[ACPI] merge acpi-2.6.12 branch into latest Linux 2.6.13-rc...

[pandora-kernel.git] / include / linux / device.h

diff --git a/include/linux/device.h b/include/linux/device.h
index f378c84..06e5d42 100644 (file)
--- a/include/linux/device.h
+++ b/include/linux/device.h
@@ -284,8 +284,10 @@ struct device {
        struct device_driver *driver;   /* which driver has allocated this
                                           device */
        void            *driver_data;   /* data private to the driver */
-       void            *platform_data; /* Platform specific data (e.g. ACPI,
-                                          BIOS data relevant to device) */
+       void            *platform_data; /* Platform specific data, device
+                                          core doesn't touch it */
+       void            *firmware_data; /* Firmware specific data (e.g. ACPI,
+                                          BIOS data),reserved for device core*/
        struct dev_pm_info      power;
 
        u64             *dma_mask;      /* dma mask (if dma'able device) */