __FUNCTION__, retval);
@@ -253,22 +227,18 @@ static ssize_t show_uevent(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
 {
         struct kobject *top_kobj;
         struct kset *kset;
-        char *envp[32];
-        char *data = NULL;
-        char *pos;
+        struct kobj_uevent_env *env = NULL;
         int i;
         size_t count = 0;
         int retval;
 
         /* search the kset, the device belongs to */
         top_kobj = &dev->kobj;
-        if (!top_kobj->kset && top_kobj->parent) {
-                do {
-                        top_kobj = top_kobj->parent;
-                } while (!top_kobj->kset && top_kobj->parent);
-        }
+        while (!top_kobj->kset && top_kobj->parent)
+                top_kobj = top_kobj->parent;
         if (!top_kobj->kset)
                 goto out;
+
         kset = top_kobj->kset;
         if (!kset->uevent_ops || !kset->uevent_ops->uevent)
                 goto out;
@@ -278,43 +248,29 @@ static ssize_t show_uevent(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
                 if (!kset->uevent_ops->filter(kset, &dev->kobj))
                         goto out;
 
-        data = (char *)get_zeroed_page(GFP_KERNEL);
-        if (!data)
+        env = kzalloc(sizeof(struct kobj_uevent_env), GFP_KERNEL);
+        if (!env)
                 return -ENOMEM;
 
         /* let the kset specific function add its keys */
-        pos = data;
-        memset(envp, 0, sizeof(envp));
-        retval = kset->uevent_ops->uevent(kset, &dev->kobj,
-                                          envp, ARRAY_SIZE(envp),
-                                          pos, PAGE_SIZE);
+        retval = kset->uevent_ops->uevent(kset, &dev->kobj, env);
         if (retval)
                 goto out;
 
         /* copy keys to file */
-        for (i = 0; envp[i]; i++) {
-                pos = &buf[count];
-                count += sprintf(pos, "%s\n", envp[i]);
-        }
+        for (i = 0; i < env->envp_idx; i++)
+                count += sprintf(&buf[count], "%s\n", env->envp[i]);
 out:
-        free_page((unsigned long)data);
+        kfree(env);
         return count;
 }
 
 static ssize_t store_uevent(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
                             const char *buf, size_t count)
 {
-        size_t len = count;
         enum kobject_action action;
 
-        if (len && buf[len-1] == '\n')
-                len--;
-
-        for (action = 0; action < KOBJ_MAX; action++) {
-                if (strncmp(kobject_actions[action], buf, len) != 0)
-                        continue;
-                if (kobject_actions[action][len] != '\0')
-                        continue;
+        if (kobject_action_type(buf, count, &action) == 0) {
                 kobject_uevent(&dev->kobj, action);
                 goto out;
         }
@@ -449,7 +405,7 @@ static struct device_attribute devt_attr =
  *      devices_subsys - structure to be registered with kobject core.
  */
 
-decl_subsys(devices, &ktype_device, &device_uevent_ops);
+decl_subsys(devices, &device_ktype, &device_uevent_ops);
 
 
 /**
diff --git a/drivers/base/firmware_class.c b/drivers/base/firmware_class.c
index b24efd4e3e3d..0295855a3eef 100644
--- a/drivers/base/firmware_class.c
+++ b/drivers/base/firmware_class.c
@@ -88,19 +88,14 @@ static CLASS_ATTR(timeout, 0644, firmware_timeout_show, firmware_timeout_store);
 
 static void fw_dev_release(struct device *dev);
 
-static int firmware_uevent(struct device *dev, char **envp, int num_envp,
-                           char *buffer, int buffer_size)
+static int firmware_uevent(struct device *dev, struct kobj_uevent_env *env)
 {
         struct firmware_priv *fw_priv = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
-        int i = 0, len = 0;
 
-        if (add_uevent_var(envp, num_envp, &i, buffer, buffer_size, &len,
-                           "FIRMWARE=%s", fw_priv->fw_id))
+        if (add_uevent_var(env, "FIRMWARE=%s", fw_priv->fw_id))
                 return -ENOMEM;
-        if (add_uevent_var(envp, num_envp, &i, buffer, buffer_size, &len,
-                           "TIMEOUT=%i", loading_timeout))
+        if (add_uevent_var(env, "TIMEOUT=%i", loading_timeout))
                 return -ENOMEM;
-        envp[i] = NULL;
 
         return 0;
 }
@@ -297,8 +292,7 @@ firmware_class_timeout(u_long data)
 
 static inline void fw_setup_device_id(struct device *f_dev, struct device *dev)
 {
-        /* XXX warning we should watch out for name collisions */
-        strlcpy(f_dev->bus_id, dev->bus_id, BUS_ID_SIZE);
+        snprintf(f_dev->bus_id, BUS_ID_SIZE, "firmware-%s", dev->bus_id);
 }
 
 static int fw_register_device(struct device **dev_p, const char *fw_name,
diff --git a/drivers/base/memory.c b/drivers/base/memory.c
index 74b96795d2f5..cb99daeae936 100644
--- a/drivers/base/memory.c
+++ b/drivers/base/memory.c
@@ -34,8 +34,7 @@ static const char *memory_uevent_name(struct kset *kset, struct kobject *kobj)
         return MEMORY_CLASS_NAME;
 }
 
-static int memory_uevent(struct kset *kset, struct kobject *kobj, char **envp,
-                        int num_envp, char *buffer, int buffer_size)
+static int memory_uevent(struct kset *kset, struct kobj_uevent_env *env)
 {
         int retval = 0;
 
diff --git a/drivers/base/platform.c b/drivers/base/platform.c
index 869ff8c00146..fb5609241482 100644
--- a/drivers/base/platform.c
+++ b/drivers/base/platform.c
@@ -160,13 +160,8 @@ static void platform_device_release(struct device *dev)
  *
  *      Create a platform device object which can have other objects attached
  *      to it, and which will have attached objects freed when it is released.
- *
- *      This device will be marked as not supporting hotpluggable drivers; no
- *      device add/remove uevents will be generated.  In the unusual case that
- *      the device isn't being dynamically allocated as a legacy "probe the
- *      hardware" driver, infrastructure code should reverse this marking.
  */
-struct platform_device *platform_device_alloc(const char *name, unsigned int id)
+struct platform_device *platform_device_alloc(const char *name, int id)
 {
         struct platform_object *pa;
 
@@ -177,12 +172,6 @@ struct platform_device *platform_device_alloc(const char *name, unsigned int id)
                 pa->pdev.id = id;
                 device_initialize(&pa->pdev.dev);
                 pa->pdev.dev.release = platform_device_release;
-
-                /* prevent hotplug "modprobe $(MODALIAS)" from causing trouble in
-                 * legacy probe-the-hardware drivers, which don't properly split
-                 * out device enumeration logic from drivers.
-                 */
-                pa->pdev.dev.uevent_suppress = 1;
         }
 
         return pa ? &pa->pdev : NULL;
@@ -256,7 +245,8 @@ int platform_device_add(struct platform_device *pdev)
         pdev->dev.bus = &platform_bus_type;
 
         if (pdev->id != -1)
-                snprintf(pdev->dev.bus_id, BUS_ID_SIZE, "%s.%u", pdev->name, pdev->id);
+                snprintf(pdev->dev.bus_id, BUS_ID_SIZE, "%s.%d", pdev->name,
+                         pdev->id);
         else
                 strlcpy(pdev->dev.bus_id, pdev->name, BUS_ID_SIZE);
 
@@ -370,7 +360,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(platform_device_unregister);
  *      the Linux driver model.  In particular, when such drivers are built
  *      as modules, they can't be "hotplugged".
  */
-struct platform_device *platform_device_register_simple(char *name, unsigned int id,
+struct platform_device *platform_device_register_simple(char *name, int id,
                                                         struct resource *res, unsigned int num)
 {
         struct platform_device *pdev;
@@ -530,7 +520,7 @@ static ssize_t
 modalias_show(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *a, char *buf)
 {
         struct platform_device  *pdev = to_platform_device(dev);
-        int len = snprintf(buf, PAGE_SIZE, "%s\n", pdev->name);
+        int len = snprintf(buf, PAGE_SIZE, "platform:%s\n", pdev->name);
 
         return (len >= PAGE_SIZE) ? (PAGE_SIZE - 1) : len;
 }
@@ -540,13 +530,11 @@ static struct device_attribute platform_dev_attrs[] = {
         __ATTR_NULL,
 };
 
-static int platform_uevent(struct device *dev, char **envp, int num_envp,
-                char *buffer, int buffer_size)
+static int platform_uevent(struct device *dev, struct kobj_uevent_env *env)
 {
         struct platform_device  *pdev = to_platform_device(dev);
 
-        envp[0] = buffer;
-        snprintf(buffer, buffer_size, "MODALIAS=%s", pdev->name);
+        add_uevent_var(env, "MODALIAS=platform:%s", pdev->name);
         return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/base/power/Makefile b/drivers/base/power/Makefile
index 9caeaea753a3..a803733c839e 100644
--- a/drivers/base/power/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/base/power/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 obj-y                   := shutdown.o
-obj-$(CONFIG_PM_SLEEP)  += main.o suspend.o resume.o sysfs.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_PM_SLEEP)  += main.o sysfs.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_PM_TRACE)  += trace.o
 
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_DEBUG_DRIVER),y)
diff --git a/drivers/base/power/main.c b/drivers/base/power/main.c
index eb9f38d0aa58..0ab4ab21f564 100644
--- a/drivers/base/power/main.c
+++ b/drivers/base/power/main.c
@@ -20,19 +20,24 @@
  */
 
 #include <linux/device.h>
+#include <linux/kallsyms.h>
 #include <linux/mutex.h>
+#include <linux/pm.h>
+#include <linux/resume-trace.h>
 
+#include "../base.h"
 #include "power.h"
 
 LIST_HEAD(dpm_active);
-LIST_HEAD(dpm_off);
-LIST_HEAD(dpm_off_irq);
+static LIST_HEAD(dpm_off);
+static LIST_HEAD(dpm_off_irq);
 
-DEFINE_MUTEX(dpm_mtx);
-DEFINE_MUTEX(dpm_list_mtx);
+static DEFINE_MUTEX(dpm_mtx);
+static DEFINE_MUTEX(dpm_list_mtx);
 
 int (*platform_enable_wakeup)(struct device *dev, int is_on);
 
+
 int device_pm_add(struct device *dev)
 {
         int error;
@@ -61,3 +66,334 @@ void device_pm_remove(struct device *dev)
 }
 
 
+/*------------------------- Resume routines -------------------------*/
+
+/**
+ *      resume_device - Restore state for one device.
+ *      @dev:   Device.
+ *
+ */
+
+static int resume_device(struct device * dev)
+{
+        int error = 0;
+
+        TRACE_DEVICE(dev);
+        TRACE_RESUME(0);
+
+        down(&dev->sem);
+
+        if (dev->bus && dev->bus->resume) {
+                dev_dbg(dev,"resuming\n");
+                error = dev->bus->resume(dev);
+        }
+
+        if (!error && dev->type && dev->type->resume) {
+                dev_dbg(dev,"resuming\n");
+                error = dev->type->resume(dev);
+        }
+
+        if (!error && dev->class && dev->class->resume) {
+                dev_dbg(dev,"class resume\n");
+                error = dev->class->resume(dev);
+        }
+
+        up(&dev->sem);
+
+        TRACE_RESUME(error);
+        return error;
+}
+
+
+static int resume_device_early(struct device * dev)
+{
+        int error = 0;
+
+        TRACE_DEVICE(dev);
+        TRACE_RESUME(0);
+        if (dev->bus && dev->bus->resume_early) {
+                dev_dbg(dev,"EARLY resume\n");
+                error = dev->bus->resume_early(dev);
+        }
+        TRACE_RESUME(error);
+        return error;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Resume the devices that have either not gone through
+ * the late suspend, or that did go through it but also
+ * went through the early resume
+ */
+static void dpm_resume(void)
+{
+        mutex_lock(&dpm_list_mtx);
+        while(!list_empty(&dpm_off)) {
+                struct list_head * entry = dpm_off.next;
+                struct device * dev = to_device(entry);
+
+                get_device(dev);
+                list_move_tail(entry, &dpm_active);
+
+                mutex_unlock(&dpm_list_mtx);
+                resume_device(dev);
+                mutex_lock(&dpm_list_mtx);
+                put_device(dev);
+        }
+        mutex_unlock(&dpm_list_mtx);
+}
+
+
+/**
+ *      device_resume - Restore state of each device in system.
+ *
+ *      Walk the dpm_off list, remove each entry, resume the device,
+ *      then add it to the dpm_active list.
+ */
+
+void device_resume(void)
+{
+        might_sleep();
+        mutex_lock(&dpm_mtx);
+        dpm_resume();
+        mutex_unlock(&dpm_mtx);
+}
+
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(device_resume);
+
+
+/**
+ *      dpm_power_up - Power on some devices.
+ *
+ *      Walk the dpm_off_irq list and power each device up. This
+ *      is used for devices that required they be powered down with
+ *      interrupts disabled. As devices are powered on, they are moved
+ *      to the dpm_active list.
+ *
+ *      Interrupts must be disabled when calling this.
+ */
+
+static void dpm_power_up(void)
+{
+        while(!list_empty(&dpm_off_irq)) {
+                struct list_head * entry = dpm_off_irq.next;
+                struct device * dev = to_device(entry);
+
+                list_move_tail(entry, &dpm_off);
+                resume_device_early(dev);
+        }
+}
+
+
+/**
+ *      device_power_up - Turn on all devices that need special attention.
+ *
+ *      Power on system devices then devices that required we shut them down
+ *      with interrupts disabled.
+ *      Called with interrupts disabled.
+ */
+
+void device_power_up(void)
+{
+        sysdev_resume();
+        dpm_power_up();
+}
+
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(device_power_up);
+
+
+/*------------------------- Suspend routines -------------------------*/
+
+/*
+ * The entries in the dpm_active list are in a depth first order, simply
+ * because children are guaranteed to be discovered after parents, and
+ * are inserted at the back of the list on discovery.
+ *
+ * All list on the suspend path are done in reverse order, so we operate
+ * on the leaves of the device tree (or forests, depending on how you want
+ * to look at it ;) first. As nodes are removed from the back of the list,
+ * they are inserted into the front of their destintation lists.
+ *
+ * Things are the reverse on the resume path - iterations are done in
+ * forward order, and nodes are inserted at the back of their destination
+ * lists. This way, the ancestors will be accessed before their descendents.
+ */
+
+static inline char *suspend_verb(u32 event)
+{
+        switch (event) {
+        case PM_EVENT_SUSPEND:  return "suspend";
+        case PM_EVENT_FREEZE:   return "freeze";
+        case PM_EVENT_PRETHAW:  return "prethaw";
+        default:                return "(unknown suspend event)";
+        }
+}
+
+
+static void
+suspend_device_dbg(struct device *dev, pm_message_t state, char *info)
+{
+        dev_dbg(dev, "%s%s%s\n", info, suspend_verb(state.event),
+                ((state.event == PM_EVENT_SUSPEND) && device_may_wakeup(dev)) ?
+                ", may wakeup" : "");
+}
+
+/**
+ *      suspend_device - Save state of one device.
+ *      @dev:   Device.
+ *      @state: Power state device is entering.
+ */
+
+static int suspend_device(struct device * dev, pm_message_t state)
+{
+        int error = 0;
+
+        down(&dev->sem);
+        if (dev->power.power_state.event) {
+                dev_dbg(dev, "PM: suspend %d-->%d\n",
+                        dev->power.power_state.event, state.event);
+        }
+
+        if (dev->class && dev->class->suspend) {
+                suspend_device_dbg(dev, state, "class ");
+                error = dev->class->suspend(dev, state);
+                suspend_report_result(dev->class->suspend, error);
+        }
+
+        if (!error && dev->type && dev->type->suspend) {
+                suspend_device_dbg(dev, state, "type ");
+                error = dev->type->suspend(dev, state);
+                suspend_report_result(dev->type->suspend, error);
+        }
+
+        if (!error && dev->bus && dev->bus->suspend) {
+                suspend_device_dbg(dev, state, "");
+                error = dev->bus->suspend(dev, state);
+                suspend_report_result(dev->bus->suspend, error);
+        }
+        up(&dev->sem);
+        return error;
+}
+
+
+/*
+ * This is called with interrupts off, only a single CPU
+ * running. We can't acquire a mutex or semaphore (and we don't
+ * need the protection)
+ */
+static int suspend_device_late(struct device *dev, pm_message_t state)
+{
+        int error = 0;
+
+        if (dev->bus && dev->bus->suspend_late) {
+                suspend_device_dbg(dev, state, "LATE ");
+                error = dev->bus->suspend_late(dev, state);
+                suspend_report_result(dev->bus->suspend_late, error);
+        }
+        return error;
+}
+
+/**
+ *      device_suspend - Save state and stop all devices in system.
+ *      @state:         Power state to put each device in.
+ *
+ *      Walk the dpm_active list, call ->suspend() for each device, and move
+ *      it to the dpm_off list.
+ *
+ *      (For historical reasons, if it returns -EAGAIN, that used to mean
+ *      that the device would be called again with interrupts disabled.
+ *      These days, we use the "suspend_late()" callback for that, so we
+ *      print a warning and consider it an error).
+ *
+ *      If we get a different error, try and back out.
+ *
+ *      If we hit a failure with any of the devices, call device_resume()
+ *      above to bring the suspended devices back to life.
+ *
+ */
+
+int device_suspend(pm_message_t state)
+{
+        int error = 0;
+
+        might_sleep();
+        mutex_lock(&dpm_mtx);
+        mutex_lock(&dpm_list_mtx);
+        while (!list_empty(&dpm_active) && error == 0) {
+                struct list_head * entry = dpm_active.prev;
+                struct device * dev = to_device(entry);
+
+                get_device(dev);
+                mutex_unlock(&dpm_list_mtx);
+
+                error = suspend_device(dev, state);
+
+                mutex_lock(&dpm_list_mtx);
+
+                /* Check if the device got removed */
+                if (!list_empty(&dev->power.entry)) {
+                        /* Move it to the dpm_off list */
+                        if (!error)
+                                list_move(&dev->power.entry, &dpm_off);
+                }
+                if (error)
+                        printk(KERN_ERR "Could not suspend device %s: "
+                                "error %d%s\n",
+                                kobject_name(&dev->kobj), error,
+                                error == -EAGAIN ? " (please convert to suspend_late)" : "");
+                put_device(dev);
+        }
+        mutex_unlock(&dpm_list_mtx);
+        if (error)
+                dpm_resume();
+
+        mutex_unlock(&dpm_mtx);
+        return error;
+}
+
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(device_suspend);
+
+/**
+ *      device_power_down - Shut down special devices.
+ *      @state:         Power state to enter.
+ *
+ *      Walk the dpm_off_irq list, calling ->power_down() for each device that
+ *      couldn't power down the device with interrupts enabled. When we're
+ *      done, power down system devices.
+ */
+
+int device_power_down(pm_message_t state)
+{
+        int error = 0;
+        struct device * dev;
+
+        while (!list_empty(&dpm_off)) {
+                struct list_head * entry = dpm_off.prev;
+
+                dev = to_device(entry);
+                error = suspend_device_late(dev, state);
+                if (error)
+                        goto Error;
+                list_move(&dev->power.entry, &dpm_off_irq);
+        }
+
+        error = sysdev_suspend(state);
+ Done:
+        return error;
+ Error:
+        printk(KERN_ERR "Could not power down device %s: "
+                "error %d\n", kobject_name(&dev->kobj), error);
+        dpm_power_up();
+        goto Done;
+}
+
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(device_power_down);
+
+void __suspend_report_result(const char *function, void *fn, int ret)
+{
+        if (ret) {
+                printk(KERN_ERR "%s(): ", function);
+                print_fn_descriptor_symbol("%s() returns ", (unsigned long)fn);
+                printk("%d\n", ret);
+        }
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__suspend_report_result);
diff --git a/drivers/base/power/power.h b/drivers/base/power/power.h
index 8ba0830cbc03..5c4efd493fa5 100644
--- a/drivers/base/power/power.h
+++ b/drivers/base/power/power.h
@@ -11,32 +11,11 @@ extern void device_shutdown(void);
  * main.c
  */
 
-/*
- * Used to synchronize global power management operations.
- */
-extern struct mutex dpm_mtx;
-
-/*
- * Used to serialize changes to the dpm_* lists.
- */
-extern struct mutex dpm_list_mtx;
-
-/*
- * The PM lists.
- */
-extern struct list_head dpm_active;
-extern struct list_head dpm_off;
-extern struct list_head dpm_off_irq;
-
-
-static inline struct dev_pm_info * to_pm_info(struct list_head * entry)
-{
-        return container_of(entry, struct dev_pm_info, entry);
-}
+extern struct list_head dpm_active;     /* The active device list */
 
 static inline struct device * to_device(struct list_head * entry)
 {
-        return container_of(to_pm_info(entry), struct device, power);
+        return container_of(entry, struct device, power.entry);
 }
 
 extern int device_pm_add(struct device *);
@@ -49,19 +28,6 @@ extern void device_pm_remove(struct device *);
 extern int dpm_sysfs_add(struct device *);
 extern void dpm_sysfs_remove(struct device *);
 
-/*
- * resume.c
- */
-
-extern void dpm_resume(void);
-extern void dpm_power_up(void);
-extern int resume_device(struct device *);
-
-/*
- * suspend.c
- */
-extern int suspend_device(struct device *, pm_message_t);
-
 #else /* CONFIG_PM_SLEEP */
 
 
diff --git a/drivers/base/power/resume.c b/drivers/base/power/resume.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 00fd84ae6e66..000000000000
--- a/drivers/base/power/resume.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,149 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * resume.c - Functions for waking devices up.
- *
- * Copyright (c) 2003 Patrick Mochel
- * Copyright (c) 2003 Open Source Development Labs
- *
- * This file is released under the GPLv2
- *
- */
-
-#include <linux/device.h>
-#include <linux/resume-trace.h>
-#include "../base.h"
-#include "power.h"
-
-
-/**
- *      resume_device - Restore state for one device.
- *      @dev:   Device.
- *
- */
-
-int resume_device(struct device * dev)
-{
-        int error = 0;
-
-        TRACE_DEVICE(dev);
-        TRACE_RESUME(0);
-
-        down(&dev->sem);
-
-        if (dev->bus && dev->bus->resume) {
-                dev_dbg(dev,"resuming\n");
-                error = dev->bus->resume(dev);
-        }
-
-        if (!error && dev->type && dev->type->resume) {
-                dev_dbg(dev,"resuming\n");
-                error = dev->type->resume(dev);
-        }
-
-        if (!error && dev->class && dev->class->resume) {
-                dev_dbg(dev,"class resume\n");
-                error = dev->class->resume(dev);
-        }
-
-        up(&dev->sem);
-
-        TRACE_RESUME(error);
-        return error;
-}
-
-
-static int resume_device_early(struct device * dev)
-{
-        int error = 0;
-
-        TRACE_DEVICE(dev);
-        TRACE_RESUME(0);
-        if (dev->bus && dev->bus->resume_early) {
-                dev_dbg(dev,"EARLY resume\n");
-                error = dev->bus->resume_early(dev);
-        }
-        TRACE_RESUME(error);
-        return error;
-}
-
-/*
- * Resume the devices that have either not gone through
- * the late suspend, or that did go through it but also
- * went through the early resume
- */
-void dpm_resume(void)
-{
-        mutex_lock(&dpm_list_mtx);
-        while(!list_empty(&dpm_off)) {
-                struct list_head * entry = dpm_off.next;
-                struct device * dev = to_device(entry);
-
-                get_device(dev);
-                list_move_tail(entry, &dpm_active);
-
-                mutex_unlock(&dpm_list_mtx);
-                resume_device(dev);
-                mutex_lock(&dpm_list_mtx);
-                put_device(dev);
-        }
-        mutex_unlock(&dpm_list_mtx);
-}
-
-
-/**
- *      device_resume - Restore state of each device in system.
- *
- *      Walk the dpm_off list, remove each entry, resume the device,
- *      then add it to the dpm_active list.
- */
-
-void device_resume(void)
-{
-        might_sleep();
-        mutex_lock(&dpm_mtx);
-        dpm_resume();
-        mutex_unlock(&dpm_mtx);
-}
-
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(device_resume);
-
-
-/**
- *      dpm_power_up - Power on some devices.
- *
- *      Walk the dpm_off_irq list and power each device up. This
- *      is used for devices that required they be powered down with
- *      interrupts disabled. As devices are powered on, they are moved
- *      to the dpm_active list.
- *
- *      Interrupts must be disabled when calling this.
- */
-
-void dpm_power_up(void)
-{
-        while(!list_empty(&dpm_off_irq)) {
-                struct list_head * entry = dpm_off_irq.next;
-                struct device * dev = to_device(entry);
-
-                list_move_tail(entry, &dpm_off);
-                resume_device_early(dev);
-        }
-}
-
-
-/**
- *      device_power_up - Turn on all devices that need special attention.
- *
- *      Power on system devices then devices that required we shut them down
- *      with interrupts disabled.
- *      Called with interrupts disabled.
- */
-
-void device_power_up(void)
-{
-        sysdev_resume();
-        dpm_power_up();
-}
-
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(device_power_up);
-
-
diff --git a/drivers/base/power/suspend.c b/drivers/base/power/suspend.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 26df9b231737..000000000000
--- a/drivers/base/power/suspend.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,210 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * suspend.c - Functions for putting devices to sleep.
- *
- * Copyright (c) 2003 Patrick Mochel
- * Copyright (c) 2003 Open Source Development Labs
- *
- * This file is released under the GPLv2
- *
- */
-
-#include <linux/device.h>
-#include <linux/kallsyms.h>
-#include <linux/pm.h>
-#include "../base.h"
-#include "power.h"
-
-/*
- * The entries in the dpm_active list are in a depth first order, simply
- * because children are guaranteed to be discovered after parents, and
- * are inserted at the back of the list on discovery.
- *
- * All list on the suspend path are done in reverse order, so we operate
- * on the leaves of the device tree (or forests, depending on how you want
- * to look at it ;) first. As nodes are removed from the back of the list,
- * they are inserted into the front of their destintation lists.
- *
- * Things are the reverse on the resume path - iterations are done in
- * forward order, and nodes are inserted at the back of their destination
- * lists. This way, the ancestors will be accessed before their descendents.
- */
-
-static inline char *suspend_verb(u32 event)
-{
-        switch (event) {
-        case PM_EVENT_SUSPEND:  return "suspend";
-        case PM_EVENT_FREEZE:   return "freeze";
-        case PM_EVENT_PRETHAW:  return "prethaw";
-        default:                return "(unknown suspend event)";
-        }
-}
-
-
-static void
-suspend_device_dbg(struct device *dev, pm_message_t state, char *info)
-{
-        dev_dbg(dev, "%s%s%s\n", info, suspend_verb(state.event),
-                ((state.event == PM_EVENT_SUSPEND) && device_may_wakeup(dev)) ?
-                ", may wakeup" : "");
-}
-
-/**
- *      suspend_device - Save state of one device.
- *      @dev:   Device.
- *      @state: Power state device is entering.
- */
-
-int suspend_device(struct device * dev, pm_message_t state)
-{
-        int error = 0;
-
-        down(&dev->sem);
-        if (dev->power.power_state.event) {
-                dev_dbg(dev, "PM: suspend %d-->%d\n",
-                        dev->power.power_state.event, state.event);
-        }
-
-        if (dev->class && dev->class->suspend) {
-                suspend_device_dbg(dev, state, "class ");
-                error = dev->class->suspend(dev, state);
-                suspend_report_result(dev->class->suspend, error);
-        }
-
-        if (!error && dev->type && dev->type->suspend) {
-                suspend_device_dbg(dev, state, "type ");
-                error = dev->type->suspend(dev, state);
-                suspend_report_result(dev->type->suspend, error);
-        }
-
-        if (!error && dev->bus && dev->bus->suspend) {
-                suspend_device_dbg(dev, state, "");
-                error = dev->bus->suspend(dev, state);
-                suspend_report_result(dev->bus->suspend, error);
-        }
-        up(&dev->sem);
-        return error;
-}
-
-
-/*
- * This is called with interrupts off, only a single CPU
- * running. We can't acquire a mutex or semaphore (and we don't
- * need the protection)
- */
-static int suspend_device_late(struct device *dev, pm_message_t state)
-{
-        int error = 0;
-
-        if (dev->bus && dev->bus->suspend_late) {
-                suspend_device_dbg(dev, state, "LATE ");
-                error = dev->bus->suspend_late(dev, state);
-                suspend_report_result(dev->bus->suspend_late, error);
-        }
-        return error;
-}
-
-/**
- *      device_suspend - Save state and stop all devices in system.
- *      @state:         Power state to put each device in.
- *
- *      Walk the dpm_active list, call ->suspend() for each device, and move
- *      it to the dpm_off list.
- *
- *      (For historical reasons, if it returns -EAGAIN, that used to mean
- *      that the device would be called again with interrupts disabled.
- *      These days, we use the "suspend_late()" callback for that, so we
- *      print a warning and consider it an error).
- *
- *      If we get a different error, try and back out.
- *
- *      If we hit a failure with any of the devices, call device_resume()
- *      above to bring the suspended devices back to life.
- *
- */
-
-int device_suspend(pm_message_t state)
-{
-        int error = 0;
-
-        might_sleep();
-        mutex_lock(&dpm_mtx);
-        mutex_lock(&dpm_list_mtx);
-        while (!list_empty(&dpm_active) && error == 0) {
-                struct list_head * entry = dpm_active.prev;
-                struct device * dev = to_device(entry);
-
-                get_device(dev);
-                mutex_unlock(&dpm_list_mtx);
-
-                error = suspend_device(dev, state);
-
-                mutex_lock(&dpm_list_mtx);
-
-                /* Check if the device got removed */
-                if (!list_empty(&dev->power.entry)) {
-                        /* Move it to the dpm_off list */
-                        if (!error)
-                                list_move(&dev->power.entry, &dpm_off);
-                }
-                if (error)
-                        printk(KERN_ERR "Could not suspend device %s: "
-                                "error %d%s\n",
-                                kobject_name(&dev->kobj), error,
-                                error == -EAGAIN ? " (please convert to suspend_late)" : "");
-                put_device(dev);
-        }
-        mutex_unlock(&dpm_list_mtx);
-        if (error)
-                dpm_resume();
-
-        mutex_unlock(&dpm_mtx);
-        return error;
-}
-
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(device_suspend);
-
-/**
- *      device_power_down - Shut down special devices.
- *      @state:         Power state to enter.
- *
- *      Walk the dpm_off_irq list, calling ->power_down() for each device that
- *      couldn't power down the device with interrupts enabled. When we're
- *      done, power down system devices.
- */
-
-int device_power_down(pm_message_t state)
-{
-        int error = 0;
-        struct device * dev;
-
-        while (!list_empty(&dpm_off)) {
-                struct list_head * entry = dpm_off.prev;
-
-                dev = to_device(entry);
-                error = suspend_device_late(dev, state);
-                if (error)
-                        goto Error;
-                list_move(&dev->power.entry, &dpm_off_irq);
-        }
-
-        error = sysdev_suspend(state);
- Done:
-        return error;
- Error:
-        printk(KERN_ERR "Could not power down device %s: "
-                "error %d\n", kobject_name(&dev->kobj), error);
-        dpm_power_up();
-        goto Done;
-}
-
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(device_power_down);
-
-void __suspend_report_result(const char *function, void *fn, int ret)
-{
-        if (ret) {
-                printk(KERN_ERR "%s(): ", function);
-                print_fn_descriptor_symbol("%s() returns ", (unsigned long)fn);
-                printk("%d\n", ret);
-        }
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__suspend_report_result);
diff --git a/drivers/base/sys.c b/drivers/base/sys.c
index 18febe26caa1..ac7ff6d0c6e5 100644
--- a/drivers/base/sys.c
+++ b/drivers/base/sys.c
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ int sysdev_class_register(struct sysdev_class * cls)
                  kobject_name(&cls->kset.kobj));
         INIT_LIST_HEAD(&cls->drivers);
         cls->kset.kobj.parent = &system_subsys.kobj;
-        kset_set_kset_s(cls, system_subsys);
+        cls->kset.kobj.kset = &system_subsys;
         return kset_register(&cls->kset);
 }
 
@@ -153,25 +153,22 @@ void sysdev_class_unregister(struct sysdev_class * cls)
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(sysdev_class_register);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(sysdev_class_unregister);
 
-
-static LIST_HEAD(sysdev_drivers);
 static DEFINE_MUTEX(sysdev_drivers_lock);
 
 /**
  *      sysdev_driver_register - Register auxillary driver
- *      @cls:   Device class driver belongs to.
+ *      @cls:   Device class driver belongs to.
  *      @drv:   Driver.
  *
- *      If @cls is valid, then @drv is inserted into @cls->drivers to be
+ *      @drv is inserted into @cls->drivers to be
  *      called on each operation on devices of that class. The refcount
  *      of @cls is incremented.
- *      Otherwise, @drv is inserted into sysdev_drivers, and called for
- *      each device.
  */
 
-int sysdev_driver_register(struct sysdev_class * cls,
-                           struct sysdev_driver * drv)
+int sysdev_driver_register(struct sysdev_class *cls, struct sysdev_driver *drv)
 {
+        int err = 0;
+
         mutex_lock(&sysdev_drivers_lock);
         if (cls && kset_get(&cls->kset)) {
                 list_add_tail(&drv->entry, &cls->drivers);
@@ -182,10 +179,13 @@ int sysdev_driver_register(struct sysdev_class * cls,
                         list_for_each_entry(dev, &cls->kset.list, kobj.entry)
                                 drv->add(dev);
                 }
-        } else
-                list_add_tail(&drv->entry, &sysdev_drivers);
+        } else {
+                err = -EINVAL;
+                printk(KERN_ERR "%s: invalid device class\n", __FUNCTION__);
+                WARN_ON(1);
+        }
         mutex_unlock(&sysdev_drivers_lock);
-        return 0;
+        return err;
 }
 
 
@@ -251,12 +251,6 @@ int sysdev_register(struct sys_device * sysdev)
                  * code that should have called us.
                  */
 
-                /* Notify global drivers */
-                list_for_each_entry(drv, &sysdev_drivers, entry) {
-                        if (drv->add)
-                                drv->add(sysdev);
-                }
-
                 /* Notify class auxillary drivers */
                 list_for_each_entry(drv, &cls->drivers, entry) {
                         if (drv->add)
@@ -272,11 +266,6 @@ void sysdev_unregister(struct sys_device * sysdev)
         struct sysdev_driver * drv;
 
         mutex_lock(&sysdev_drivers_lock);
-        list_for_each_entry(drv, &sysdev_drivers, entry) {
-                if (drv->remove)
-                        drv->remove(sysdev);
-        }
-
         list_for_each_entry(drv, &sysdev->cls->drivers, entry) {
                 if (drv->remove)
                         drv->remove(sysdev);
@@ -293,7 +282,7 @@ void sysdev_unregister(struct sys_device * sysdev)
  *
  *      Loop over each class of system devices, and the devices in each
  *      of those classes. For each device, we call the shutdown method for
- *      each driver registered for the device - the globals, the auxillaries,
+ *      each driver registered for the device - the auxillaries,
  *      and the class driver.
  *
  *      Note: The list is iterated in reverse order, so that we shut down
@@ -320,13 +309,7 @@ void sysdev_shutdown(void)
                         struct sysdev_driver * drv;
                         pr_debug(" %s\n", kobject_name(&sysdev->kobj));
 
-                        /* Call global drivers first. */
-                        list_for_each_entry(drv, &sysdev_drivers, entry) {
-                                if (drv->shutdown)
-                                        drv->shutdown(sysdev);
-                        }
-
-                        /* Call auxillary drivers next. */
+                        /* Call auxillary drivers first */
                         list_for_each_entry(drv, &cls->drivers, entry) {
                                 if (drv->shutdown)
                                         drv->shutdown(sysdev);
@@ -354,12 +337,6 @@ static void __sysdev_resume(struct sys_device *dev)
                 if (drv->resume)
                         drv->resume(dev);
         }
-
-        /* Call global drivers. */
-        list_for_each_entry(drv, &sysdev_drivers, entry) {
-                if (drv->resume)
-                        drv->resume(dev);
-        }
 }
 
 /**
@@ -393,16 +370,7 @@ int sysdev_suspend(pm_message_t state)
                 list_for_each_entry(sysdev, &cls->kset.list, kobj.entry) {
                         pr_debug(" %s\n", kobject_name(&sysdev->kobj));
 
-                        /* Call global drivers first. */
-                        list_for_each_entry(drv, &sysdev_drivers, entry) {
-                                if (drv->suspend) {
-                                        ret = drv->suspend(sysdev, state);
-                                        if (ret)
-                                                goto gbl_driver;
-                                }
-                        }
-
-                        /* Call auxillary drivers next. */
+                        /* Call auxillary drivers first */
                         list_for_each_entry(drv, &cls->drivers, entry) {
                                 if (drv->suspend) {
                                         ret = drv->suspend(sysdev, state);
@@ -436,18 +404,7 @@ aux_driver:
                 if (err_drv->resume)
                         err_drv->resume(sysdev);
         }
-        drv = NULL;
 
-gbl_driver:
-        if (drv)
-                printk(KERN_ERR "sysdev driver suspend failed for %s\n",
-                                kobject_name(&sysdev->kobj));
-        list_for_each_entry(err_drv, &sysdev_drivers, entry) {
-                if (err_drv == drv)
-                        break;
-                if (err_drv->resume)
-                        err_drv->resume(sysdev);
-        }
         /* resume other sysdevs in current class */
         list_for_each_entry(err_dev, &cls->kset.list, kobj.entry) {
                 if (err_dev == sysdev)
diff --git a/drivers/char/dsp56k.c b/drivers/char/dsp56k.c
index 9b8278e1f4f8..acbfe1c49b4d 100644
--- a/drivers/char/dsp56k.c
+++ b/drivers/char/dsp56k.c
@@ -513,7 +513,7 @@ static int __init dsp56k_init_driver(void)
                 err = PTR_ERR(dsp56k_class);
                 goto out_chrdev;
         }
-        class_device_create(dsp56k_class, NULL, MKDEV(DSP56K_MAJOR, 0), NULL, "dsp56k");
+        device_create(dsp56k_class, NULL, MKDEV(DSP56K_MAJOR, 0), "dsp56k");
 
         printk(banner);
         goto out;
@@ -527,7 +527,7 @@ module_init(dsp56k_init_driver);
 
 static void __exit dsp56k_cleanup_driver(void)
 {
-        class_device_destroy(dsp56k_class, MKDEV(DSP56K_MAJOR, 0));
+        device_destroy(dsp56k_class, MKDEV(DSP56K_MAJOR, 0));
         class_destroy(dsp56k_class);
         unregister_chrdev(DSP56K_MAJOR, "dsp56k");
 }
diff --git a/drivers/char/ip2/ip2main.c b/drivers/char/ip2/ip2main.c
index 8d74b8745e60..bd94d5f9e62b 100644
--- a/drivers/char/ip2/ip2main.c
+++ b/drivers/char/ip2/ip2main.c
@@ -411,8 +411,8 @@ cleanup_module(void)
                         iiResetDelay( i2BoardPtrTable[i] );
                         /* free io addresses and Tibet */
                         release_region( ip2config.addr[i], 8 );
-                        class_device_destroy(ip2_class, MKDEV(IP2_IPL_MAJOR, 4 * i));
-                        class_device_destroy(ip2_class, MKDEV(IP2_IPL_MAJOR, 4 * i + 1));
+                        device_destroy(ip2_class, MKDEV(IP2_IPL_MAJOR, 4 * i));
+                        device_destroy(ip2_class, MKDEV(IP2_IPL_MAJOR, 4 * i + 1));
                 }
                 /* Disable and remove interrupt handler. */
                 if ( (ip2config.irq[i] > 0) && have_requested_irq(ip2config.irq[i]) ) { 
@@ -718,12 +718,12 @@ ip2_loadmain(int *iop, int *irqp, unsigned char *firmware, int firmsize)
                         }
 
                         if ( NULL != ( pB = i2BoardPtrTable[i] ) ) {
-                                class_device_create(ip2_class, NULL,
+                                device_create(ip2_class, NULL,
                                                 MKDEV(IP2_IPL_MAJOR, 4 * i),
-                                                NULL, "ipl%d", i);
-                                class_device_create(ip2_class, NULL,
+                                                "ipl%d", i);
+                                device_create(ip2_class, NULL,
                                                 MKDEV(IP2_IPL_MAJOR, 4 * i + 1),
-                                                NULL, "stat%d", i);
+                                                "stat%d", i);
 
                             for ( box = 0; box < ABS_MAX_BOXES; ++box )
                             {
diff --git a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_devintf.c b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_devintf.c
index c2aa44ee6eb6..0246a2b8ce48 100644
--- a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_devintf.c
+++ b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_devintf.c
@@ -865,7 +865,7 @@ static void ipmi_new_smi(int if_num, struct device *device)
         entry->dev = dev;
 
         mutex_lock(&reg_list_mutex);
-        class_device_create(ipmi_class, NULL, dev, device, "ipmi%d", if_num);
+        device_create(ipmi_class, device, dev, "ipmi%d", if_num);
         list_add(&entry->link, &reg_list);
         mutex_unlock(&reg_list_mutex);
 }
@@ -883,7 +883,7 @@ static void ipmi_smi_gone(int if_num)
                         break;
                 }
         }
-        class_device_destroy(ipmi_class, dev);
+        device_destroy(ipmi_class, dev);
         mutex_unlock(&reg_list_mutex);
 }
 
@@ -938,7 +938,7 @@ static __exit void cleanup_ipmi(void)
         mutex_lock(&reg_list_mutex);
         list_for_each_entry_safe(entry, entry2, &reg_list, link) {
                 list_del(&entry->link);
-                class_device_destroy(ipmi_class, entry->dev);
+                device_destroy(ipmi_class, entry->dev);
                 kfree(entry);
         }
         mutex_unlock(&reg_list_mutex);
diff --git a/drivers/char/istallion.c b/drivers/char/istallion.c
index 3c66f402f9d7..1f27be1ec3d4 100644
--- a/drivers/char/istallion.c
+++ b/drivers/char/istallion.c
@@ -4624,9 +4624,8 @@ static int __init istallion_module_init(void)
 
         istallion_class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, "staliomem");
         for (i = 0; i < 4; i++)
-                class_device_create(istallion_class, NULL,
-                                MKDEV(STL_SIOMEMMAJOR, i),
-                                NULL, "staliomem%d", i);
+                device_create(istallion_class, NULL, MKDEV(STL_SIOMEMMAJOR, i),
+                              "staliomem%d", i);
 
         return 0;
 err_deinit:
@@ -4659,8 +4658,7 @@ static void __exit istallion_module_exit(void)
         unregister_chrdev(STL_SIOMEMMAJOR, "staliomem");
 
         for (j = 0; j < 4; j++)
-                class_device_destroy(istallion_class, MKDEV(STL_SIOMEMMAJOR,
-                                        j));
+                device_destroy(istallion_class, MKDEV(STL_SIOMEMMAJOR, j));
         class_destroy(istallion_class);
 
         pci_unregister_driver(&stli_pcidriver);
diff --git a/drivers/char/lp.c b/drivers/char/lp.c
index 62051f8b0910..c59e2a0996cc 100644
--- a/drivers/char/lp.c
+++ b/drivers/char/lp.c
@@ -799,8 +799,7 @@ static int lp_register(int nr, struct parport *port)
         if (reset)
                 lp_reset(nr);
 
-        class_device_create(lp_class, NULL, MKDEV(LP_MAJOR, nr), port->dev,
-                                "lp%d", nr);
+        device_create(lp_class, port->dev, MKDEV(LP_MAJOR, nr), "lp%d", nr);
 
         printk(KERN_INFO "lp%d: using %s (%s).\n", nr, port->name, 
                (port->irq == PARPORT_IRQ_NONE)?"polling":"interrupt-driven");
@@ -971,7 +970,7 @@ static void lp_cleanup_module (void)
                 if (lp_table[offset].dev == NULL)
                         continue;
                 parport_unregister_device(lp_table[offset].dev);
-                class_device_destroy(lp_class, MKDEV(LP_MAJOR, offset));
+                device_destroy(lp_class, MKDEV(LP_MAJOR, offset));
         }
         class_destroy(lp_class);
 }
diff --git a/drivers/char/pcmcia/cm4000_cs.c b/drivers/char/pcmcia/cm4000_cs.c
index 4177f6db83e9..cc5d77797def 100644
--- a/drivers/char/pcmcia/cm4000_cs.c
+++ b/drivers/char/pcmcia/cm4000_cs.c
@@ -1863,8 +1863,7 @@ static int cm4000_probe(struct pcmcia_device *link)
                 return ret;
         }
 
-        class_device_create(cmm_class, NULL, MKDEV(major, i), NULL,
-                            "cmm%d", i);
+        device_create(cmm_class, NULL, MKDEV(major, i), "cmm%d", i);
 
         return 0;
 }
@@ -1888,7 +1887,7 @@ static void cm4000_detach(struct pcmcia_device *link)
         dev_table[devno] = NULL;
         kfree(dev);
 
-        class_device_destroy(cmm_class, MKDEV(major, devno));
+        device_destroy(cmm_class, MKDEV(major, devno));
 
         return;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/char/pcmcia/cm4040_cs.c b/drivers/char/pcmcia/cm4040_cs.c
index b24a3e7bbb9f..a0b9c8728d56 100644
--- a/drivers/char/pcmcia/cm4040_cs.c
+++ b/drivers/char/pcmcia/cm4040_cs.c
@@ -642,8 +642,7 @@ static int reader_probe(struct pcmcia_device *link)
                 return ret;
         }
 
-        class_device_create(cmx_class, NULL, MKDEV(major, i), NULL,
-                            "cmx%d", i);
+        device_create(cmx_class, NULL, MKDEV(major, i), "cmx%d", i);
 
         return 0;
 }
@@ -666,7 +665,7 @@ static void reader_detach(struct pcmcia_device *link)
         dev_table[devno] = NULL;
         kfree(dev);
 
-        class_device_destroy(cmx_class, MKDEV(major, devno));
+        device_destroy(cmx_class, MKDEV(major, devno));
 
         return;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/char/pty.c b/drivers/char/pty.c
index de14aea34e11..73de77105fea 100644
--- a/drivers/char/pty.c
+++ b/drivers/char/pty.c
@@ -248,14 +248,19 @@ static int pty_bsd_ioctl(struct tty_struct *tty, struct file *file,
         return -ENOIOCTLCMD;
 }
 
+static int legacy_count = CONFIG_LEGACY_PTY_COUNT;
+module_param(legacy_count, int, 0);
+
 static void __init legacy_pty_init(void)
 {
+        if (legacy_count <= 0)
+                return;
 
-        pty_driver = alloc_tty_driver(NR_PTYS);
+        pty_driver = alloc_tty_driver(legacy_count);
         if (!pty_driver)
                 panic("Couldn't allocate pty driver");
 
-        pty_slave_driver = alloc_tty_driver(NR_PTYS);
+        pty_slave_driver = alloc_tty_driver(legacy_count);
         if (!pty_slave_driver)
                 panic("Couldn't allocate pty slave driver");
 
diff --git a/drivers/char/raw.c b/drivers/char/raw.c
index 1f0d7c60c944..bbfa0e241cba 100644
--- a/drivers/char/raw.c
+++ b/drivers/char/raw.c
@@ -255,10 +255,7 @@ static const struct file_operations raw_ctl_fops = {
         .owner  =       THIS_MODULE,
 };
 
-static struct cdev raw_cdev = {
-        .kobj   =       {.name = "raw", },
-        .owner  =       THIS_MODULE,
-};
+static struct cdev raw_cdev;
 
 static int __init raw_init(void)
 {
diff --git a/drivers/char/snsc.c b/drivers/char/snsc.c
index 52753e723eaa..b9c1dba6bd01 100644
--- a/drivers/char/snsc.c
+++ b/drivers/char/snsc.c
@@ -441,8 +441,7 @@ scdrv_init(void)
                                 continue;
                         }
 
-                        class_device_create(snsc_class, NULL, dev, NULL,
-                                                "%s", devname);
+                        device_create(snsc_class, NULL, dev, "%s", devname);
 
                         ia64_sn_irtr_intr_enable(scd->scd_nasid,
                                                  0 /*ignored */ ,
diff --git a/drivers/char/stallion.c b/drivers/char/stallion.c
index 4a80b2f864e0..45758d5b56ef 100644
--- a/drivers/char/stallion.c
+++ b/drivers/char/stallion.c
@@ -4778,9 +4778,8 @@ static int __init stallion_module_init(void)
         if (IS_ERR(stallion_class))
                 printk("STALLION: failed to create class\n");
         for (i = 0; i < 4; i++)
-                class_device_create(stallion_class, NULL,
-                                    MKDEV(STL_SIOMEMMAJOR, i), NULL,
-                                    "staliomem%d", i);
+                device_create(stallion_class, NULL, MKDEV(STL_SIOMEMMAJOR, i),
+                              "staliomem%d", i);
 
         return 0;
 err_unrtty:
@@ -4816,7 +4815,7 @@ static void __exit stallion_module_exit(void)
         }
 
         for (i = 0; i < 4; i++)
-                class_device_destroy(stallion_class, MKDEV(STL_SIOMEMMAJOR, i));
+                device_destroy(stallion_class, MKDEV(STL_SIOMEMMAJOR, i));
         unregister_chrdev(STL_SIOMEMMAJOR, "staliomem");
         class_destroy(stallion_class);
 
diff --git a/drivers/char/tipar.c b/drivers/char/tipar.c
index 35b40b996534..cef55c40654f 100644
--- a/drivers/char/tipar.c
+++ b/drivers/char/tipar.c
@@ -441,8 +441,8 @@ tipar_register(int nr, struct parport *port)
                 goto out;
         }
 
-        class_device_create(tipar_class, NULL, MKDEV(TIPAR_MAJOR,
-                        TIPAR_MINOR + nr), port->dev, "par%d", nr);
+        device_create(tipar_class, port->dev, MKDEV(TIPAR_MAJOR,
+                        TIPAR_MINOR + nr), "par%d", nr);
 
         /* Display informations */
         pr_info("tipar%d: using %s (%s)\n", nr, port->name, (port->irq ==
@@ -534,7 +534,7 @@ tipar_cleanup_module(void)
                 if (table[i].dev == NULL)
                         continue;
                 parport_unregister_device(table[i].dev);
-                class_device_destroy(tipar_class, MKDEV(TIPAR_MAJOR, i));
+                device_destroy(tipar_class, MKDEV(TIPAR_MAJOR, i));
         }
         class_destroy(tipar_class);
 
diff --git a/drivers/char/viotape.c b/drivers/char/viotape.c
index f1d60f0cef8f..db7a731e2362 100644
--- a/drivers/char/viotape.c
+++ b/drivers/char/viotape.c
@@ -871,10 +871,10 @@ static int viotape_probe(struct vio_dev *vdev, const struct vio_device_id *id)
         state[i].cur_part = 0;
         for (j = 0; j < MAX_PARTITIONS; ++j)
                 state[i].part_stat_rwi[j] = VIOT_IDLE;
-        class_device_create(tape_class, NULL, MKDEV(VIOTAPE_MAJOR, i), NULL,
+        device_create(tape_class, NULL, MKDEV(VIOTAPE_MAJOR, i),
                         "iseries!vt%d", i);
-        class_device_create(tape_class, NULL, MKDEV(VIOTAPE_MAJOR, i | 0x80),
-                        NULL, "iseries!nvt%d", i);
+        device_create(tape_class, NULL, MKDEV(VIOTAPE_MAJOR, i | 0x80),
+                        "iseries!nvt%d", i);
         printk(VIOTAPE_KERN_INFO "tape iseries/vt%d is iSeries "
                         "resource %10.10s type %4.4s, model %3.3s\n",
                         i, viotape_unitinfo[i].rsrcname,
@@ -886,8 +886,8 @@ static int viotape_remove(struct vio_dev *vdev)
 {
         int i = vdev->unit_address;
 
-        class_device_destroy(tape_class, MKDEV(VIOTAPE_MAJOR, i | 0x80));
-        class_device_destroy(tape_class, MKDEV(VIOTAPE_MAJOR, i));
+        device_destroy(tape_class, MKDEV(VIOTAPE_MAJOR, i | 0x80));
+        device_destroy(tape_class, MKDEV(VIOTAPE_MAJOR, i));
         return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
index f7b9d6fce123..5e626b12b97e 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
@@ -830,7 +830,7 @@ static int cpufreq_add_dev (struct sys_device * sys_dev)
         /* prepare interface data */
         policy->kobj.parent = &sys_dev->kobj;
         policy->kobj.ktype = &ktype_cpufreq;
-        strlcpy(policy->kobj.name, "cpufreq", KOBJ_NAME_LEN);
+        kobject_set_name(&policy->kobj, "cpufreq");
 
         ret = kobject_register(&policy->kobj);
         if (ret) {
diff --git a/drivers/edac/edac_mc_sysfs.c b/drivers/edac/edac_mc_sysfs.c
index 4a0576bd06fc..3706b2bc0987 100644
--- a/drivers/edac/edac_mc_sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/edac/edac_mc_sysfs.c
@@ -743,7 +743,7 @@ static struct kobj_type ktype_mc_set_attribs = {
  *      /sys/devices/system/edac/mc
  */
 static struct kset mc_kset = {
-        .kobj = {.name = "mc", .ktype = &ktype_mc_set_attribs },
+        .kobj = {.ktype = &ktype_mc_set_attribs },
         .ktype = &ktype_mci,
 };
 
@@ -1010,6 +1010,7 @@ int edac_sysfs_setup_mc_kset(void)
         }
 
         /* Init the MC's kobject */
+        kobject_set_name(&mc_kset.kobj, "mc");
         mc_kset.kobj.parent = &edac_class->kset.kobj;
 
         /* register the mc_kset */
diff --git a/drivers/eisa/eisa-bus.c b/drivers/eisa/eisa-bus.c
index d944647c82c2..4d4a47393909 100644
--- a/drivers/eisa/eisa-bus.c
+++ b/drivers/eisa/eisa-bus.c
@@ -128,16 +128,11 @@ static int eisa_bus_match (struct device *dev, struct device_driver *drv)
         return 0;
 }
 
-static int eisa_bus_uevent(struct device *dev, char **envp, int num_envp,
-                           char *buffer, int buffer_size)
+static int eisa_bus_uevent(struct device *dev, struct kobj_uevent_env *env)
 {
         struct eisa_device *edev = to_eisa_device(dev);
-        int i = 0;
-        int length = 0;
 
-        add_uevent_var(envp, num_envp, &i, buffer, buffer_size, &length,
-                       "MODALIAS=" EISA_DEVICE_MODALIAS_FMT, edev->id.sig);
-        envp[i] = NULL;
+        add_uevent_var(env, "MODALIAS=" EISA_DEVICE_MODALIAS_FMT, edev->id.sig);
         return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/firewire/fw-device.c b/drivers/firewire/fw-device.c
index 2b6586341635..56681b3b297b 100644
--- a/drivers/firewire/fw-device.c
+++ b/drivers/firewire/fw-device.c
@@ -130,23 +130,16 @@ static int get_modalias(struct fw_unit *unit, char *buffer, size_t buffer_size)
 }
 
 static int
-fw_unit_uevent(struct device *dev, char **envp, int num_envp,
-               char *buffer, int buffer_size)
+fw_unit_uevent(struct device *dev, struct kobj_uevent_env *env)
 {
         struct fw_unit *unit = fw_unit(dev);
         char modalias[64];
-        int length = 0;
-        int i = 0;
 
         get_modalias(unit, modalias, sizeof(modalias));
 
-        if (add_uevent_var(envp, num_envp, &i,
-                           buffer, buffer_size, &length,
-                           "MODALIAS=%s", modalias))
+        if (add_uevent_var(env, "MODALIAS=%s", modalias))
                 return -ENOMEM;
 
-        envp[i] = NULL;
-
         return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/firmware/dmi-id.c b/drivers/firmware/dmi-id.c
index 59c3b5aa89f4..b6e1eb77d148 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/dmi-id.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/dmi-id.c
@@ -13,21 +13,31 @@
 #include <linux/device.h>
 #include <linux/autoconf.h>
 
-#define DEFINE_DMI_ATTR(_name, _mode, _show)            \
-static struct device_attribute sys_dmi_##_name##_attr = \
-        __ATTR(_name, _mode, _show, NULL);
-
-#define DEFINE_DMI_ATTR_WITH_SHOW(_name, _mode, _field)                 \
-static ssize_t sys_dmi_##_name##_show(struct device *dev,               \
-                                      struct device_attribute *attr,    \
-                                      char *page)                       \
-{                                                                       \
-        ssize_t len;                                                    \
-        len = scnprintf(page, PAGE_SIZE, "%s\n", dmi_get_system_info(_field)); \
-        page[len-1] = '\n';                                             \
-        return len;                                                     \
-}                                                                       \
-DEFINE_DMI_ATTR(_name, _mode, sys_dmi_##_name##_show);
+struct dmi_device_attribute{
+        struct device_attribute dev_attr;
+        int field;
+};
+#define to_dmi_dev_attr(_dev_attr) \
+        container_of(_dev_attr, struct dmi_device_attribute, dev_attr)
+
+static ssize_t sys_dmi_field_show(struct device *dev,
+                                  struct device_attribute *attr,
+                                  char *page)
+{
+        int field = to_dmi_dev_attr(attr)->field;
+        ssize_t len;
+        len = scnprintf(page, PAGE_SIZE, "%s\n", dmi_get_system_info(field));
+        page[len-1] = '\n';
+        return len;
+}
+
+#define DMI_ATTR(_name, _mode, _show, _field)                   \
+        { .dev_attr = __ATTR(_name, _mode, _show, NULL),        \
+          .field = _field }
+
+#define DEFINE_DMI_ATTR_WITH_SHOW(_name, _mode, _field)         \
+static struct dmi_device_attribute sys_dmi_##_name##_attr =     \
+        DMI_ATTR(_name, _mode, sys_dmi_field_show, _field);
 
 DEFINE_DMI_ATTR_WITH_SHOW(bios_vendor,          0444, DMI_BIOS_VENDOR);
 DEFINE_DMI_ATTR_WITH_SHOW(bios_version,         0444, DMI_BIOS_VERSION);
@@ -121,7 +131,8 @@ static ssize_t sys_dmi_modalias_show(struct device *dev,
         return r+1;
 }
 
-DEFINE_DMI_ATTR(modalias, 0444, sys_dmi_modalias_show);
+static struct device_attribute sys_dmi_modalias_attr =
+        __ATTR(modalias, 0444, sys_dmi_modalias_show, NULL);
 
 static struct attribute *sys_dmi_attributes[DMI_STRING_MAX+2];
 
@@ -134,14 +145,17 @@ static struct attribute_group* sys_dmi_attribute_groups[] = {
         NULL
 };
 
-static int dmi_dev_uevent(struct device *dev, char **envp,
-                            int num_envp, char *buffer, int buffer_size)
+static int dmi_dev_uevent(struct device *dev, struct kobj_uevent_env *env)
 {
-        strcpy(buffer, "MODALIAS=");
-        get_modalias(buffer+9, buffer_size-9);
-        envp[0] = buffer;
-        envp[1] = NULL;
-
+        ssize_t len;
+
+        if (add_uevent_var(env, "MODALIAS="))
+                return -ENOMEM;
+        len = get_modalias(&env->buf[env->buflen - 1],
+                           sizeof(env->buf) - env->buflen);
+        if (len >= (sizeof(env->buf) - env->buflen))
+                return -ENOMEM;
+        env->buflen += len;
         return 0;
 }
 
@@ -157,7 +171,7 @@ static struct device *dmi_dev;
 
 #define ADD_DMI_ATTR(_name, _field) \
         if (dmi_get_system_info(_field)) \
-                sys_dmi_attributes[i++] = & sys_dmi_##_name##_attr.attr;
+                sys_dmi_attributes[i++] = &sys_dmi_##_name##_attr.dev_attr.attr;
 
 extern int dmi_available;
 
diff --git a/drivers/firmware/edd.c b/drivers/firmware/edd.c
index 0fb730ee1da8..6942e065e609 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/edd.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/edd.c
@@ -625,13 +625,13 @@ static void edd_release(struct kobject * kobj)
         kfree(dev);
 }
 
-static struct kobj_type ktype_edd = {
+static struct kobj_type edd_ktype = {
         .release        = edd_release,
         .sysfs_ops      = &edd_attr_ops,
         .default_attrs  = def_attrs,
 };
 
-static decl_subsys(edd,&ktype_edd,NULL);
+static decl_subsys(edd, &edd_ktype, NULL);
 
 
 /**
diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efivars.c b/drivers/firmware/efivars.c
index bfd2d67df689..858a7b95933b 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/efivars.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/efivars.c
@@ -402,7 +402,7 @@ static struct attribute *def_attrs[] = {
         NULL,
 };
 
-static struct kobj_type ktype_efivar = {
+static struct kobj_type efivar_ktype = {
         .release = efivar_release,
         .sysfs_ops = &efivar_attr_ops,
         .default_attrs = def_attrs,
@@ -583,7 +583,7 @@ static struct subsys_attribute *efi_subsys_attrs[] = {
         NULL,   /* maybe more in the future? */
 };
 
-static decl_subsys(vars, &ktype_efivar, NULL);
+static decl_subsys(vars, &efivar_ktype, NULL);
 static decl_subsys(efi, NULL, NULL);
 
 /*
diff --git a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c
index d663e6960d93..910a62de190d 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c
@@ -67,20 +67,16 @@ static int i2c_device_match(struct device *dev, struct device_driver *drv)
 #ifdef  CONFIG_HOTPLUG
 
 /* uevent helps with hotplug: modprobe -q $(MODALIAS) */
-static int i2c_device_uevent(struct device *dev, char **envp, int num_envp,
-                      char *buffer, int buffer_size)
+static int i2c_device_uevent(struct device *dev, struct kobj_uevent_env *env)
 {
         struct i2c_client       *client = to_i2c_client(dev);
-        int                     i = 0, length = 0;
 
         /* by definition, legacy drivers can't hotplug */
         if (dev->driver || !client->driver_name)
                 return 0;
 
-        if (add_uevent_var(envp, num_envp, &i, buffer, buffer_size, &length,
-                        "MODALIAS=%s", client->driver_name))
+        if (add_uevent_var(env, "MODALIAS=%s", client->driver_name))
                 return -ENOMEM;
-        envp[i] = NULL;
         dev_dbg(dev, "uevent\n");
         return 0;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide.c b/drivers/ide/ide.c
index e96212ce5729..a96a8b1b3539 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide.c
@@ -1663,20 +1663,13 @@ static struct device_attribute ide_dev_attrs[] = {
         __ATTR_NULL
 };
 
-static int ide_uevent(struct device *dev, char **envp, int num_envp,
-                      char *buffer, int buffer_size)
+static int ide_uevent(struct device *dev, struct kobj_uevent_env *env)
 {
         ide_drive_t *drive = to_ide_device(dev);
-        int i = 0;
-        int length = 0;
-
-        add_uevent_var(envp, num_envp, &i, buffer, buffer_size, &length,
-                       "MEDIA=%s", media_string(drive));
-        add_uevent_var(envp, num_envp, &i, buffer, buffer_size, &length,
-                       "DRIVENAME=%s", drive->name);
-        add_uevent_var(envp, num_envp, &i, buffer, buffer_size, &length,
-                       "MODALIAS=ide:m-%s", media_string(drive));
-        envp[i] = NULL;
+
+        add_uevent_var(env, "MEDIA=%s", media_string(drive));
+        add_uevent_var(env, "DRIVENAME=%s", drive->name);
+        add_uevent_var(env, "MODALIAS=ide:m-%s", media_string(drive));
         return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/ieee1394/nodemgr.c b/drivers/ieee1394/nodemgr.c
index 2ffd53461db6..1939fee616ec 100644
--- a/drivers/ieee1394/nodemgr.c
+++ b/drivers/ieee1394/nodemgr.c
@@ -153,8 +153,7 @@ struct host_info {
 };
 
 static int nodemgr_bus_match(struct device * dev, struct device_driver * drv);
-static int nodemgr_uevent(struct device *dev, char **envp, int num_envp,
-                          char *buffer, int buffer_size);
+static int nodemgr_uevent(struct device *dev, struct kobj_uevent_env *env);
 static void nodemgr_resume_ne(struct node_entry *ne);
 static void nodemgr_remove_ne(struct node_entry *ne);
 static struct node_entry *find_entry_by_guid(u64 guid);
@@ -1160,12 +1159,9 @@ static void nodemgr_process_root_directory(struct host_info *hi, struct node_ent
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG
 
-static int nodemgr_uevent(struct device *dev, char **envp, int num_envp,
-                          char *buffer, int buffer_size)
+static int nodemgr_uevent(struct device *dev, struct kobj_uevent_env *env)
 {
         struct unit_directory *ud;
-        int i = 0;
-        int length = 0;
         int retval = 0;
         /* ieee1394:venNmoNspNverN */
         char buf[8 + 1 + 3 + 8 + 2 + 8 + 2 + 8 + 3 + 8 + 1];
@@ -1180,9 +1176,7 @@ static int nodemgr_uevent(struct device *dev, char **envp, int num_envp,
 
 #define PUT_ENVP(fmt,val)                                       \
 do {                                                            \
-        retval = add_uevent_var(envp, num_envp, &i,             \
-                                buffer, buffer_size, &length,   \
-                                fmt, val);                      \
+        retval = add_uevent_var(env, fmt, val);         \
         if (retval)                                             \
                 return retval;                                  \
 } while (0)
@@ -1201,15 +1195,12 @@ do {								\
 
 #undef PUT_ENVP
 
-        envp[i] = NULL;
-
         return 0;
 }
 
 #else
 
-static int nodemgr_uevent(struct device *dev, char **envp, int num_envp,
-                          char *buffer, int buffer_size)
+static int nodemgr_uevent(struct device *dev, struct kobj_uevent_env *env)
 {
         return -ENODEV;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/core/sysfs.c b/drivers/infiniband/core/sysfs.c
index 70b77ae67422..3d4050681325 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/core/sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/core/sysfs.c
@@ -434,21 +434,18 @@ static void ib_device_release(struct class_device *cdev)
         kfree(dev);
 }
 
-static int ib_device_uevent(struct class_device *cdev, char **envp,
-                            int num_envp, char *buf, int size)
+static int ib_device_uevent(struct class_device *cdev,
+                            struct kobj_uevent_env *env)
 {
         struct ib_device *dev = container_of(cdev, struct ib_device, class_dev);
-        int i = 0, len = 0;
 
-        if (add_uevent_var(envp, num_envp, &i, buf, size, &len,
-                           "NAME=%s", dev->name))
+        if (add_uevent_var(env, "NAME=%s", dev->name))
                 return -ENOMEM;
 
         /*
          * It would be nice to pass the node GUID with the event...
          */
 
-        envp[i] = NULL;
         return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/input/input.c b/drivers/input/input.c
index 5fe755586623..5dc361c954e2 100644
--- a/drivers/input/input.c
+++ b/drivers/input/input.c
@@ -859,87 +859,66 @@ static void input_dev_release(struct device *device)
  * Input uevent interface - loading event handlers based on
  * device bitfields.
  */
-static int input_add_uevent_bm_var(char **envp, int num_envp, int *cur_index,
-                                   char *buffer, int buffer_size, int *cur_len,
+static int input_add_uevent_bm_var(struct kobj_uevent_env *env,
                                    const char *name, unsigned long *bitmap, int max)
 {
-        if (*cur_index >= num_envp - 1)
-                return -ENOMEM;
-
-        envp[*cur_index] = buffer + *cur_len;
+        int len;
 
-        *cur_len += snprintf(buffer + *cur_len, max(buffer_size - *cur_len, 0), name);
-        if (*cur_len >= buffer_size)
+        if (add_uevent_var(env, "%s=", name))
                 return -ENOMEM;
 
-        *cur_len += input_print_bitmap(buffer + *cur_len,
-                                        max(buffer_size - *cur_len, 0),
-                                        bitmap, max, 0) + 1;
-        if (*cur_len > buffer_size)
+        len = input_print_bitmap(&env->buf[env->buflen - 1],
+                                 sizeof(env->buf) - env->buflen,
+                                 bitmap, max, 0);
+        if (len >= (sizeof(env->buf) - env->buflen))
                 return -ENOMEM;
 
-        (*cur_index)++;
+        env->buflen += len;
         return 0;
 }
 
-static int input_add_uevent_modalias_var(char **envp, int num_envp, int *cur_index,
-                                         char *buffer, int buffer_size, int *cur_len,
+static int input_add_uevent_modalias_var(struct kobj_uevent_env *env,
                                          struct input_dev *dev)
 {
-        if (*cur_index >= num_envp - 1)
-                return -ENOMEM;
-
-        envp[*cur_index] = buffer + *cur_len;
+        int len;
 
-        *cur_len += snprintf(buffer + *cur_len, max(buffer_size - *cur_len, 0),
-                             "MODALIAS=");
-        if (*cur_len >= buffer_size)
+        if (add_uevent_var(env, "MODALIAS="))
                 return -ENOMEM;
 
-        *cur_len += input_print_modalias(buffer + *cur_len,
-                                         max(buffer_size - *cur_len, 0),
-                                         dev, 0) + 1;
-        if (*cur_len > buffer_size)
+        len = input_print_modalias(&env->buf[env->buflen - 1],
+                                   sizeof(env->buf) - env->buflen,
+                                   dev, 0);
+        if (len >= (sizeof(env->buf) - env->buflen))
                 return -ENOMEM;
 
-        (*cur_index)++;
+        env->buflen += len;
         return 0;
 }
 
 #define INPUT_ADD_HOTPLUG_VAR(fmt, val...)                              \
         do {                                                            \
-                int err = add_uevent_var(envp, num_envp, &i,            \
-                                        buffer, buffer_size, &len,      \
-                                        fmt, val);                      \
+                int err = add_uevent_var(env, fmt, val);                \
                 if (err)                                                \
                         return err;                                     \
         } while (0)
 
 #define INPUT_ADD_HOTPLUG_BM_VAR(name, bm, max)                         \
         do {                                                            \
-                int err = input_add_uevent_bm_var(envp, num_envp, &i,   \
-                                        buffer, buffer_size, &len,      \
-                                        name, bm, max);                 \
+                int err = input_add_uevent_bm_var(env, name, bm, max);  \
                 if (err)                                                \
                         return err;                                     \
         } while (0)
 
 #define INPUT_ADD_HOTPLUG_MODALIAS_VAR(dev)                             \
         do {                                                            \
-                int err = input_add_uevent_modalias_var(envp,           \
-                                        num_envp, &i,                   \
-                                        buffer, buffer_size, &len,      \
-                                        dev);                           \
+                int err = input_add_uevent_modalias_var(env, dev);      \
                 if (err)                                                \
                         return err;                                     \
         } while (0)
 
-static int input_dev_uevent(struct device *device, char **envp,
-                            int num_envp, char *buffer, int buffer_size)
+static int input_dev_uevent(struct device *device, struct kobj_uevent_env *env)
 {
         struct input_dev *dev = to_input_dev(device);
-        int i = 0;
-        int len = 0;
 
         INPUT_ADD_HOTPLUG_VAR("PRODUCT=%x/%x/%x/%x",
                                 dev->id.bustype, dev->id.vendor,
@@ -971,7 +950,6 @@ static int input_dev_uevent(struct device *device, char **envp,
 
         INPUT_ADD_HOTPLUG_MODALIAS_VAR(dev);
 
-        envp[i] = NULL;
         return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/input/misc/pcspkr.c b/drivers/input/misc/pcspkr.c
index 4e2ca6f0ab18..c19f77fbaf2a 100644
--- a/drivers/input/misc/pcspkr.c
+++ b/drivers/input/misc/pcspkr.c
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Vojtech Pavlik <vojtech@ucw.cz>");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("PC Speaker beeper driver");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
+MODULE_ALIAS("platform:pcspkr");
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86
 /* Use the global PIT lock ! */
diff --git a/drivers/input/serio/serio.c b/drivers/input/serio/serio.c
index 372ca4931194..b3bc15acd3f5 100644
--- a/drivers/input/serio/serio.c
+++ b/drivers/input/serio/serio.c
@@ -876,18 +876,14 @@ static int serio_bus_match(struct device *dev, struct device_driver *drv)
 
 #define SERIO_ADD_UEVENT_VAR(fmt, val...)                               \
         do {                                                            \
-                int err = add_uevent_var(envp, num_envp, &i,    \
-                                        buffer, buffer_size, &len,      \
-                                        fmt, val);                      \
+                int err = add_uevent_var(env, fmt, val);                \
                 if (err)                                                \
                         return err;                                     \
         } while (0)
 
-static int serio_uevent(struct device *dev, char **envp, int num_envp, char *buffer, int buffer_size)
+static int serio_uevent(struct device *dev, struct kobj_uevent_env *env)
 {
         struct serio *serio;
-        int i = 0;
-        int len = 0;
 
         if (!dev)
                 return -ENODEV;
@@ -900,7 +896,6 @@ static int serio_uevent(struct device *dev, char **envp, int num_envp, char *buf
         SERIO_ADD_UEVENT_VAR("SERIO_EXTRA=%02x", serio->id.extra);
         SERIO_ADD_UEVENT_VAR("MODALIAS=serio:ty%02Xpr%02Xid%02Xex%02X",
                                 serio->id.type, serio->id.proto, serio->id.id, serio->id.extra);
-        envp[i] = NULL;
 
         return 0;
 }
@@ -908,7 +903,7 @@ static int serio_uevent(struct device *dev, char **envp, int num_envp, char *buf
 
 #else
 
-static int serio_uevent(struct device *dev, char **envp, int num_envp, char *buffer, int buffer_size)
+static int serio_uevent(struct device *dev, struct kobj_uevent_env *env)
 {
         return -ENODEV;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c
index e8f102ea9b03..acf1b81b47cb 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md.c
@@ -3076,8 +3076,7 @@ static struct kobject *md_probe(dev_t dev, int *part, void *data)
         mddev->gendisk = disk;
         mutex_unlock(&disks_mutex);
         mddev->kobj.parent = &disk->kobj;
-        mddev->kobj.k_name = NULL;
-        snprintf(mddev->kobj.name, KOBJ_NAME_LEN, "%s", "md");
+        kobject_set_name(&mddev->kobj, "%s", "md");
         mddev->kobj.ktype = &md_ktype;
         if (kobject_register(&mddev->kobj))
                 printk(KERN_WARNING "md: cannot register %s/md - name in use\n",
diff --git a/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/dvbdev.c b/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/dvbdev.c
index 56231d8edc07..18738faecbbc 100644
--- a/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/dvbdev.c
+++ b/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/dvbdev.c
@@ -103,10 +103,7 @@ static struct file_operations dvb_device_fops =
         .open =         dvb_device_open,
 };
 
-static struct cdev dvb_device_cdev = {
-        .kobj   = {.name = "dvb", },
-        .owner  =       THIS_MODULE,
-};
+static struct cdev dvb_device_cdev;
 
 int dvb_generic_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 {
diff --git a/drivers/media/video/pvrusb2/pvrusb2-sysfs.c b/drivers/media/video/pvrusb2/pvrusb2-sysfs.c
index 7a78d6b34738..2ee3c3049e8f 100644
--- a/drivers/media/video/pvrusb2/pvrusb2-sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/media/video/pvrusb2/pvrusb2-sysfs.c
@@ -905,8 +905,8 @@ struct pvr2_sysfs *pvr2_sysfs_create(struct pvr2_context *mp,
 }
 
 
-static int pvr2_sysfs_hotplug(struct device *cd,char **envp,
-                              int numenvp,char *buf,int size)
+static int pvr2_sysfs_hotplug(struct device *d,
+                              struct kobj_uevent_env *env)
 {
         /* Even though we don't do anything here, we still need this function
            because sysfs will still try to call it. */
diff --git a/drivers/misc/tifm_core.c b/drivers/misc/tifm_core.c
index d195fb088f4a..8f77949f93dd 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/tifm_core.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/tifm_core.c
@@ -57,16 +57,11 @@ static int tifm_bus_match(struct device *dev, struct device_driver *drv)
         return 0;
 }
 
-static int tifm_uevent(struct device *dev, char **envp, int num_envp,
-                       char *buffer, int buffer_size)
+static int tifm_uevent(struct device *dev, struct kobj_uevent_env *env)
 {
         struct tifm_dev *sock = container_of(dev, struct tifm_dev, dev);
-        int i = 0;
-        int length = 0;
 
-        if (add_uevent_var(envp, num_envp, &i, buffer, buffer_size, &length,
-                           "TIFM_CARD_TYPE=%s",
-                           tifm_media_type_name(sock->type, 1)))
+        if (add_uevent_var(env, "TIFM_CARD_TYPE=%s", tifm_media_type_name(sock->type, 1)))
                 return -ENOMEM;
 
         return 0;
diff --git a/drivers/mmc/core/bus.c b/drivers/mmc/core/bus.c
index 8d6f6014870f..b0c22cad9423 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/core/bus.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/core/bus.c
@@ -58,12 +58,11 @@ static int mmc_bus_match(struct device *dev, struct device_driver *drv)
 }
 
 static int
-mmc_bus_uevent(struct device *dev, char **envp, int num_envp, char *buf,
-                int buf_size)
+mmc_bus_uevent(struct device *dev, struct kobj_uevent_env *env)
 {
         struct mmc_card *card = dev_to_mmc_card(dev);
         const char *type;
-        int i = 0, length = 0;
+        int retval = 0;
 
         switch (card->type) {
         case MMC_TYPE_MMC:
@@ -80,20 +79,14 @@ mmc_bus_uevent(struct device *dev, char **envp, int num_envp, char *buf,
         }
 
         if (type) {
-                if (add_uevent_var(envp, num_envp, &i,
-                                buf, buf_size, &length,
-                                "MMC_TYPE=%s", type))
-                        return -ENOMEM;
+                retval = add_uevent_var(env, "MMC_TYPE=%s", type);
+                if (retval)
+                        return retval;
         }
 
-        if (add_uevent_var(envp, num_envp, &i,
-                        buf, buf_size, &length,
-                        "MMC_NAME=%s", mmc_card_name(card)))
-                return -ENOMEM;
+        retval = add_uevent_var(env, "MMC_NAME=%s", mmc_card_name(card));
 
-        envp[i] = NULL;
-
-        return 0;
+        return retval;
 }
 
 static int mmc_bus_probe(struct device *dev)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ibmveth.c b/drivers/net/ibmveth.c
index 4ac161e1ca12..7d7758f3ad8c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ibmveth.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ibmveth.c
@@ -1183,7 +1183,7 @@ static int __devinit ibmveth_probe(struct vio_dev *dev, const struct vio_device_
                                          pool_count[i], pool_size[i],
                                          pool_active[i]);
                 kobj->parent = &dev->dev.kobj;
-                sprintf(kobj->name, "pool%d", i);
+                kobject_set_name(kobj, "pool%d", i);
                 kobj->ktype = &ktype_veth_pool;
                 kobject_register(kobj);
         }
diff --git a/drivers/pci/hotplug.c b/drivers/pci/hotplug.c
index 1c97e7dd130b..2b5352a7dffc 100644
--- a/drivers/pci/hotplug.c
+++ b/drivers/pci/hotplug.c
@@ -3,12 +3,9 @@
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include "pci.h"
 
-int pci_uevent(struct device *dev, char **envp, int num_envp,
-               char *buffer, int buffer_size)
+int pci_uevent(struct device *dev, struct kobj_uevent_env *env)
 {
         struct pci_dev *pdev;
-        int i = 0;
-        int length = 0;
 
         if (!dev)
                 return -ENODEV;
@@ -17,37 +14,24 @@ int pci_uevent(struct device *dev, char **envp, int num_envp,
         if (!pdev)
                 return -ENODEV;
 
-        if (add_uevent_var(envp, num_envp, &i,
-                           buffer, buffer_size, &length,
-                           "PCI_CLASS=%04X", pdev->class))
+        if (add_uevent_var(env, "PCI_CLASS=%04X", pdev->class))
                 return -ENOMEM;
 
-        if (add_uevent_var(envp, num_envp, &i,
-                           buffer, buffer_size, &length,
-                           "PCI_ID=%04X:%04X", pdev->vendor, pdev->device))
+        if (add_uevent_var(env, "PCI_ID=%04X:%04X", pdev->vendor, pdev->device))
                 return -ENOMEM;
 
-        if (add_uevent_var(envp, num_envp, &i,
-                           buffer, buffer_size, &length,
-                           "PCI_SUBSYS_ID=%04X:%04X", pdev->subsystem_vendor,
+        if (add_uevent_var(env, "PCI_SUBSYS_ID=%04X:%04X", pdev->subsystem_vendor,
                            pdev->subsystem_device))
                 return -ENOMEM;
 
-        if (add_uevent_var(envp, num_envp, &i,
-                           buffer, buffer_size, &length,
-                           "PCI_SLOT_NAME=%s", pci_name(pdev)))
+        if (add_uevent_var(env, "PCI_SLOT_NAME=%s", pci_name(pdev)))
                 return -ENOMEM;
 
-        if (add_uevent_var(envp, num_envp, &i,
-                           buffer, buffer_size, &length,
-                           "MODALIAS=pci:v%08Xd%08Xsv%08Xsd%08Xbc%02Xsc%02Xi%02x",
+        if (add_uevent_var(env, "MODALIAS=pci:v%08Xd%08Xsv%08Xsd%08Xbc%02Xsc%02Xi%02x",
                            pdev->vendor, pdev->device,
                            pdev->subsystem_vendor, pdev->subsystem_device,
                            (u8)(pdev->class >> 16), (u8)(pdev->class >> 8),
                            (u8)(pdev->class)))
                 return -ENOMEM;
-
-        envp[i] = NULL;
-
         return 0;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/pci/hotplug/pci_hotplug_core.c b/drivers/pci/hotplug/pci_hotplug_core.c
index bd433ef6bfc6..f0eba534f805 100644
--- a/drivers/pci/hotplug/pci_hotplug_core.c
+++ b/drivers/pci/hotplug/pci_hotplug_core.c
@@ -694,66 +694,6 @@ int __must_check pci_hp_change_slot_info(struct hotplug_slot *slot,
         if ((slot == NULL) || (info == NULL))
                 return -ENODEV;
 
-        /*
-        * check all fields in the info structure, and update timestamps
-        * for the files referring to the fields that have now changed.
-        */
-        if ((has_power_file(slot) == 0) &&
-            (slot->info->power_status != info->power_status)) {
-                retval = sysfs_update_file(&slot->kobj,
-                                           &hotplug_slot_attr_power.attr);
-                if (retval)
-                        return retval;
-        }
-
-        if ((has_attention_file(slot) == 0) &&
-            (slot->info->attention_status != info->attention_status)) {
-                retval = sysfs_update_file(&slot->kobj,
-                                           &hotplug_slot_attr_attention.attr);
-                if (retval)
-                        return retval;
-        }
-
-        if ((has_latch_file(slot) == 0) &&
-            (slot->info->latch_status != info->latch_status)) {
-                retval = sysfs_update_file(&slot->kobj,
-                                           &hotplug_slot_attr_latch.attr);
-                if (retval)
-                        return retval;
-        }
-
-        if ((has_adapter_file(slot) == 0) &&
-            (slot->info->adapter_status != info->adapter_status)) {
-                retval = sysfs_update_file(&slot->kobj,
-                                           &hotplug_slot_attr_presence.attr);
-                if (retval)
-                        return retval;
-        }
-
-        if ((has_address_file(slot) == 0) &&
-            (slot->info->address != info->address)) {
-                retval = sysfs_update_file(&slot->kobj,
-                                           &hotplug_slot_attr_address.attr);
-                if (retval)
-                        return retval;
-        }
-
-        if ((has_max_bus_speed_file(slot) == 0) &&
-            (slot->info->max_bus_speed != info->max_bus_speed)) {
-                retval = sysfs_update_file(&slot->kobj,
-                                           &hotplug_slot_attr_max_bus_speed.attr);
-                if (retval)
-                        return retval;
-        }
-
-        if ((has_cur_bus_speed_file(slot) == 0) &&
-            (slot->info->cur_bus_speed != info->cur_bus_speed)) {
-                retval = sysfs_update_file(&slot->kobj,
-                                           &hotplug_slot_attr_cur_bus_speed.attr);
-                if (retval)
-                        return retval;
-        }
-
         memcpy (slot->info, info, sizeof (struct hotplug_slot_info));
 
         return 0;
diff --git a/drivers/pci/hotplug/rpadlpar_sysfs.c b/drivers/pci/hotplug/rpadlpar_sysfs.c
index df076064a3e0..a080fedf0332 100644
--- a/drivers/pci/hotplug/rpadlpar_sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/pci/hotplug/rpadlpar_sysfs.c
@@ -129,17 +129,17 @@ struct kobj_type ktype_dlpar_io = {
 };
 
 struct kset dlpar_io_kset = {
-        .kobj = {.name = DLPAR_KOBJ_NAME,
-                 .ktype = &ktype_dlpar_io,
+        .kobj = {.ktype = &ktype_dlpar_io,
                  .parent = &pci_hotplug_slots_subsys.kobj},
         .ktype = &ktype_dlpar_io,
 };
 
 int dlpar_sysfs_init(void)
 {
+        kobject_set_name(&dlpar_io_kset.kobj, DLPAR_KOBJ_NAME);
         if (kset_register(&dlpar_io_kset)) {
                 printk(KERN_ERR "rpadlpar_io: cannot register kset for %s\n",
-                                dlpar_io_kset.kobj.name);
+                                kobject_name(&dlpar_io_kset.kobj));
                 return -EINVAL;
         }
 
diff --git a/drivers/pci/pci-driver.c b/drivers/pci/pci-driver.c
index 004bc2487270..f61be3abfdca 100644
--- a/drivers/pci/pci-driver.c
+++ b/drivers/pci/pci-driver.c
@@ -532,8 +532,7 @@ void pci_dev_put(struct pci_dev *dev)
 }
 
 #ifndef CONFIG_HOTPLUG
-int pci_uevent(struct device *dev, char **envp, int num_envp,
-               char *buffer, int buffer_size)
+int pci_uevent(struct device *dev, struct kobj_uevent_env *env)
 {
         return -ENODEV;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/pci/pci.h b/drivers/pci/pci.h
index 4c36e80f6d26..b3a7d5b0f936 100644
--- a/drivers/pci/pci.h
+++ b/drivers/pci/pci.h
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 /* Functions internal to the PCI core code */
 
-extern int pci_uevent(struct device *dev, char **envp, int num_envp,
-                      char *buffer, int buffer_size);
+extern int pci_uevent(struct device *dev, struct kobj_uevent_env *env);
 extern int pci_create_sysfs_dev_files(struct pci_dev *pdev);
 extern void pci_remove_sysfs_dev_files(struct pci_dev *pdev);
 extern void pci_cleanup_rom(struct pci_dev *dev);
diff --git a/drivers/pci/setup-irq.c b/drivers/pci/setup-irq.c
index 568f1877315c..05ca2ed9eb51 100644
--- a/drivers/pci/setup-irq.c
+++ b/drivers/pci/setup-irq.c
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ pdev_fixup_irq(struct pci_dev *dev,
         dev->irq = irq;
 
         pr_debug("PCI: fixup irq: (%s) got %d\n",
-                dev->dev.kobj.name, dev->irq);
+                kobject_name(&dev->dev.kobj), dev->irq);
 
         /* Always tell the device, so the driver knows what is
            the real IRQ to use; the device does not use it. */
diff --git a/drivers/pcmcia/cs.c b/drivers/pcmcia/cs.c
index f8b13f0270d7..a0aca46ce877 100644
--- a/drivers/pcmcia/cs.c
+++ b/drivers/pcmcia/cs.c
@@ -907,18 +907,14 @@ int pcmcia_insert_card(struct pcmcia_socket *skt)
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(pcmcia_insert_card);
 
 
-static int pcmcia_socket_uevent(struct device *dev, char **envp,
-                                int num_envp, char *buffer, int buffer_size)
+static int pcmcia_socket_uevent(struct device *dev,
+                                struct kobj_uevent_env *env)
 {
         struct pcmcia_socket *s = container_of(dev, struct pcmcia_socket, dev);
-        int i = 0, length = 0;
 
-        if (add_uevent_var(envp, num_envp, &i, buffer, buffer_size,
-                           &length, "SOCKET_NO=%u", s->sock))
+        if (add_uevent_var(env, "SOCKET_NO=%u", s->sock))
                 return -ENOMEM;
 
-        envp[i] = NULL;
-
         return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/pcmcia/ds.c b/drivers/pcmcia/ds.c
index a99607142fc8..55baa1f0fcbb 100644
--- a/drivers/pcmcia/ds.c
+++ b/drivers/pcmcia/ds.c
@@ -1064,11 +1064,10 @@ static int pcmcia_bus_match(struct device * dev, struct device_driver * drv) {
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG
 
-static int pcmcia_bus_uevent(struct device *dev, char **envp, int num_envp,
-                             char *buffer, int buffer_size)
+static int pcmcia_bus_uevent(struct device *dev, struct kobj_uevent_env *env)
 {
         struct pcmcia_device *p_dev;
-        int i, length = 0;
+        int i;
         u32 hash[4] = { 0, 0, 0, 0};
 
         if (!dev)
@@ -1083,23 +1082,13 @@ static int pcmcia_bus_uevent(struct device *dev, char **envp, int num_envp,
                 hash[i] = crc32(0, p_dev->prod_id[i], strlen(p_dev->prod_id[i]));
         }
 
-        i = 0;
-
-        if (add_uevent_var(envp, num_envp, &i,
-                           buffer, buffer_size, &length,
-                           "SOCKET_NO=%u",
-                           p_dev->socket->sock))
+        if (add_uevent_var(env, "SOCKET_NO=%u", p_dev->socket->sock))
                 return -ENOMEM;
 
-        if (add_uevent_var(envp, num_envp, &i,
-                           buffer, buffer_size, &length,
-                           "DEVICE_NO=%02X",
-                           p_dev->device_no))
+        if (add_uevent_var(env, "DEVICE_NO=%02X", p_dev->device_no))
                 return -ENOMEM;
 
-        if (add_uevent_var(envp, num_envp, &i,
-                           buffer, buffer_size, &length,
-                           "MODALIAS=pcmcia:m%04Xc%04Xf%02Xfn%02Xpfn%02X"
+        if (add_uevent_var(env, "MODALIAS=pcmcia:m%04Xc%04Xf%02Xfn%02Xpfn%02X"
                            "pa%08Xpb%08Xpc%08Xpd%08X",
                            p_dev->has_manf_id ? p_dev->manf_id : 0,
                            p_dev->has_card_id ? p_dev->card_id : 0,
@@ -1112,15 +1101,12 @@ static int pcmcia_bus_uevent(struct device *dev, char **envp, int num_envp,
                            hash[3]))
                 return -ENOMEM;
 
-        envp[i] = NULL;
-
         return 0;
 }
 
 #else
 
-static int pcmcia_bus_uevent(struct device *dev, char **envp, int num_envp,
-                              char *buffer, int buffer_size)
+static int pcmcia_bus_uevent(struct device *dev, struct kobj_uevent_env *env)
 {
         return -ENODEV;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/pcmcia/pxa2xx_mainstone.c b/drivers/pcmcia/pxa2xx_mainstone.c
index 383107ba4bd3..f6722ba0dd1e 100644
--- a/drivers/pcmcia/pxa2xx_mainstone.c
+++ b/drivers/pcmcia/pxa2xx_mainstone.c
@@ -175,7 +175,6 @@ static int __init mst_pcmcia_init(void)
         if (!mst_pcmcia_device)
                 return -ENOMEM;
 
-        mst_pcmcia_device->dev.uevent_suppress = 0;
         mst_pcmcia_device->dev.platform_data = &mst_pcmcia_ops;
 
         ret = platform_device_add(mst_pcmcia_device);
@@ -195,3 +194,4 @@ fs_initcall(mst_pcmcia_init);
 module_exit(mst_pcmcia_exit);
 
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
+MODULE_ALIAS("platform:pxa2xx-pcmcia");
diff --git a/drivers/pcmcia/pxa2xx_sharpsl.c b/drivers/pcmcia/pxa2xx_sharpsl.c
index a2daa3f531b2..d5c33bd78d68 100644
--- a/drivers/pcmcia/pxa2xx_sharpsl.c
+++ b/drivers/pcmcia/pxa2xx_sharpsl.c
@@ -261,7 +261,6 @@ static int __init sharpsl_pcmcia_init(void)
         if (!sharpsl_pcmcia_device)
                 return -ENOMEM;
 
-        sharpsl_pcmcia_device->dev.uevent_suppress = 0;
         sharpsl_pcmcia_device->dev.platform_data = &sharpsl_pcmcia_ops;
         sharpsl_pcmcia_device->dev.parent = platform_scoop_config->devs[0].dev;
 
@@ -284,3 +283,4 @@ module_exit(sharpsl_pcmcia_exit);
 
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Sharp SL Series PCMCIA Support");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
+MODULE_ALIAS("platform:pxa2xx-pcmcia");
diff --git a/drivers/power/power_supply.h b/drivers/power/power_supply.h
index a9880d468ee4..f38ba482be75 100644
--- a/drivers/power/power_supply.h
+++ b/drivers/power/power_supply.h
@@ -14,8 +14,7 @@
 
 extern int power_supply_create_attrs(struct power_supply *psy);
 extern void power_supply_remove_attrs(struct power_supply *psy);
-extern int power_supply_uevent(struct device *dev, char **envp, int num_envp,
-                               char *buffer, int buffer_size);
+extern int power_supply_uevent(struct device *dev, struct kobj_uevent_env *env);
 
 #else
 
diff --git a/drivers/power/power_supply_sysfs.c b/drivers/power/power_supply_sysfs.c
index de3155b21285..249f61bae639 100644
--- a/drivers/power/power_supply_sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/power/power_supply_sysfs.c
@@ -195,11 +195,10 @@ static char *kstruprdup(const char *str, gfp_t gfp)
         return ret;
 }
 
-int power_supply_uevent(struct device *dev, char **envp, int num_envp,
-                        char *buffer, int buffer_size)
+int power_supply_uevent(struct device *dev, struct kobj_uevent_env *env)
 {
         struct power_supply *psy = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
-        int i = 0, length = 0, ret = 0, j;
+        int ret = 0, j;
         char *prop_buf;
         char *attrname;
 
@@ -212,8 +211,7 @@ int power_supply_uevent(struct device *dev, char **envp, int num_envp,
 
         dev_dbg(dev, "POWER_SUPPLY_NAME=%s\n", psy->name);
 
-        ret = add_uevent_var(envp, num_envp, &i, buffer, buffer_size,
-                             &length, "POWER_SUPPLY_NAME=%s", psy->name);
+        ret = add_uevent_var(env, "POWER_SUPPLY_NAME=%s", psy->name);
         if (ret)
                 return ret;
 
@@ -243,9 +241,7 @@ int power_supply_uevent(struct device *dev, char **envp, int num_envp,
 
                 dev_dbg(dev, "Static prop %s=%s\n", attrname, prop_buf);
 
-                ret = add_uevent_var(envp, num_envp, &i, buffer, buffer_size,
-                                     &length, "POWER_SUPPLY_%s=%s",
-                                     attrname, prop_buf);
+                ret = add_uevent_var(env, "POWER_SUPPLY_%s=%s", attrname, prop_buf);
                 kfree(attrname);
                 if (ret)
                         goto out;
@@ -282,14 +278,11 @@ int power_supply_uevent(struct device *dev, char **envp, int num_envp,
 
                 dev_dbg(dev, "prop %s=%s\n", attrname, prop_buf);
 
-                ret = add_uevent_var(envp, num_envp, &i, buffer, buffer_size,
-                                     &length, "POWER_SUPPLY_%s=%s",
-                                     attrname, prop_buf);
+                ret = add_uevent_var(env, "POWER_SUPPLY_%s=%s", attrname, prop_buf);
                 kfree(attrname);
                 if (ret)
                         goto out;
         }
-        envp[i] = NULL;
 
 out:
         free_page((unsigned long)prop_buf);
diff --git a/drivers/s390/cio/ccwgroup.c b/drivers/s390/cio/ccwgroup.c
index 9c3b9ea1e66f..5baa517c3b66 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/cio/ccwgroup.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/cio/ccwgroup.c
@@ -44,8 +44,7 @@ ccwgroup_bus_match (struct device * dev, struct device_driver * drv)
         return 0;
 }
 static int
-ccwgroup_uevent (struct device *dev, char **envp, int num_envp, char *buffer,
-                  int buffer_size)
+ccwgroup_uevent (struct device *dev, struct kobj_uevent_env *env)
 {
         /* TODO */
         return 0;
diff --git a/drivers/s390/cio/device.c b/drivers/s390/cio/device.c
index 39f02b48e4c7..7ee57f084a89 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/cio/device.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/cio/device.c
@@ -79,49 +79,38 @@ static int snprint_alias(char *buf, size_t size,
 
 /* Set up environment variables for ccw device uevent. Return 0 on success,
  * non-zero otherwise. */
-static int ccw_uevent(struct device *dev, char **envp, int num_envp,
-                      char *buffer, int buffer_size)
+static int ccw_uevent(struct device *dev, struct kobj_uevent_env *env)
 {
         struct ccw_device *cdev = to_ccwdev(dev);
         struct ccw_device_id *id = &(cdev->id);
-        int i = 0;
-        int len = 0;
         int ret;
         char modalias_buf[30];
 
         /* CU_TYPE= */
-        ret = add_uevent_var(envp, num_envp, &i, buffer, buffer_size, &len,
-                             "CU_TYPE=%04X", id->cu_type);
+        ret = add_uevent_var(env, "CU_TYPE=%04X", id->cu_type);
         if (ret)
                 return ret;
 
         /* CU_MODEL= */
-        ret = add_uevent_var(envp, num_envp, &i, buffer, buffer_size, &len,
-                             "CU_MODEL=%02X", id->cu_model);
+        ret = add_uevent_var(env, "CU_MODEL=%02X", id->cu_model);
         if (ret)
                 return ret;
 
         /* The next two can be zero, that's ok for us */
         /* DEV_TYPE= */
-        ret = add_uevent_var(envp, num_envp, &i, buffer, buffer_size, &len,
-                             "DEV_TYPE=%04X", id->dev_type);
+        ret = add_uevent_var(env, "DEV_TYPE=%04X", id->dev_type);
         if (ret)
                 return ret;
 
         /* DEV_MODEL= */
-        ret = add_uevent_var(envp, num_envp, &i, buffer, buffer_size, &len,
-                             "DEV_MODEL=%02X", id->dev_model);
+        ret = add_uevent_var(env, "DEV_MODEL=%02X", id->dev_model);
         if (ret)
                 return ret;
 
         /* MODALIAS=  */
         snprint_alias(modalias_buf, sizeof(modalias_buf), id, "");
-        ret = add_uevent_var(envp, num_envp, &i, buffer, buffer_size, &len,
-                             "MODALIAS=%s", modalias_buf);
-        if (ret)
-                return ret;
-        envp[i] = NULL;
-        return 0;
+        ret = add_uevent_var(env, "MODALIAS=%s", modalias_buf);
+        return ret;
 }
 
 struct bus_type ccw_bus_type;
diff --git a/drivers/s390/crypto/ap_bus.c b/drivers/s390/crypto/ap_bus.c
index d334b0f7a1ec..67aaff3e668d 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/crypto/ap_bus.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/crypto/ap_bus.c
@@ -458,28 +458,22 @@ static int ap_bus_match(struct device *dev, struct device_driver *drv)
  * uevent function for AP devices. It sets up a single environment
  * variable DEV_TYPE which contains the hardware device type.
  */
-static int ap_uevent (struct device *dev, char **envp, int num_envp,
-                       char *buffer, int buffer_size)
+static int ap_uevent (struct device *dev, struct kobj_uevent_env *env)
 {
         struct ap_device *ap_dev = to_ap_dev(dev);
-        int retval = 0, length = 0, i = 0;
+        int retval = 0;
 
         if (!ap_dev)
                 return -ENODEV;
 
         /* Set up DEV_TYPE environment variable. */
-        retval = add_uevent_var(envp, num_envp, &i,
-                                buffer, buffer_size, &length,
-                                "DEV_TYPE=%04X", ap_dev->device_type);
+        retval = add_uevent_var(env, "DEV_TYPE=%04X", ap_dev->device_type);
         if (retval)
                 return retval;
 
         /* Add MODALIAS= */
-        retval = add_uevent_var(envp, num_envp, &i,
-                                buffer, buffer_size, &length,
-                                "MODALIAS=ap:t%02X", ap_dev->device_type);
+        retval = add_uevent_var(env, "MODALIAS=ap:t%02X", ap_dev->device_type);
 
-        envp[i] = NULL;
         return retval;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/scsi_sysfs.c b/drivers/scsi/scsi_sysfs.c
index 34cdce6738a6..ede9986d349a 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/scsi_sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/scsi_sysfs.c
@@ -277,16 +277,11 @@ static int scsi_bus_match(struct device *dev, struct device_driver *gendrv)
         return (sdp->inq_periph_qual == SCSI_INQ_PQ_CON)? 1: 0;
 }
 
-static int scsi_bus_uevent(struct device *dev, char **envp, int num_envp,
-                           char *buffer, int buffer_size)
+static int scsi_bus_uevent(struct device *dev, struct kobj_uevent_env *env)
 {
         struct scsi_device *sdev = to_scsi_device(dev);
-        int i = 0;
-        int length = 0;
 
-        add_uevent_var(envp, num_envp, &i, buffer, buffer_size, &length,
-                       "MODALIAS=" SCSI_DEVICE_MODALIAS_FMT, sdev->type);
-        envp[i] = NULL;
+        add_uevent_var(env, "MODALIAS=" SCSI_DEVICE_MODALIAS_FMT, sdev->type);
         return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi.c b/drivers/spi/spi.c
index e84d21597943..bcb8dd5fb0b4 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi.c
@@ -67,14 +67,11 @@ static int spi_match_device(struct device *dev, struct device_driver *drv)
         return strncmp(spi->modalias, drv->name, BUS_ID_SIZE) == 0;
 }
 
-static int spi_uevent(struct device *dev, char **envp, int num_envp,
-                char *buffer, int buffer_size)
+static int spi_uevent(struct device *dev, struct kobj_uevent_env *env)
 {
         const struct spi_device         *spi = to_spi_device(dev);
 
-        envp[0] = buffer;
-        snprintf(buffer, buffer_size, "MODALIAS=%s", spi->modalias);
-        envp[1] = NULL;
+        add_uevent_var(env, "MODALIAS=%s", spi->modalias);
         return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/usb/core/devio.c b/drivers/usb/core/devio.c
index e5ad76b4a738..f013b4012c9a 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/core/devio.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/core/devio.c
@@ -1591,6 +1591,7 @@ static unsigned int usbdev_poll(struct file *file, struct poll_table_struct *wai
 }
 
 const struct file_operations usbdev_file_operations = {
+        .owner =        THIS_MODULE,
         .llseek =       usbdev_lseek,
         .read =         usbdev_read,
         .poll =         usbdev_poll,
@@ -1640,10 +1641,7 @@ static struct notifier_block usbdev_nb = {
 };
 #endif
 
-static struct cdev usb_device_cdev = {
-        .kobj   = {.name = "usb_device", },
-        .owner  = THIS_MODULE,
-};
+static struct cdev usb_device_cdev;
 
 int __init usb_devio_init(void)
 {
diff --git a/drivers/usb/core/driver.c b/drivers/usb/core/driver.c
index c27bc080d84e..8586817698ad 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/core/driver.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/core/driver.c
@@ -581,12 +581,9 @@ static int usb_device_match(struct device *dev, struct device_driver *drv)
 }
 
 #ifdef  CONFIG_HOTPLUG
-static int usb_uevent(struct device *dev, char **envp, int num_envp,
-                      char *buffer, int buffer_size)
+static int usb_uevent(struct device *dev, struct kobj_uevent_env *env)
 {
         struct usb_device *usb_dev;
-        int i = 0;
-        int length = 0;
 
         if (!dev)
                 return -ENODEV;
@@ -615,51 +612,39 @@ static int usb_uevent(struct device *dev, char **envp, int num_envp,
          * all the device descriptors we don't tell them about.  Or
          * act as usermode drivers.
          */
-        if (add_uevent_var(envp, num_envp, &i,
-                           buffer, buffer_size, &length,
-                           "DEVICE=/proc/bus/usb/%03d/%03d",
+        if (add_uevent_var(env, "DEVICE=/proc/bus/usb/%03d/%03d",
                            usb_dev->bus->busnum, usb_dev->devnum))
                 return -ENOMEM;
 #endif
 
         /* per-device configurations are common */
-        if (add_uevent_var(envp, num_envp, &i,
-                           buffer, buffer_size, &length,
-                           "PRODUCT=%x/%x/%x",
+        if (add_uevent_var(env, "PRODUCT=%x/%x/%x",
                            le16_to_cpu(usb_dev->descriptor.idVendor),
                            le16_to_cpu(usb_dev->descriptor.idProduct),
                            le16_to_cpu(usb_dev->descriptor.bcdDevice)))
                 return -ENOMEM;
 
         /* class-based driver binding models */
-        if (add_uevent_var(envp, num_envp, &i,
-                           buffer, buffer_size, &length,
-                           "TYPE=%d/%d/%d",
+        if (add_uevent_var(env, "TYPE=%d/%d/%d",
                            usb_dev->descriptor.bDeviceClass,
                            usb_dev->descriptor.bDeviceSubClass,
                            usb_dev->descriptor.bDeviceProtocol))
                 return -ENOMEM;
 
-        if (add_uevent_var(envp, num_envp, &i,
-                           buffer, buffer_size, &length,
-                           "BUSNUM=%03d",
+        if (add_uevent_var(env, "BUSNUM=%03d",
                            usb_dev->bus->busnum))
                 return -ENOMEM;
 
-        if (add_uevent_var(envp, num_envp, &i,
-                           buffer, buffer_size, &length,
-                           "DEVNUM=%03d",
+        if (add_uevent_var(env, "DEVNUM=%03d",
                            usb_dev->devnum))
                 return -ENOMEM;
 
-        envp[i] = NULL;
         return 0;
 }
 
 #else
 
-static int usb_uevent(struct device *dev, char **envp,
-                      int num_envp, char *buffer, int buffer_size)
+static int usb_uevent(struct device *dev, struct kobj_uevent_env *env)
 {
         return -ENODEV;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/usb/core/message.c b/drivers/usb/core/message.c
index 98fcddba6908..c021af390372 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/core/message.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/core/message.c
@@ -1344,14 +1344,11 @@ static void usb_release_interface(struct device *dev)
 }
 
 #ifdef  CONFIG_HOTPLUG
-static int usb_if_uevent(struct device *dev, char **envp, int num_envp,
-                 char *buffer, int buffer_size)
+static int usb_if_uevent(struct device *dev, struct kobj_uevent_env *env)
 {
         struct usb_device *usb_dev;
         struct usb_interface *intf;
         struct usb_host_interface *alt;
-        int i = 0;
-        int length = 0;
 
         if (!dev)
                 return -ENODEV;
@@ -1364,39 +1361,30 @@ static int usb_if_uevent(struct device *dev, char **envp, int num_envp,
         alt = intf->cur_altsetting;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_USB_DEVICEFS
-        if (add_uevent_var(envp, num_envp, &i,
-                           buffer, buffer_size, &length,
-                           "DEVICE=/proc/bus/usb/%03d/%03d",
+        if (add_uevent_var(env, "DEVICE=/proc/bus/usb/%03d/%03d",
                            usb_dev->bus->busnum, usb_dev->devnum))
                 return -ENOMEM;
 #endif
 
-        if (add_uevent_var(envp, num_envp, &i,
-                           buffer, buffer_size, &length,
-                           "PRODUCT=%x/%x/%x",
+        if (add_uevent_var(env, "PRODUCT=%x/%x/%x",
                            le16_to_cpu(usb_dev->descriptor.idVendor),
                            le16_to_cpu(usb_dev->descriptor.idProduct),
                            le16_to_cpu(usb_dev->descriptor.bcdDevice)))
                 return -ENOMEM;
 
-        if (add_uevent_var(envp, num_envp, &i,
-                           buffer, buffer_size, &length,
-                           "TYPE=%d/%d/%d",
+        if (add_uevent_var(env, "TYPE=%d/%d/%d",
                            usb_dev->descriptor.bDeviceClass,
                            usb_dev->descriptor.bDeviceSubClass,
                            usb_dev->descriptor.bDeviceProtocol))
                 return -ENOMEM;
 
-        if (add_uevent_var(envp, num_envp, &i,
-                   buffer, buffer_size, &length,
-                   "INTERFACE=%d/%d/%d",
+        if (add_uevent_var(env, "INTERFACE=%d/%d/%d",
                    alt->desc.bInterfaceClass,
                    alt->desc.bInterfaceSubClass,
                    alt->desc.bInterfaceProtocol))
                 return -ENOMEM;
 
-        if (add_uevent_var(envp, num_envp, &i,
-                   buffer, buffer_size, &length,
+        if (add_uevent_var(env,
                    "MODALIAS=usb:v%04Xp%04Xd%04Xdc%02Xdsc%02Xdp%02Xic%02Xisc%02Xip%02X",
                    le16_to_cpu(usb_dev->descriptor.idVendor),
                    le16_to_cpu(usb_dev->descriptor.idProduct),
@@ -1409,14 +1397,12 @@ static int usb_if_uevent(struct device *dev, char **envp, int num_envp,
                    alt->desc.bInterfaceProtocol))
                 return -ENOMEM;
 
-        envp[i] = NULL;
         return 0;
 }
 
 #else
 
-static int usb_if_uevent(struct device *dev, char **envp,
-                         int num_envp, char *buffer, int buffer_size)
+static int usb_if_uevent(struct device *dev, struct kobj_uevent_env *env)
 {
         return -ENODEV;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/video/output.c b/drivers/video/output.c
index 1473f2c892d2..f2df5519c9c4 100644
--- a/drivers/video/output.c
+++ b/drivers/video/output.c
@@ -31,7 +31,8 @@ MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Display Output Switcher Lowlevel Control Abstraction");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Luming Yu <luming.yu@intel.com>");
 
-static ssize_t video_output_show_state(struct class_device *dev,char *buf)
+static ssize_t video_output_show_state(struct device *dev,
+                                       struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
 {
         ssize_t ret_size = 0;
         struct output_device *od = to_output_device(dev);
@@ -40,8 +41,9 @@ static ssize_t video_output_show_state(struct class_device *dev,char *buf)
         return ret_size;
 }
 
-static ssize_t video_output_store_state(struct class_device *dev,
-        const char *buf,size_t count)
+static ssize_t video_output_store_state(struct device *dev,
+                                        struct device_attribute *attr,
+                                        const char *buf,size_t count)
 {
         char *endp;
         struct output_device *od = to_output_device(dev);
@@ -60,21 +62,22 @@ static ssize_t video_output_store_state(struct class_device *dev,
         return count;
 }
 
-static void video_output_class_release(struct class_device *dev)
+static void video_output_release(struct device *dev)
 {
         struct output_device *od = to_output_device(dev);
         kfree(od);
 }
 
-static struct class_device_attribute video_output_attributes[] = {
+static struct device_attribute video_output_attributes[] = {
         __ATTR(state, 0644, video_output_show_state, video_output_store_state),
         __ATTR_NULL,
 };
 
+
 static struct class video_output_class = {
         .name = "video_output",
-        .release = video_output_class_release,
-        .class_dev_attrs = video_output_attributes,
+        .dev_release = video_output_release,
+        .dev_attrs = video_output_attributes,
 };
 
 struct output_device *video_output_register(const char *name,
@@ -91,11 +94,11 @@ struct output_device *video_output_register(const char *name,
                 goto error_return;
         }
         new_dev->props = op;
-        new_dev->class_dev.class = &video_output_class;
-        new_dev->class_dev.dev = dev;
-        strlcpy(new_dev->class_dev.class_id,name,KOBJ_NAME_LEN);
-        class_set_devdata(&new_dev->class_dev,devdata);
-        ret_code = class_device_register(&new_dev->class_dev);
+        new_dev->dev.class = &video_output_class;
+        new_dev->dev.parent = dev;
+        strlcpy(new_dev->dev.bus_id,name, BUS_ID_SIZE);
+        dev_set_drvdata(&new_dev->dev, devdata);
+        ret_code = device_register(&new_dev->dev);
         if (ret_code) {
                 kfree(new_dev);
                 goto error_return;
@@ -111,7 +114,7 @@ void video_output_unregister(struct output_device *dev)
 {
         if (!dev)
                 return;
-        class_device_unregister(&dev->class_dev);
+        device_unregister(&dev->dev);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(video_output_unregister);
 
diff --git a/drivers/w1/w1.c b/drivers/w1/w1.c
index a593f900eff4..070217322c9f 100644
--- a/drivers/w1/w1.c
+++ b/drivers/w1/w1.c
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ static struct w1_family w1_default_family = {
         .fops = &w1_default_fops,
 };
 
-static int w1_uevent(struct device *dev, char **envp, int num_envp, char *buffer, int buffer_size);
+static int w1_uevent(struct device *dev, struct kobj_uevent_env *env);
 
 static struct bus_type w1_bus_type = {
         .name = "w1",
@@ -396,13 +396,12 @@ static void w1_destroy_master_attributes(struct w1_master *master)
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG
-static int w1_uevent(struct device *dev, char **envp, int num_envp,
-                        char *buffer, int buffer_size)
+static int w1_uevent(struct device *dev, struct kobj_uevent_env *env)
 {
         struct w1_master *md = NULL;
         struct w1_slave *sl = NULL;
         char *event_owner, *name;
-        int err, cur_index=0, cur_len=0;
+        int err;
 
         if (dev->driver == &w1_master_driver) {
                 md = container_of(dev, struct w1_master, dev);
@@ -423,23 +422,19 @@ static int w1_uevent(struct device *dev, char **envp, int num_envp,
         if (dev->driver != &w1_slave_driver || !sl)
                 return 0;
 
-        err = add_uevent_var(envp, num_envp, &cur_index, buffer, buffer_size,
-                        &cur_len, "W1_FID=%02X", sl->reg_num.family);
+        err = add_uevent_var(env, "W1_FID=%02X", sl->reg_num.family);
         if (err)
                 return err;
 
-        err = add_uevent_var(envp, num_envp, &cur_index, buffer, buffer_size,
-                        &cur_len, "W1_SLAVE_ID=%024LX",
-                        (unsigned long long)sl->reg_num.id);
-        envp[cur_index] = NULL;
+        err = add_uevent_var(env, "W1_SLAVE_ID=%024LX",
+                             (unsigned long long)sl->reg_num.id);
         if (err)
                 return err;
 
         return 0;
 };
 #else
-static int w1_uevent(struct device *dev, char **envp, int num_envp,
-                        char *buffer, int buffer_size)
+static int w1_uevent(struct device *dev, struct kobj_uevent_env *env)
 {
         return 0;
 }