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@@ -195,10 +195,13 @@ What: /sys/bus/pci/devices/.../index
Date: July 2010
Contact: Narendra K <narendra_k@dell.com>, linux-bugs@dell.com
Description:
- Reading this attribute will provide the firmware
- given instance (SMBIOS type 41 device type instance) of the
- PCI device. The attribute will be created only if the firmware
- has given an instance number to the PCI device.
+ Reading this attribute will provide the firmware given instance
+ number of the PCI device. Depending on the platform this can
+ be for example the SMBIOS type 41 device type instance or the
+ user-defined ID (UID) on s390. The attribute will be created
+ only if the firmware has given an instance number to the PCI
+ device and that number is guaranteed to uniquely identify the
+ device in the system.
Users:
Userspace applications interested in knowing the
firmware assigned device type instance of the PCI