if (dev->release)
                dev->release(dev);
+       else if (dev->class && dev->class->dev_release)
+               dev->class->dev_release(dev);
        else {
                printk(KERN_ERR "Device '%s' does not have a release() function, "
                        "it is broken and must be fixed.\n",
                }
        }
 
+       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);
+                       if (retval) {
+                               pr_debug("%s - dev_uevent() returned %d\n",
+                                        __FUNCTION__, retval);
+               }
+       }
+
        return retval;
 }
 
        }
 }
 
+static int device_add_attrs(struct device *dev)
+{
+       struct class *class = dev->class;
+       int error = 0;
+       int i;
+
+       if (!class)
+               return 0;
+
+       if (class->dev_attrs) {
+               for (i = 0; attr_name(class->dev_attrs[i]); i++) {
+                       error = device_create_file(dev, &class->dev_attrs[i]);
+                       if (error)
+                               break;
+               }
+       }
+       if (error)
+               while (--i >= 0)
+                       device_remove_file(dev, &class->dev_attrs[i]);
+       return error;
+}
+
+static void device_remove_attrs(struct device *dev)
+{
+       struct class *class = dev->class;
+       int i;
+
+       if (!class)
+               return;
+
+       if (class->dev_attrs) {
+               for (i = 0; attr_name(class->dev_attrs[i]); i++)
+                       device_remove_file(dev, &class->dev_attrs[i]);
+       }
+}
+
+
 static ssize_t show_dev(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
                        char *buf)
 {
                }
        }
 
+       if ((error = device_add_attrs(dev)))
+               goto AttrsError;
        if ((error = device_add_groups(dev)))
                goto GroupError;
        if ((error = device_pm_add(dev)))
  PMError:
        device_remove_groups(dev);
  GroupError:
+       device_remove_attrs(dev);
+ AttrsError:
        if (dev->devt_attr) {
                device_remove_file(dev, dev->devt_attr);
                kfree(dev->devt_attr);
        }
        device_remove_file(dev, &dev->uevent_attr);
        device_remove_groups(dev);
+       device_remove_attrs(dev);
 
        /* Notify the platform of the removal, in case they
         * need to do anything...
 
 
        struct class_attribute          * class_attrs;
        struct class_device_attribute   * class_dev_attrs;
+       struct device_attribute         * dev_attrs;
 
        int     (*uevent)(struct class_device *dev, char **envp,
                           int num_envp, char *buffer, int buffer_size);
+       int     (*dev_uevent)(struct device *dev, char **envp, int num_envp,
+                               char *buffer, int buffer_size);
 
        void    (*release)(struct class_device *dev);
        void    (*class_release)(struct class *class);
+       void    (*dev_release)(struct device *dev);
 
        int     (*suspend)(struct device *, pm_message_t state);
        int     (*resume)(struct device *);