diff --git a/drivers/s390/cio/css.c b/drivers/s390/cio/css.c
index b7f4b52..53e7496 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/cio/css.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/cio/css.c
@@ -2,8 +2,7 @@
  *  drivers/s390/cio/css.c
  *  driver for channel subsystem
  *
- *    Copyright (C) 2002 IBM Deutschland Entwicklung GmbH,
- *			 IBM Corporation
+ *    Copyright IBM Corp. 2002,2008
  *    Author(s): Arnd Bergmann (arndb@de.ibm.com)
  *		 Cornelia Huck (cornelia.huck@de.ibm.com)
  */
@@ -210,6 +209,41 @@
 	}
 }
 
+static ssize_t type_show(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
+			 char *buf)
+{
+	struct subchannel *sch = to_subchannel(dev);
+
+	return sprintf(buf, "%01x\n", sch->st);
+}
+
+static DEVICE_ATTR(type, 0444, type_show, NULL);
+
+static ssize_t modalias_show(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
+			     char *buf)
+{
+	struct subchannel *sch = to_subchannel(dev);
+
+	return sprintf(buf, "css:t%01X\n", sch->st);
+}
+
+static DEVICE_ATTR(modalias, 0444, modalias_show, NULL);
+
+static struct attribute *subch_attrs[] = {
+	&dev_attr_type.attr,
+	&dev_attr_modalias.attr,
+	NULL,
+};
+
+static struct attribute_group subch_attr_group = {
+	.attrs = subch_attrs,
+};
+
+static struct attribute_group *default_subch_attr_groups[] = {
+	&subch_attr_group,
+	NULL,
+};
+
 static int css_register_subchannel(struct subchannel *sch)
 {
 	int ret;
@@ -218,16 +252,17 @@
 	sch->dev.parent = &channel_subsystems[0]->device;
 	sch->dev.bus = &css_bus_type;
 	sch->dev.release = &css_subchannel_release;
-	sch->dev.groups = subch_attr_groups;
+	sch->dev.groups = default_subch_attr_groups;
 	/*
 	 * We don't want to generate uevents for I/O subchannels that don't
 	 * have a working ccw device behind them since they will be
 	 * unregistered before they can be used anyway, so we delay the add
 	 * uevent until after device recognition was successful.
+	 * Note that we suppress the uevent for all subchannel types;
+	 * the subchannel driver can decide itself when it wants to inform
+	 * userspace of its existence.
 	 */
-	if (!cio_is_console(sch->schid))
-		/* Console is special, no need to suppress. */
-		sch->dev.uevent_suppress = 1;
+	sch->dev.uevent_suppress = 1;
 	css_update_ssd_info(sch);
 	/* make it known to the system */
 	ret = css_sch_device_register(sch);
@@ -236,6 +271,15 @@
 			      sch->schid.ssid, sch->schid.sch_no, ret);
 		return ret;
 	}
+	if (!sch->driver) {
+		/*
+		 * No driver matched. Generate the uevent now so that
+		 * a fitting driver module may be loaded based on the
+		 * modalias.
+		 */
+		sch->dev.uevent_suppress = 0;
+		kobject_uevent(&sch->dev.kobj, KOBJ_ADD);
+	}
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -926,12 +970,25 @@
 		sch->driver->shutdown(sch);
 }
 
+static int css_uevent(struct device *dev, struct kobj_uevent_env *env)
+{
+	struct subchannel *sch = to_subchannel(dev);
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = add_uevent_var(env, "ST=%01X", sch->st);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+	ret = add_uevent_var(env, "MODALIAS=css:t%01X", sch->st);
+	return ret;
+}
+
 struct bus_type css_bus_type = {
 	.name     = "css",
 	.match    = css_bus_match,
 	.probe    = css_probe,
 	.remove   = css_remove,
 	.shutdown = css_shutdown,
+	.uevent   = css_uevent,
 };
 
 /**