return len;
 }
 
+
+#define ADD_HOTPLUG_VAR(fmt, val...)                                   \
+       do {                                                            \
+               int err = add_uevent_var(env, fmt, val);                \
+               if (err)                                                \
+                       return err;                                     \
+       } while (0)
+
+static int ir_dev_uevent(struct device *device, struct kobj_uevent_env *env)
+{
+       struct ir_input_dev *ir_dev = dev_get_drvdata(device);
+
+       if (ir_dev->rc_tab.name)
+               ADD_HOTPLUG_VAR("NAME=\"%s\"", ir_dev->rc_tab.name);
+
+       return 0;
+}
+
 /*
  * Static device attribute struct with the sysfs attributes for IR's
  */
 
 static struct device_type ir_dev_type = {
        .groups         = ir_dev_attr_groups,
+       .uevent         = ir_dev_uevent,
 };
 
-
 /**
  * ir_register_class() - creates the sysfs for /sys/class/irrcv/irrcv?
  * @input_dev: the struct input_dev descriptor of the device
        ir_dev->dev.class = &ir_input_class;
        ir_dev->dev.parent = input_dev->dev.parent;
        dev_set_name(&ir_dev->dev, "irrcv%d", devno);
+       dev_set_drvdata(&ir_dev->dev, ir_dev);
        rc = device_register(&ir_dev->dev);
        if (rc)
                return rc;
 
        __module_get(THIS_MODULE);
 
-       path = kobject_get_path(&input_dev->dev.kobj, GFP_KERNEL);
-       printk(KERN_INFO "%s: %s associated with sysfs %s\n",
+       path = kobject_get_path(&ir_dev->dev.kobj, GFP_KERNEL);
+       printk(KERN_INFO "%s: %s as %s\n",
                dev_name(&ir_dev->dev),
                input_dev->name ? input_dev->name : "Unspecified device",
                path ? path : "N/A");