1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/device.h b/include/linux/device.h
index 3b64fdecd041..7f63d4de5c4d 100644
--- a/include/linux/device.h
+++ b/include/linux/device.h
@@ -331,7 +331,17 @@ extern struct class_device *class_device_create(struct class *cls,
                                         __attribute__((format(printf,5,6)));
 extern void class_device_destroy(struct class *cls, dev_t devt);
 
+/*
+ * The type of device, "struct device" is embedded in. A class
+ * or bus can contain devices of different types
+ * like "partitions" and "disks", "mouse" and "event".
+ * This identifies the device type and carries type-specific
+ * information, equivalent to the kobj_type of a kobject.
+ * If "name" is specified, the uevent will contain it in
+ * the DEVTYPE variable.
+ */
 struct device_type {
+        const char *name;
         struct attribute_group **groups;
         int (*uevent)(struct device *dev, char **envp, int num_envp,
                       char *buffer, int buffer_size);