acpi_hardware_id可以通过HID/CLD/UID/CLS/method/path获得

一般情况下在acpi_set_pnp_ids函数中通过bios传递的HID/CLD/UID/CLS/method/path等flags来识别不同的device。
static void acpi_set_pnp_ids(acpi_handle handle, struct acpi_device_pnp *pnp,
				int device_type)
{
	acpi_status status;
	struct acpi_device_info *info;
	struct acpi_pnp_device_id_list *cid_list;
	int i;

	switch (device_type) {
	case ACPI_BUS_TYPE_DEVICE:
		if (handle == ACPI_ROOT_OBJECT) {
			acpi_add_id(pnp, ACPI_SYSTEM_HID);
			break;
		}

		status = acpi_get_object_info(handle, &info);
		if (ACPI_FAILURE(status)) {
			pr_err(PREFIX "%s: Error reading device info\n",
					__func__);
			return;
		}
//通过HID 识别device
		if (info->valid & ACPI_VALID_HID) {
			acpi_add_id(pnp, info->hardware_id.string);
			pnp->type.platform_id = 1;
		}
//通过CID 识别device
		if (info->valid & ACPI_VALID_CID) {
			cid_list = &info->compatible_id_list;
			for (i = 0; i < cid_list->count; i++)
				acpi_add_id(pnp, cid_list->ids[i].string);
		}
//通过UID 识别device
		if (info->valid & ACPI_VALID_UID)
			pnp->unique_id = kstrdup(info->unique_id.string,
							GFP_KERNEL);
		if (info->valid & ACPI_VALID_CLS)
			acpi_add_id(pnp, info->class_code.string);

		kfree(info);

		/*
		 * Some devices don't reliably have _HIDs & _CIDs, so add
		 * synthetic HIDs to make sure drivers can find them.
		 */
//通过method来识别device
		if (acpi_is_video_device(handle))
			acpi_add_id(pnp, ACPI_VIDEO_HID);
		else if (acpi_bay_match(handle))
			acpi_add_id(pnp, ACPI_BAY_HID);
		else if (acpi_dock_match(handle))
			acpi_add_id(pnp, ACPI_DOCK_HID);
		else if (acpi_ibm_smbus_match(handle))
			acpi_add_id(pnp, ACPI_SMBUS_IBM_HID);

//通过path识别device
		else if (list_empty(&pnp->ids) &&
			 acpi_object_is_system_bus(handle)) {
			/* \_SB, \_TZ, LNXSYBUS */
			acpi_add_id(pnp, ACPI_BUS_HID);
			strcpy(pnp->device_name, ACPI_BUS_DEVICE_NAME);
			strcpy(pnp->device_class, ACPI_BUS_CLASS);
		}

		break;

	}
}
通过HID/CLD/UID/CLS识别device 比较好理解，先看看通过method来识别device
long acpi_is_video_device(acpi_handle handle)
{
	long video_caps = 0;
//可见主要是通过判断这个handle是否有相关的method。
	/* Is this device able to support video switching ? */
	if (acpi_has_method(handle, "_DOD") || acpi_has_method(handle, "_DOS"))
		video_caps |= ACPI_VIDEO_OUTPUT_SWITCHING;

	return video_caps;
}

再看看通过path识别device的
static bool acpi_object_is_system_bus(acpi_handle handle)
{
	acpi_handle tmp;

	if (ACPI_SUCCESS(acpi_get_handle(NULL, "\\_SB", &tmp)) &&
	    tmp == handle)
		return true;
	if (ACPI_SUCCESS(acpi_get_handle(NULL, "\\_TZ", &tmp)) &&
	    tmp == handle)
		return true;

	return false;
}
其中acpi_get_handle的原型如下：可见本例是通过\\_SB 这个路径下的handle是否等于要识别device的handle来确认是否是同一个device的
acpi_status   acpi_get_handle(acpi_handle parent,  acpi_string pathname,acpi_handle *ret_handle)