diff --git a/drivers/edac/edac_mc.c b/drivers/edac/edac_mc.c
index 811f09a38f3a57966cbc257bb5f4c34d699d78b2..61ae34643b49697923cc05a612c4e008d020b1f8 100644
--- a/drivers/edac/edac_mc.c
+++ b/drivers/edac/edac_mc.c
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ struct mem_ctl_info *edac_mc_alloc(unsigned mc_num,
 	unsigned size, tot_dimms = 1, count = 1;
 	unsigned tot_csrows = 1, tot_channels = 1, tot_errcount = 0;
 	void *pvt, *p, *ptr = NULL;
-	int i, j, err, row, chn, n, len;
+	int i, j, row, chn, n, len;
 	bool per_rank = false;
 
 	BUG_ON(n_layers > EDAC_MAX_LAYERS || n_layers == 0);
@@ -374,15 +374,6 @@ struct mem_ctl_info *edac_mc_alloc(unsigned mc_num,
 	mci->op_state = OP_ALLOC;
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&mci->grp_kobj_list);
 
-	/*
-	 * Initialize the 'root' kobj for the edac_mc controller
-	 */
-	err = edac_mc_register_sysfs_main_kobj(mci);
-	if (err) {
-		kfree(mci);
-		return NULL;
-	}
-
 	/* at this point, the root kobj is valid, and in order to
 	 * 'free' the object, then the function:
 	 *      edac_mc_unregister_sysfs_main_kobj() must be called
@@ -403,7 +394,7 @@ void edac_mc_free(struct mem_ctl_info *mci)
 {
 	debugf1("%s()\n", __func__);
 
-	edac_mc_unregister_sysfs_main_kobj(mci);
+	edac_unregister_sysfs(mci);
 
 	/* free the mci instance memory here */
 	kfree(mci);
diff --git a/drivers/edac/edac_mc_sysfs.c b/drivers/edac/edac_mc_sysfs.c
index 595371941ef9e07d3c768607abaaf2d1f8f7173d..7002c9cab9998cb183f4724c182b37e9cf50396f 100644
--- a/drivers/edac/edac_mc_sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/edac/edac_mc_sysfs.c
@@ -7,17 +7,20 @@
  *
  * Written Doug Thompson <norsk5@xmission.com> www.softwarebitmaker.com
  *
+ * (c) 2012 - Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>
+ *	The entire API were re-written, and ported to use struct device
+ *
  */
 
 #include <linux/ctype.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/edac.h>
 #include <linux/bug.h>
+#include <linux/pm_runtime.h>
 
 #include "edac_core.h"
 #include "edac_module.h"
 
-
 /* MC EDAC Controls, setable by module parameter, and sysfs */
 static int edac_mc_log_ue = 1;
 static int edac_mc_log_ce = 1;
@@ -78,6 +81,8 @@ module_param_call(edac_mc_poll_msec, edac_set_poll_msec, param_get_int,
 		  &edac_mc_poll_msec, 0644);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(edac_mc_poll_msec, "Polling period in milliseconds");
 
+static struct device mci_pdev;
+
 /*
  * various constants for Memory Controllers
  */
@@ -125,308 +130,336 @@ static const char *edac_caps[] = {
 	[EDAC_S16ECD16ED] = "S16ECD16ED"
 };
 
-/* EDAC sysfs CSROW data structures and methods
+/*
+ * EDAC sysfs CSROW data structures and methods
+ */
+
+#define to_csrow(k) container_of(k, struct csrow_info, dev)
+
+/*
+ * We need it to avoid namespace conflicts between the legacy API
+ * and the per-dimm/per-rank one
  */
+#define DEVICE_ATTR_LEGACY(_name, _mode, _show, _store) \
+	struct device_attribute dev_attr_legacy_##_name = __ATTR(_name, _mode, _show, _store)
+
+struct dev_ch_attribute {
+	struct device_attribute attr;
+	int channel;
+};
+
+#define DEVICE_CHANNEL(_name, _mode, _show, _store, _var) \
+	struct dev_ch_attribute dev_attr_legacy_##_name = \
+		{ __ATTR(_name, _mode, _show, _store), (_var) }
+
+#define to_channel(k) (container_of(k, struct dev_ch_attribute, attr)->channel)
 
 /* Set of more default csrow<id> attribute show/store functions */
-static ssize_t csrow_ue_count_show(struct csrow_info *csrow, char *data,
-				int private)
+static ssize_t csrow_ue_count_show(struct device *dev,
+				   struct device_attribute *mattr, char *data)
 {
+	struct csrow_info *csrow = to_csrow(dev);
+
 	return sprintf(data, "%u\n", csrow->ue_count);
 }
 
-static ssize_t csrow_ce_count_show(struct csrow_info *csrow, char *data,
-				int private)
+static ssize_t csrow_ce_count_show(struct device *dev,
+				   struct device_attribute *mattr, char *data)
 {
+	struct csrow_info *csrow = to_csrow(dev);
+
 	return sprintf(data, "%u\n", csrow->ce_count);
 }
 
-static ssize_t csrow_size_show(struct csrow_info *csrow, char *data,
-				int private)
+static ssize_t csrow_size_show(struct device *dev,
+			       struct device_attribute *mattr, char *data)
 {
+	struct csrow_info *csrow = to_csrow(dev);
 	int i;
 	u32 nr_pages = 0;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < csrow->nr_channels; i++)
 		nr_pages += csrow->channels[i].dimm->nr_pages;
-
 	return sprintf(data, "%u\n", PAGES_TO_MiB(nr_pages));
 }
 
-static ssize_t csrow_mem_type_show(struct csrow_info *csrow, char *data,
-				int private)
+static ssize_t csrow_mem_type_show(struct device *dev,
+				   struct device_attribute *mattr, char *data)
 {
+	struct csrow_info *csrow = to_csrow(dev);
+
 	return sprintf(data, "%s\n", mem_types[csrow->channels[0].dimm->mtype]);
 }
 
-static ssize_t csrow_dev_type_show(struct csrow_info *csrow, char *data,
-				int private)
+static ssize_t csrow_dev_type_show(struct device *dev,
+				   struct device_attribute *mattr, char *data)
 {
+	struct csrow_info *csrow = to_csrow(dev);
+
 	return sprintf(data, "%s\n", dev_types[csrow->channels[0].dimm->dtype]);
 }
 
-static ssize_t csrow_edac_mode_show(struct csrow_info *csrow, char *data,
-				int private)
+static ssize_t csrow_edac_mode_show(struct device *dev,
+				    struct device_attribute *mattr,
+				    char *data)
 {
+	struct csrow_info *csrow = to_csrow(dev);
+
 	return sprintf(data, "%s\n", edac_caps[csrow->channels[0].dimm->edac_mode]);
 }
 
 /* show/store functions for DIMM Label attributes */
-static ssize_t channel_dimm_label_show(struct csrow_info *csrow,
-				char *data, int channel)
+static ssize_t channel_dimm_label_show(struct device *dev,
+				       struct device_attribute *mattr,
+				       char *data)
 {
+	struct csrow_info *csrow = to_csrow(dev);
+	unsigned chan = to_channel(mattr);
+	struct rank_info *rank = &csrow->channels[chan];
+
 	/* if field has not been initialized, there is nothing to send */
-	if (!csrow->channels[channel].dimm->label[0])
+	if (!rank->dimm->label[0])
 		return 0;
 
 	return snprintf(data, EDAC_MC_LABEL_LEN, "%s\n",
-			csrow->channels[channel].dimm->label);
+			rank->dimm->label);
 }
 
-static ssize_t channel_dimm_label_store(struct csrow_info *csrow,
-					const char *data,
-					size_t count, int channel)
+static ssize_t channel_dimm_label_store(struct device *dev,
+					struct device_attribute *mattr,
+					const char *data, size_t count)
 {
+	struct csrow_info *csrow = to_csrow(dev);
+	unsigned chan = to_channel(mattr);
+	struct rank_info *rank = &csrow->channels[chan];
+
 	ssize_t max_size = 0;
 
 	max_size = min((ssize_t) count, (ssize_t) EDAC_MC_LABEL_LEN - 1);
-	strncpy(csrow->channels[channel].dimm->label, data, max_size);
-	csrow->channels[channel].dimm->label[max_size] = '\0';
+	strncpy(rank->dimm->label, data, max_size);
+	rank->dimm->label[max_size] = '\0';
 
 	return max_size;
 }
 
 /* show function for dynamic chX_ce_count attribute */
-static ssize_t channel_ce_count_show(struct csrow_info *csrow,
-				char *data, int channel)
+static ssize_t channel_ce_count_show(struct device *dev,
+				     struct device_attribute *mattr, char *data)
 {
-	return sprintf(data, "%u\n", csrow->channels[channel].ce_count);
+	struct csrow_info *csrow = to_csrow(dev);
+	unsigned chan = to_channel(mattr);
+	struct rank_info *rank = &csrow->channels[chan];
+
+	return sprintf(data, "%u\n", rank->ce_count);
 }
 
-/* csrow specific attribute structure */
-struct csrowdev_attribute {
-	struct attribute attr;
-	 ssize_t(*show) (struct csrow_info *, char *, int);
-	 ssize_t(*store) (struct csrow_info *, const char *, size_t, int);
-	int private;
-};
+/* cwrow<id>/attribute files */
+DEVICE_ATTR_LEGACY(size_mb, S_IRUGO, csrow_size_show, NULL);
+DEVICE_ATTR_LEGACY(dev_type, S_IRUGO, csrow_dev_type_show, NULL);
+DEVICE_ATTR_LEGACY(mem_type, S_IRUGO, csrow_mem_type_show, NULL);
+DEVICE_ATTR_LEGACY(edac_mode, S_IRUGO, csrow_edac_mode_show, NULL);
+DEVICE_ATTR_LEGACY(ue_count, S_IRUGO, csrow_ue_count_show, NULL);
+DEVICE_ATTR_LEGACY(ce_count, S_IRUGO, csrow_ce_count_show, NULL);
 
-#define to_csrow(k) container_of(k, struct csrow_info, kobj)
-#define to_csrowdev_attr(a) container_of(a, struct csrowdev_attribute, attr)
+/* default attributes of the CSROW<id> object */
+static struct attribute *csrow_attrs[] = {
+	&dev_attr_legacy_dev_type.attr,
+	&dev_attr_legacy_mem_type.attr,
+	&dev_attr_legacy_edac_mode.attr,
+	&dev_attr_legacy_size_mb.attr,
+	&dev_attr_legacy_ue_count.attr,
+	&dev_attr_legacy_ce_count.attr,
+	NULL,
+};
 
-/* Set of show/store higher level functions for default csrow attributes */
-static ssize_t csrowdev_show(struct kobject *kobj,
-			struct attribute *attr, char *buffer)
-{
-	struct csrow_info *csrow = to_csrow(kobj);
-	struct csrowdev_attribute *csrowdev_attr = to_csrowdev_attr(attr);
+static struct attribute_group csrow_attr_grp = {
+	.attrs	= csrow_attrs,
+};
 
-	if (csrowdev_attr->show)
-		return csrowdev_attr->show(csrow,
-					buffer, csrowdev_attr->private);
-	return -EIO;
-}
+static const struct attribute_group *csrow_attr_groups[] = {
+	&csrow_attr_grp,
+	NULL
+};
 
-static ssize_t csrowdev_store(struct kobject *kobj, struct attribute *attr,
-			const char *buffer, size_t count)
+static void csrow_attr_release(struct device *device)
 {
-	struct csrow_info *csrow = to_csrow(kobj);
-	struct csrowdev_attribute *csrowdev_attr = to_csrowdev_attr(attr);
-
-	if (csrowdev_attr->store)
-		return csrowdev_attr->store(csrow,
-					buffer,
-					count, csrowdev_attr->private);
-	return -EIO;
+	debugf1("Releasing csrow device %s\n", dev_name(device));
 }
 
-static const struct sysfs_ops csrowfs_ops = {
-	.show = csrowdev_show,
-	.store = csrowdev_store
+static struct device_type csrow_attr_type = {
+	.groups		= csrow_attr_groups,
+	.release	= csrow_attr_release,
 };
 
-#define CSROWDEV_ATTR(_name,_mode,_show,_store,_private)	\
-static struct csrowdev_attribute attr_##_name = {			\
-	.attr = {.name = __stringify(_name), .mode = _mode },	\
-	.show   = _show,					\
-	.store  = _store,					\
-	.private = _private,					\
-};
-
-/* default cwrow<id>/attribute files */
-CSROWDEV_ATTR(size_mb, S_IRUGO, csrow_size_show, NULL, 0);
-CSROWDEV_ATTR(dev_type, S_IRUGO, csrow_dev_type_show, NULL, 0);
-CSROWDEV_ATTR(mem_type, S_IRUGO, csrow_mem_type_show, NULL, 0);
-CSROWDEV_ATTR(edac_mode, S_IRUGO, csrow_edac_mode_show, NULL, 0);
-CSROWDEV_ATTR(ue_count, S_IRUGO, csrow_ue_count_show, NULL, 0);
-CSROWDEV_ATTR(ce_count, S_IRUGO, csrow_ce_count_show, NULL, 0);
+/*
+ * possible dynamic channel DIMM Label attribute files
+ *
+ */
 
-/* default attributes of the CSROW<id> object */
-static struct csrowdev_attribute *default_csrow_attr[] = {
-	&attr_dev_type,
-	&attr_mem_type,
-	&attr_edac_mode,
-	&attr_size_mb,
-	&attr_ue_count,
-	&attr_ce_count,
-	NULL,
-};
+#define EDAC_NR_CHANNELS	6
 
-/* possible dynamic channel DIMM Label attribute files */
-CSROWDEV_ATTR(ch0_dimm_label, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR,
+DEVICE_CHANNEL(ch0_dimm_label, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR,
 	channel_dimm_label_show, channel_dimm_label_store, 0);
-CSROWDEV_ATTR(ch1_dimm_label, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR,
+DEVICE_CHANNEL(ch1_dimm_label, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR,
 	channel_dimm_label_show, channel_dimm_label_store, 1);
-CSROWDEV_ATTR(ch2_dimm_label, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR,
+DEVICE_CHANNEL(ch2_dimm_label, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR,
 	channel_dimm_label_show, channel_dimm_label_store, 2);
-CSROWDEV_ATTR(ch3_dimm_label, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR,
+DEVICE_CHANNEL(ch3_dimm_label, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR,
 	channel_dimm_label_show, channel_dimm_label_store, 3);
-CSROWDEV_ATTR(ch4_dimm_label, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR,
+DEVICE_CHANNEL(ch4_dimm_label, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR,
 	channel_dimm_label_show, channel_dimm_label_store, 4);
-CSROWDEV_ATTR(ch5_dimm_label, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR,
+DEVICE_CHANNEL(ch5_dimm_label, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR,
 	channel_dimm_label_show, channel_dimm_label_store, 5);
 
 /* Total possible dynamic DIMM Label attribute file table */
-static struct csrowdev_attribute *dynamic_csrow_dimm_attr[] = {
-	&attr_ch0_dimm_label,
-	&attr_ch1_dimm_label,
-	&attr_ch2_dimm_label,
-	&attr_ch3_dimm_label,
-	&attr_ch4_dimm_label,
-	&attr_ch5_dimm_label
+static struct device_attribute *dynamic_csrow_dimm_attr[] = {
+	&dev_attr_legacy_ch0_dimm_label.attr,
+	&dev_attr_legacy_ch1_dimm_label.attr,
+	&dev_attr_legacy_ch2_dimm_label.attr,
+	&dev_attr_legacy_ch3_dimm_label.attr,
+	&dev_attr_legacy_ch4_dimm_label.attr,
+	&dev_attr_legacy_ch5_dimm_label.attr
 };
 
 /* possible dynamic channel ce_count attribute files */
-CSROWDEV_ATTR(ch0_ce_count, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR, channel_ce_count_show, NULL, 0);
-CSROWDEV_ATTR(ch1_ce_count, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR, channel_ce_count_show, NULL, 1);
-CSROWDEV_ATTR(ch2_ce_count, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR, channel_ce_count_show, NULL, 2);
-CSROWDEV_ATTR(ch3_ce_count, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR, channel_ce_count_show, NULL, 3);
-CSROWDEV_ATTR(ch4_ce_count, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR, channel_ce_count_show, NULL, 4);
-CSROWDEV_ATTR(ch5_ce_count, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR, channel_ce_count_show, NULL, 5);
+DEVICE_CHANNEL(ch0_ce_count, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR,
+		   channel_ce_count_show, NULL, 0);
+DEVICE_CHANNEL(ch1_ce_count, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR,
+		   channel_ce_count_show, NULL, 1);
+DEVICE_CHANNEL(ch2_ce_count, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR,
+		   channel_ce_count_show, NULL, 2);
+DEVICE_CHANNEL(ch3_ce_count, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR,
+		   channel_ce_count_show, NULL, 3);
+DEVICE_CHANNEL(ch4_ce_count, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR,
+		   channel_ce_count_show, NULL, 4);
+DEVICE_CHANNEL(ch5_ce_count, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR,
+		   channel_ce_count_show, NULL, 5);
 
 /* Total possible dynamic ce_count attribute file table */
-static struct csrowdev_attribute *dynamic_csrow_ce_count_attr[] = {
-	&attr_ch0_ce_count,
-	&attr_ch1_ce_count,
-	&attr_ch2_ce_count,
-	&attr_ch3_ce_count,
-	&attr_ch4_ce_count,
-	&attr_ch5_ce_count
+static struct device_attribute *dynamic_csrow_ce_count_attr[] = {
+	&dev_attr_legacy_ch0_ce_count.attr,
+	&dev_attr_legacy_ch1_ce_count.attr,
+	&dev_attr_legacy_ch2_ce_count.attr,
+	&dev_attr_legacy_ch3_ce_count.attr,
+	&dev_attr_legacy_ch4_ce_count.attr,
+	&dev_attr_legacy_ch5_ce_count.attr
 };
 
-#define EDAC_NR_CHANNELS	6
-
-/* Create dynamic CHANNEL files, indexed by 'chan',  under specifed CSROW */
-static int edac_create_channel_files(struct kobject *kobj, int chan)
+/* Create a CSROW object under specifed edac_mc_device */
+static int edac_create_csrow_object(struct mem_ctl_info *mci,
+				    struct csrow_info *csrow, int index)
 {
-	int err = -ENODEV;
+	int err, chan;
 
-	if (chan >= EDAC_NR_CHANNELS)
-		return err;
+	if (csrow->nr_channels >= EDAC_NR_CHANNELS)
+		return -ENODEV;
 
-	/* create the DIMM label attribute file */
-	err = sysfs_create_file(kobj,
-				(struct attribute *)
-				dynamic_csrow_dimm_attr[chan]);
-
-	if (!err) {
-		/* create the CE Count attribute file */
-		err = sysfs_create_file(kobj,
-					(struct attribute *)
-					dynamic_csrow_ce_count_attr[chan]);
-	} else {
-		debugf1("%s()  dimm labels and ce_count files created",
-			__func__);
-	}
+	csrow->dev.type = &csrow_attr_type;
+	csrow->dev.bus = &mci->bus;
+	device_initialize(&csrow->dev);
+	csrow->dev.parent = &mci->dev;
+	dev_set_name(&csrow->dev, "csrow%d", index);
+	dev_set_drvdata(&csrow->dev, csrow);
 
-	return err;
-}
+	debugf0("%s(): creating (virtual) csrow node %s\n", __func__,
+		dev_name(&csrow->dev));
 
-/* No memory to release for this kobj */
-static void edac_csrow_instance_release(struct kobject *kobj)
-{
-	struct mem_ctl_info *mci;
-	struct csrow_info *cs;
+	err = device_add(&csrow->dev);
+	if (err < 0)
+		return err;
 
-	debugf1("%s()\n", __func__);
+	for (chan = 0; chan < csrow->nr_channels; chan++) {
+		err = device_create_file(&csrow->dev,
+					 dynamic_csrow_dimm_attr[chan]);
+		if (err < 0)
+			goto error;
+		err = device_create_file(&csrow->dev,
+					 dynamic_csrow_ce_count_attr[chan]);
+		if (err < 0) {
+			device_remove_file(&csrow->dev,
+					   dynamic_csrow_dimm_attr[chan]);
+			goto error;
+		}
+	}
 
-	cs = container_of(kobj, struct csrow_info, kobj);
-	mci = cs->mci;
+	return 0;
 
-	kobject_put(&mci->edac_mci_kobj);
-}
+error:
+	for (--chan; chan >= 0; chan--) {
+		device_remove_file(&csrow->dev,
+					dynamic_csrow_dimm_attr[chan]);
+		device_remove_file(&csrow->dev,
+					   dynamic_csrow_ce_count_attr[chan]);
+	}
+	put_device(&csrow->dev);
 
-/* the kobj_type instance for a CSROW */
-static struct kobj_type ktype_csrow = {
-	.release = edac_csrow_instance_release,
-	.sysfs_ops = &csrowfs_ops,
-	.default_attrs = (struct attribute **)default_csrow_attr,
-};
+	return err;
+}
 
 /* Create a CSROW object under specifed edac_mc_device */
-static int edac_create_csrow_object(struct mem_ctl_info *mci,
-					struct csrow_info *csrow, int index)
+static int edac_create_csrow_objects(struct mem_ctl_info *mci)
 {
-	struct kobject *kobj_mci = &mci->edac_mci_kobj;
-	struct kobject *kobj;
-	int chan;
-	int err;
+	int err, i, chan;
+	struct csrow_info *csrow;
 
-	/* generate ..../edac/mc/mc<id>/csrow<index>   */
-	memset(&csrow->kobj, 0, sizeof(csrow->kobj));
-	csrow->mci = mci;	/* include container up link */
+	for (i = 0; i < mci->nr_csrows; i++) {
+		err = edac_create_csrow_object(mci, &mci->csrows[i], i);
+		if (err < 0)
+			goto error;
+	}
+	return 0;
 
-	/* bump the mci instance's kobject's ref count */
-	kobj = kobject_get(&mci->edac_mci_kobj);
-	if (!kobj) {
-		err = -ENODEV;
-		goto err_out;
+error:
+	for (--i; i >= 0; i--) {
+		csrow = &mci->csrows[i];
+		for (chan = csrow->nr_channels - 1; chan >= 0; chan--) {
+			device_remove_file(&csrow->dev,
+						dynamic_csrow_dimm_attr[chan]);
+			device_remove_file(&csrow->dev,
+						dynamic_csrow_ce_count_attr[chan]);
+		}
+		put_device(&mci->csrows[i].dev);
 	}
 
-	/* Instanstiate the csrow object */
-	err = kobject_init_and_add(&csrow->kobj, &ktype_csrow, kobj_mci,
-				   "csrow%d", index);
-	if (err)
-		goto err_release_top_kobj;
+	return err;
+}
 
-	/* At this point, to release a csrow kobj, one must
-	 * call the kobject_put and allow that tear down
-	 * to work the releasing
-	 */
+static void edac_delete_csrow_objects(struct mem_ctl_info *mci)
+{
+	int i, chan;
+	struct csrow_info *csrow;
 
-	/* Create the dyanmic attribute files on this csrow,
-	 * namely, the DIMM labels and the channel ce_count
-	 */
-	for (chan = 0; chan < csrow->nr_channels; chan++) {
-		err = edac_create_channel_files(&csrow->kobj, chan);
-		if (err) {
-			/* special case the unregister here */
-			kobject_put(&csrow->kobj);
-			goto err_out;
+	for (i = mci->nr_csrows - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
+		csrow = &mci->csrows[i];
+		for (chan = csrow->nr_channels - 1; chan >= 0; chan--) {
+			debugf1("Removing csrow %d channel %d sysfs nodes\n",
+				i, chan);
+			device_remove_file(&csrow->dev,
+						dynamic_csrow_dimm_attr[chan]);
+			device_remove_file(&csrow->dev,
+						dynamic_csrow_ce_count_attr[chan]);
 		}
+		put_device(&mci->csrows[i].dev);
+		device_del(&mci->csrows[i].dev);
 	}
-	kobject_uevent(&csrow->kobj, KOBJ_ADD);
-	return 0;
-
-	/* error unwind stack */
-err_release_top_kobj:
-	kobject_put(&mci->edac_mci_kobj);
-
-err_out:
-	return err;
 }
 
-/* default sysfs methods and data structures for the main MCI kobject */
+/*
+ * Memory controller device
+ */
+
+#define to_mci(k) container_of(k, struct mem_ctl_info, dev)
 
-static ssize_t mci_reset_counters_store(struct mem_ctl_info *mci,
+static ssize_t mci_reset_counters_store(struct device *dev,
+					struct device_attribute *mattr,
 					const char *data, size_t count)
 {
-	int row, chan;
-
-	mci->ue_noinfo_count = 0;
-	mci->ce_noinfo_count = 0;
+	struct mem_ctl_info *mci = to_mci(dev);
+	int cnt, row, chan, i;
 	mci->ue_mc = 0;
 	mci->ce_mc = 0;
+	mci->ue_noinfo_count = 0;
+	mci->ce_noinfo_count = 0;
 
 	for (row = 0; row < mci->nr_csrows; row++) {
 		struct csrow_info *ri = &mci->csrows[row];
@@ -438,6 +471,13 @@ static ssize_t mci_reset_counters_store(struct mem_ctl_info *mci,
 			ri->channels[chan].ce_count = 0;
 	}
 
+	cnt = 1;
+	for (i = 0; i < mci->n_layers; i++) {
+		cnt *= mci->layers[i].size;
+		memset(mci->ce_per_layer[i], 0, cnt * sizeof(u32));
+		memset(mci->ue_per_layer[i], 0, cnt * sizeof(u32));
+	}
+
 	mci->start_time = jiffies;
 	return count;
 }
@@ -451,9 +491,11 @@ static ssize_t mci_reset_counters_store(struct mem_ctl_info *mci,
  * Negative value still means that an error has occurred while setting
  * the scrub rate.
  */
-static ssize_t mci_sdram_scrub_rate_store(struct mem_ctl_info *mci,
+static ssize_t mci_sdram_scrub_rate_store(struct device *dev,
+					  struct device_attribute *mattr,
 					  const char *data, size_t count)
 {
+	struct mem_ctl_info *mci = to_mci(dev);
 	unsigned long bandwidth = 0;
 	int new_bw = 0;
 
@@ -476,8 +518,11 @@ static ssize_t mci_sdram_scrub_rate_store(struct mem_ctl_info *mci,
 /*
  * ->get_sdram_scrub_rate() return value semantics same as above.
  */
-static ssize_t mci_sdram_scrub_rate_show(struct mem_ctl_info *mci, char *data)
+static ssize_t mci_sdram_scrub_rate_show(struct device *dev,
+					 struct device_attribute *mattr,
+					 char *data)
 {
+	struct mem_ctl_info *mci = to_mci(dev);
 	int bandwidth = 0;
 
 	if (!mci->get_sdram_scrub_rate)
@@ -493,38 +538,65 @@ static ssize_t mci_sdram_scrub_rate_show(struct mem_ctl_info *mci, char *data)
 }
 
 /* default attribute files for the MCI object */
-static ssize_t mci_ue_count_show(struct mem_ctl_info *mci, char *data)
+static ssize_t mci_ue_count_show(struct device *dev,
+				 struct device_attribute *mattr,
+				 char *data)
 {
+	struct mem_ctl_info *mci = to_mci(dev);
+
 	return sprintf(data, "%d\n", mci->ue_mc);
 }
 
-static ssize_t mci_ce_count_show(struct mem_ctl_info *mci, char *data)
+static ssize_t mci_ce_count_show(struct device *dev,
+				 struct device_attribute *mattr,
+				 char *data)
 {
+	struct mem_ctl_info *mci = to_mci(dev);
+
 	return sprintf(data, "%d\n", mci->ce_mc);
 }
 
-static ssize_t mci_ce_noinfo_show(struct mem_ctl_info *mci, char *data)
+static ssize_t mci_ce_noinfo_show(struct device *dev,
+				  struct device_attribute *mattr,
+				  char *data)
 {
+	struct mem_ctl_info *mci = to_mci(dev);
+
 	return sprintf(data, "%d\n", mci->ce_noinfo_count);
 }
 
-static ssize_t mci_ue_noinfo_show(struct mem_ctl_info *mci, char *data)
+static ssize_t mci_ue_noinfo_show(struct device *dev,
+				  struct device_attribute *mattr,
+				  char *data)
 {
+	struct mem_ctl_info *mci = to_mci(dev);
+
 	return sprintf(data, "%d\n", mci->ue_noinfo_count);
 }
 
-static ssize_t mci_seconds_show(struct mem_ctl_info *mci, char *data)
+static ssize_t mci_seconds_show(struct device *dev,
+				struct device_attribute *mattr,
+				char *data)
 {
+	struct mem_ctl_info *mci = to_mci(dev);
+
 	return sprintf(data, "%ld\n", (jiffies - mci->start_time) / HZ);
 }
 
-static ssize_t mci_ctl_name_show(struct mem_ctl_info *mci, char *data)
+static ssize_t mci_ctl_name_show(struct device *dev,
+				 struct device_attribute *mattr,
+				 char *data)
 {
+	struct mem_ctl_info *mci = to_mci(dev);
+
 	return sprintf(data, "%s\n", mci->ctl_name);
 }
 
-static ssize_t mci_size_mb_show(struct mem_ctl_info *mci, char *data)
+static ssize_t mci_size_mb_show(struct device *dev,
+				struct device_attribute *mattr,
+				char *data)
 {
+	struct mem_ctl_info *mci = to_mci(dev);
 	int total_pages = 0, csrow_idx, j;
 
 	for (csrow_idx = 0; csrow_idx < mci->nr_csrows; csrow_idx++) {
@@ -540,360 +612,53 @@ static ssize_t mci_size_mb_show(struct mem_ctl_info *mci, char *data)
 	return sprintf(data, "%u\n", PAGES_TO_MiB(total_pages));
 }
 
-#define to_mci(k) container_of(k, struct mem_ctl_info, edac_mci_kobj)
-#define to_mcidev_attr(a) container_of(a,struct mcidev_sysfs_attribute,attr)
-
-/* MCI show/store functions for top most object */
-static ssize_t mcidev_show(struct kobject *kobj, struct attribute *attr,
-			char *buffer)
-{
-	struct mem_ctl_info *mem_ctl_info = to_mci(kobj);
-	struct mcidev_sysfs_attribute *mcidev_attr = to_mcidev_attr(attr);
-
-	debugf1("%s() mem_ctl_info %p\n", __func__, mem_ctl_info);
-
-	if (mcidev_attr->show)
-		return mcidev_attr->show(mem_ctl_info, buffer);
-
-	return -EIO;
-}
-
-static ssize_t mcidev_store(struct kobject *kobj, struct attribute *attr,
-			const char *buffer, size_t count)
-{
-	struct mem_ctl_info *mem_ctl_info = to_mci(kobj);
-	struct mcidev_sysfs_attribute *mcidev_attr = to_mcidev_attr(attr);
-
-	debugf1("%s() mem_ctl_info %p\n", __func__, mem_ctl_info);
-
-	if (mcidev_attr->store)
-		return mcidev_attr->store(mem_ctl_info, buffer, count);
-
-	return -EIO;
-}
-
-/* Intermediate show/store table */
-static const struct sysfs_ops mci_ops = {
-	.show = mcidev_show,
-	.store = mcidev_store
-};
-
-#define MCIDEV_ATTR(_name,_mode,_show,_store)			\
-static struct mcidev_sysfs_attribute mci_attr_##_name = {			\
-	.attr = {.name = __stringify(_name), .mode = _mode },	\
-	.show   = _show,					\
-	.store  = _store,					\
-};
-
 /* default Control file */
-MCIDEV_ATTR(reset_counters, S_IWUSR, NULL, mci_reset_counters_store);
+DEVICE_ATTR(reset_counters, S_IWUSR, NULL, mci_reset_counters_store);
 
 /* default Attribute files */
-MCIDEV_ATTR(mc_name, S_IRUGO, mci_ctl_name_show, NULL);
-MCIDEV_ATTR(size_mb, S_IRUGO, mci_size_mb_show, NULL);
-MCIDEV_ATTR(seconds_since_reset, S_IRUGO, mci_seconds_show, NULL);
-MCIDEV_ATTR(ue_noinfo_count, S_IRUGO, mci_ue_noinfo_show, NULL);
-MCIDEV_ATTR(ce_noinfo_count, S_IRUGO, mci_ce_noinfo_show, NULL);
-MCIDEV_ATTR(ue_count, S_IRUGO, mci_ue_count_show, NULL);
-MCIDEV_ATTR(ce_count, S_IRUGO, mci_ce_count_show, NULL);
+DEVICE_ATTR(mc_name, S_IRUGO, mci_ctl_name_show, NULL);
+DEVICE_ATTR(size_mb, S_IRUGO, mci_size_mb_show, NULL);
+DEVICE_ATTR(seconds_since_reset, S_IRUGO, mci_seconds_show, NULL);
+DEVICE_ATTR(ue_noinfo_count, S_IRUGO, mci_ue_noinfo_show, NULL);
+DEVICE_ATTR(ce_noinfo_count, S_IRUGO, mci_ce_noinfo_show, NULL);
+DEVICE_ATTR(ue_count, S_IRUGO, mci_ue_count_show, NULL);
+DEVICE_ATTR(ce_count, S_IRUGO, mci_ce_count_show, NULL);
 
 /* memory scrubber attribute file */
-MCIDEV_ATTR(sdram_scrub_rate, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR, mci_sdram_scrub_rate_show,
+DEVICE_ATTR(sdram_scrub_rate, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR, mci_sdram_scrub_rate_show,
 	mci_sdram_scrub_rate_store);
 
-static struct mcidev_sysfs_attribute *mci_attr[] = {
-	&mci_attr_reset_counters,
-	&mci_attr_mc_name,
-	&mci_attr_size_mb,
-	&mci_attr_seconds_since_reset,
-	&mci_attr_ue_noinfo_count,
-	&mci_attr_ce_noinfo_count,
-	&mci_attr_ue_count,
-	&mci_attr_ce_count,
-	&mci_attr_sdram_scrub_rate,
+static struct attribute *mci_attrs[] = {
+	&dev_attr_reset_counters.attr,
+	&dev_attr_mc_name.attr,
+	&dev_attr_size_mb.attr,
+	&dev_attr_seconds_since_reset.attr,
+	&dev_attr_ue_noinfo_count.attr,
+	&dev_attr_ce_noinfo_count.attr,
+	&dev_attr_ue_count.attr,
+	&dev_attr_ce_count.attr,
+	&dev_attr_sdram_scrub_rate.attr,
 	NULL
 };
 
-
-/*
- * Release of a MC controlling instance
- *
- *	each MC control instance has the following resources upon entry:
- *		a) a ref count on the top memctl kobj
- *		b) a ref count on this module
- *
- *	this function must decrement those ref counts and then
- *	issue a free on the instance's memory
- */
-static void edac_mci_control_release(struct kobject *kobj)
-{
-	struct mem_ctl_info *mci;
-
-	mci = to_mci(kobj);
-
-	debugf0("%s() mci instance idx=%d releasing\n", __func__, mci->mc_idx);
-
-	/* decrement the module ref count */
-	module_put(mci->owner);
-}
-
-static struct kobj_type ktype_mci = {
-	.release = edac_mci_control_release,
-	.sysfs_ops = &mci_ops,
-	.default_attrs = (struct attribute **)mci_attr,
-};
-
-/* EDAC memory controller sysfs kset:
- *	/sys/devices/system/edac/mc
- */
-static struct kset *mc_kset;
-
-/*
- * edac_mc_register_sysfs_main_kobj
- *
- *	setups and registers the main kobject for each mci
- */
-int edac_mc_register_sysfs_main_kobj(struct mem_ctl_info *mci)
-{
-	struct kobject *kobj_mci;
-	int err;
-
-	debugf1("%s()\n", __func__);
-
-	kobj_mci = &mci->edac_mci_kobj;
-
-	/* Init the mci's kobject */
-	memset(kobj_mci, 0, sizeof(*kobj_mci));
-
-	/* Record which module 'owns' this control structure
-	 * and bump the ref count of the module
-	 */
-	mci->owner = THIS_MODULE;
-
-	/* bump ref count on this module */
-	if (!try_module_get(mci->owner)) {
-		err = -ENODEV;
-		goto fail_out;
-	}
-
-	/* this instance become part of the mc_kset */
-	kobj_mci->kset = mc_kset;
-
-	/* register the mc<id> kobject to the mc_kset */
-	err = kobject_init_and_add(kobj_mci, &ktype_mci, NULL,
-				   "mc%d", mci->mc_idx);
-	if (err) {
-		debugf1("%s()Failed to register '.../edac/mc%d'\n",
-			__func__, mci->mc_idx);
-		goto kobj_reg_fail;
-	}
-	kobject_uevent(kobj_mci, KOBJ_ADD);
-
-	/* At this point, to 'free' the control struct,
-	 * edac_mc_unregister_sysfs_main_kobj() must be used
-	 */
-
-	debugf1("%s() Registered '.../edac/mc%d' kobject\n",
-		__func__, mci->mc_idx);
-
-	return 0;
-
-	/* Error exit stack */
-
-kobj_reg_fail:
-	module_put(mci->owner);
-
-fail_out:
-	return err;
-}
-
-/*
- * edac_mc_register_sysfs_main_kobj
- *
- *	tears down and the main mci kobject from the mc_kset
- */
-void edac_mc_unregister_sysfs_main_kobj(struct mem_ctl_info *mci)
-{
-	debugf1("%s()\n", __func__);
-
-	/* delete the kobj from the mc_kset */
-	kobject_put(&mci->edac_mci_kobj);
-}
-
-#define EDAC_DEVICE_SYMLINK	"device"
-
-#define grp_to_mci(k) (container_of(k, struct mcidev_sysfs_group_kobj, kobj)->mci)
-
-/* MCI show/store functions for top most object */
-static ssize_t inst_grp_show(struct kobject *kobj, struct attribute *attr,
-			char *buffer)
-{
-	struct mem_ctl_info *mem_ctl_info = grp_to_mci(kobj);
-	struct mcidev_sysfs_attribute *mcidev_attr = to_mcidev_attr(attr);
-
-	debugf1("%s() mem_ctl_info %p\n", __func__, mem_ctl_info);
-
-	if (mcidev_attr->show)
-		return mcidev_attr->show(mem_ctl_info, buffer);
-
-	return -EIO;
-}
-
-static ssize_t inst_grp_store(struct kobject *kobj, struct attribute *attr,
-			const char *buffer, size_t count)
-{
-	struct mem_ctl_info *mem_ctl_info = grp_to_mci(kobj);
-	struct mcidev_sysfs_attribute *mcidev_attr = to_mcidev_attr(attr);
-
-	debugf1("%s() mem_ctl_info %p\n", __func__, mem_ctl_info);
-
-	if (mcidev_attr->store)
-		return mcidev_attr->store(mem_ctl_info, buffer, count);
-
-	return -EIO;
-}
-
-/* No memory to release for this kobj */
-static void edac_inst_grp_release(struct kobject *kobj)
-{
-	struct mcidev_sysfs_group_kobj *grp;
-	struct mem_ctl_info *mci;
-
-	debugf1("%s()\n", __func__);
-
-	grp = container_of(kobj, struct mcidev_sysfs_group_kobj, kobj);
-	mci = grp->mci;
-}
-
-/* Intermediate show/store table */
-static struct sysfs_ops inst_grp_ops = {
-	.show = inst_grp_show,
-	.store = inst_grp_store
+static struct attribute_group mci_attr_grp = {
+	.attrs	= mci_attrs,
 };
 
-/* the kobj_type instance for a instance group */
-static struct kobj_type ktype_inst_grp = {
-	.release = edac_inst_grp_release,
-	.sysfs_ops = &inst_grp_ops,
+static const struct attribute_group *mci_attr_groups[] = {
+	&mci_attr_grp,
+	NULL
 };
 
-
-/*
- * edac_create_mci_instance_attributes
- *	create MC driver specific attributes bellow an specified kobj
- * This routine calls itself recursively, in order to create an entire
- * object tree.
- */
-static int edac_create_mci_instance_attributes(struct mem_ctl_info *mci,
-				const struct mcidev_sysfs_attribute *sysfs_attrib,
-				struct kobject *kobj)
+static void mci_attr_release(struct device *device)
 {
-	int err;
-
-	debugf4("%s()\n", __func__);
-
-	while (sysfs_attrib) {
-		debugf4("%s() sysfs_attrib = %p\n",__func__, sysfs_attrib);
-		if (sysfs_attrib->grp) {
-			struct mcidev_sysfs_group_kobj *grp_kobj;
-
-			grp_kobj = kzalloc(sizeof(*grp_kobj), GFP_KERNEL);
-			if (!grp_kobj)
-				return -ENOMEM;
-
-			grp_kobj->grp = sysfs_attrib->grp;
-			grp_kobj->mci = mci;
-			list_add_tail(&grp_kobj->list, &mci->grp_kobj_list);
-
-			debugf0("%s() grp %s, mci %p\n", __func__,
-				sysfs_attrib->grp->name, mci);
-
-			err = kobject_init_and_add(&grp_kobj->kobj,
-						&ktype_inst_grp,
-						&mci->edac_mci_kobj,
-						sysfs_attrib->grp->name);
-			if (err < 0) {
-				printk(KERN_ERR "kobject_init_and_add failed: %d\n", err);
-				return err;
-			}
-			err = edac_create_mci_instance_attributes(mci,
-					grp_kobj->grp->mcidev_attr,
-					&grp_kobj->kobj);
-
-			if (err < 0)
-				return err;
-		} else if (sysfs_attrib->attr.name) {
-			debugf4("%s() file %s\n", __func__,
-				sysfs_attrib->attr.name);
-
-			err = sysfs_create_file(kobj, &sysfs_attrib->attr);
-			if (err < 0) {
-				printk(KERN_ERR "sysfs_create_file failed: %d\n", err);
-				return err;
-			}
-		} else
-			break;
-
-		sysfs_attrib++;
-	}
-
-	return 0;
+	debugf1("Releasing mci device %s\n", dev_name(device));
 }
 
-/*
- * edac_remove_mci_instance_attributes
- *	remove MC driver specific attributes at the topmost level
- *	directory of this mci instance.
- */
-static void edac_remove_mci_instance_attributes(struct mem_ctl_info *mci,
-				const struct mcidev_sysfs_attribute *sysfs_attrib,
-				struct kobject *kobj, int count)
-{
-	struct mcidev_sysfs_group_kobj *grp_kobj, *tmp;
-
-	debugf1("%s()\n", __func__);
-
-	/*
-	 * loop if there are attributes and until we hit a NULL entry
-	 * Remove first all the attributes
-	 */
-	while (sysfs_attrib) {
-		debugf4("%s() sysfs_attrib = %p\n",__func__, sysfs_attrib);
-		if (sysfs_attrib->grp) {
-			debugf4("%s() seeking for group %s\n",
-				__func__, sysfs_attrib->grp->name);
-			list_for_each_entry(grp_kobj,
-					    &mci->grp_kobj_list, list) {
-				debugf4("%s() grp_kobj->grp = %p\n",__func__, grp_kobj->grp);
-				if (grp_kobj->grp == sysfs_attrib->grp) {
-					edac_remove_mci_instance_attributes(mci,
-						    grp_kobj->grp->mcidev_attr,
-						    &grp_kobj->kobj, count + 1);
-					debugf4("%s() group %s\n", __func__,
-						sysfs_attrib->grp->name);
-					kobject_put(&grp_kobj->kobj);
-				}
-			}
-			debugf4("%s() end of seeking for group %s\n",
-				__func__, sysfs_attrib->grp->name);
-		} else if (sysfs_attrib->attr.name) {
-			debugf4("%s() file %s\n", __func__,
-				sysfs_attrib->attr.name);
-			sysfs_remove_file(kobj, &sysfs_attrib->attr);
-		} else
-			break;
-		sysfs_attrib++;
-	}
-
-	/* Remove the group objects */
-	if (count)
-		return;
-	list_for_each_entry_safe(grp_kobj, tmp,
-				 &mci->grp_kobj_list, list) {
-		list_del(&grp_kobj->list);
-		kfree(grp_kobj);
-	}
-}
+static struct device_type mci_attr_type = {
+	.groups		= mci_attr_groups,
+	.release	= mci_attr_release,
+};
 
 
 /*
@@ -906,77 +671,80 @@ static void edac_remove_mci_instance_attributes(struct mem_ctl_info *mci,
  */
 int edac_create_sysfs_mci_device(struct mem_ctl_info *mci)
 {
-	int i, j;
-	int err;
-	struct csrow_info *csrow;
-	struct kobject *kobj_mci = &mci->edac_mci_kobj;
+	int i, err;
 
 	debugf0("%s() idx=%d\n", __func__, mci->mc_idx);
 
-	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&mci->grp_kobj_list);
+	/* get the /sys/devices/system/edac subsys reference */
 
-	/* create a symlink for the device */
-	err = sysfs_create_link(kobj_mci, &mci->pdev->kobj,
-				EDAC_DEVICE_SYMLINK);
-	if (err) {
-		debugf1("%s() failure to create symlink\n", __func__);
-		goto fail0;
-	}
+	mci->dev.type = &mci_attr_type;
+	device_initialize(&mci->dev);
 
-	/* If the low level driver desires some attributes,
-	 * then create them now for the driver.
+	mci->dev.parent = &mci_pdev;
+	mci->dev.bus = &mci->bus;
+	dev_set_name(&mci->dev, "mc%d", mci->mc_idx);
+	dev_set_drvdata(&mci->dev, mci);
+	pm_runtime_forbid(&mci->dev);
+
+	/*
+	 * The memory controller needs its own bus, in order to avoid
+	 * namespace conflicts at /sys/bus/edac.
 	 */
-	if (mci->mc_driver_sysfs_attributes) {
-		err = edac_create_mci_instance_attributes(mci,
-					mci->mc_driver_sysfs_attributes,
-					&mci->edac_mci_kobj);
-		if (err) {
-			debugf1("%s() failure to create mci attributes\n",
-				__func__);
-			goto fail0;
-		}
+	debugf0("creating bus %s\n",mci->bus.name);
+	mci->bus.name = kstrdup(dev_name(&mci->dev), GFP_KERNEL);
+	err = bus_register(&mci->bus);
+	if (err < 0)
+		return err;
+
+	debugf0("%s(): creating device %s\n", __func__,
+		dev_name(&mci->dev));
+	err = device_add(&mci->dev);
+	if (err < 0) {
+		bus_unregister(&mci->bus);
+		kfree(mci->bus.name);
+		return err;
 	}
 
-	/* Make directories for each CSROW object under the mc<id> kobject
+	/*
+	 * Create the dimm/rank devices
 	 */
-	for (i = 0; i < mci->nr_csrows; i++) {
-		int nr_pages = 0;
-
-		csrow = &mci->csrows[i];
-		for (j = 0; j < csrow->nr_channels; j++)
-			nr_pages += csrow->channels[j].dimm->nr_pages;
-
-		if (nr_pages > 0) {
-			err = edac_create_csrow_object(mci, csrow, i);
-			if (err) {
-				debugf1("%s() failure: create csrow %d obj\n",
-					__func__, i);
-				goto fail1;
-			}
+	for (i = 0; i < mci->tot_dimms; i++) {
+		struct dimm_info *dimm = &mci->dimms[i];
+		/* Only expose populated DIMMs */
+		if (dimm->nr_pages == 0)
+			continue;
+#ifdef CONFIG_EDAC_DEBUG
+		debugf1("%s creating dimm%d, located at ",
+			__func__, i);
+		if (edac_debug_level >= 1) {
+			int lay;
+			for (lay = 0; lay < mci->n_layers; lay++)
+				printk(KERN_CONT "%s %d ",
+					edac_layer_name[mci->layers[lay].type],
+					dimm->location[lay]);
+			printk(KERN_CONT "\n");
 		}
+#endif
 	}
 
+	err = edac_create_csrow_objects(mci);
+	if (err < 0)
+		goto fail;
+
 	return 0;
 
-fail1:
+fail:
 	for (i--; i >= 0; i--) {
-		int nr_pages = 0;
-
-		csrow = &mci->csrows[i];
-		for (j = 0; j < csrow->nr_channels; j++)
-			nr_pages += csrow->channels[j].dimm->nr_pages;
-		if (nr_pages > 0)
-			kobject_put(&mci->csrows[i].kobj);
+		struct dimm_info *dimm = &mci->dimms[i];
+		if (dimm->nr_pages == 0)
+			continue;
+		put_device(&dimm->dev);
+		device_del(&dimm->dev);
 	}
-
-	/* remove the mci instance's attributes, if any */
-	edac_remove_mci_instance_attributes(mci,
-		mci->mc_driver_sysfs_attributes, &mci->edac_mci_kobj, 0);
-
-	/* remove the symlink */
-	sysfs_remove_link(kobj_mci, EDAC_DEVICE_SYMLINK);
-
-fail0:
+	put_device(&mci->dev);
+	device_del(&mci->dev);
+	bus_unregister(&mci->bus);
+	kfree(mci->bus.name);
 	return err;
 }
 
@@ -985,98 +753,70 @@ int edac_create_sysfs_mci_device(struct mem_ctl_info *mci)
  */
 void edac_remove_sysfs_mci_device(struct mem_ctl_info *mci)
 {
-	struct csrow_info *csrow;
-	int i, j;
+	int i;
 
 	debugf0("%s()\n", __func__);
 
-	/* remove all csrow kobjects */
-	debugf4("%s()  unregister this mci kobj\n", __func__);
-	for (i = 0; i < mci->nr_csrows; i++) {
-		int nr_pages = 0;
-
-		csrow = &mci->csrows[i];
-		for (j = 0; j < csrow->nr_channels; j++)
-			nr_pages += csrow->channels[j].dimm->nr_pages;
-		if (nr_pages > 0) {
-			debugf0("%s()  unreg csrow-%d\n", __func__, i);
-			kobject_put(&mci->csrows[i].kobj);
-		}
-	}
+	edac_delete_csrow_objects(mci);
 
-	/* remove this mci instance's attribtes */
-	if (mci->mc_driver_sysfs_attributes) {
-		debugf4("%s()  unregister mci private attributes\n", __func__);
-		edac_remove_mci_instance_attributes(mci,
-						mci->mc_driver_sysfs_attributes,
-						&mci->edac_mci_kobj, 0);
+	for (i = 0; i < mci->tot_dimms; i++) {
+		struct dimm_info *dimm = &mci->dimms[i];
+		if (dimm->nr_pages == 0)
+			continue;
+		debugf0("%s(): removing device %s\n", __func__,
+			dev_name(&dimm->dev));
+		put_device(&dimm->dev);
+		device_del(&dimm->dev);
 	}
-
-	/* remove the symlink */
-	debugf4("%s()  remove_link\n", __func__);
-	sysfs_remove_link(&mci->edac_mci_kobj, EDAC_DEVICE_SYMLINK);
-
-	/* unregister this instance's kobject */
-	debugf4("%s()  remove_mci_instance\n", __func__);
-	kobject_put(&mci->edac_mci_kobj);
 }
 
+void edac_unregister_sysfs(struct mem_ctl_info *mci)
+{
+	debugf1("Unregistering device %s\n", dev_name(&mci->dev));
+	put_device(&mci->dev);
+	device_del(&mci->dev);
+	bus_unregister(&mci->bus);
+	kfree(mci->bus.name);
+}
 
+static void mc_attr_release(struct device *device)
+{
+	debugf1("Releasing device %s\n", dev_name(device));
+}
 
-
+static struct device_type mc_attr_type = {
+	.release	= mc_attr_release,
+};
 /*
- * edac_setup_sysfs_mc_kset(void)
- *
- * Initialize the mc_kset for the 'mc' entry
- *	This requires creating the top 'mc' directory with a kset
- *	and its controls/attributes.
- *
- *	To this 'mc' kset, instance 'mci' will be grouped as children.
- *
- * Return:  0 SUCCESS
- *         !0 FAILURE error code
+ * Init/exit code for the module. Basically, creates/removes /sys/class/rc
  */
-int edac_sysfs_setup_mc_kset(void)
+int __init edac_mc_sysfs_init(void)
 {
-	int err = -EINVAL;
 	struct bus_type *edac_subsys;
-
-	debugf1("%s()\n", __func__);
+	int err;
 
 	/* get the /sys/devices/system/edac subsys reference */
 	edac_subsys = edac_get_sysfs_subsys();
 	if (edac_subsys == NULL) {
-		debugf1("%s() no edac_subsys error=%d\n", __func__, err);
-		goto fail_out;
+		debugf1("%s() no edac_subsys\n", __func__);
+		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
-	/* Init the MC's kobject */
-	mc_kset = kset_create_and_add("mc", NULL, &edac_subsys->dev_root->kobj);
-	if (!mc_kset) {
-		err = -ENOMEM;
-		debugf1("%s() Failed to register '.../edac/mc'\n", __func__);
-		goto fail_kset;
-	}
+	mci_pdev.bus = edac_subsys;
+	mci_pdev.type = &mc_attr_type;
+	device_initialize(&mci_pdev);
+	dev_set_name(&mci_pdev, "mc");
 
-	debugf1("%s() Registered '.../edac/mc' kobject\n", __func__);
+	err = device_add(&mci_pdev);
+	if (err < 0)
+		return err;
 
 	return 0;
-
-fail_kset:
-	edac_put_sysfs_subsys();
-
-fail_out:
-	return err;
 }
 
-/*
- * edac_sysfs_teardown_mc_kset
- *
- *	deconstruct the mc_ket for memory controllers
- */
-void edac_sysfs_teardown_mc_kset(void)
+void __exit edac_mc_sysfs_exit(void)
 {
-	kset_unregister(mc_kset);
+	put_device(&mci_pdev);
+	device_del(&mci_pdev);
 	edac_put_sysfs_subsys();
 }
-
diff --git a/drivers/edac/edac_module.c b/drivers/edac/edac_module.c
index 5ddaa86d6a6e86ef8ed0671070168d7541cd7073..8735a0d3ed0cf9834ebd192598c199788899ea57 100644
--- a/drivers/edac/edac_module.c
+++ b/drivers/edac/edac_module.c
@@ -90,10 +90,7 @@ static int __init edac_init(void)
 	 */
 	edac_pci_clear_parity_errors();
 
-	/*
-	 * now set up the mc_kset under the edac class object
-	 */
-	err = edac_sysfs_setup_mc_kset();
+	err = edac_mc_sysfs_init();
 	if (err)
 		goto error;
 
@@ -101,15 +98,11 @@ static int __init edac_init(void)
 	err = edac_workqueue_setup();
 	if (err) {
 		edac_printk(KERN_ERR, EDAC_MC, "init WorkQueue failure\n");
-		goto workq_fail;
+		goto error;
 	}
 
 	return 0;
 
-	/* Error teardown stack */
-workq_fail:
-	edac_sysfs_teardown_mc_kset();
-
 error:
 	return err;
 }
@@ -124,7 +117,7 @@ static void __exit edac_exit(void)
 
 	/* tear down the various subsystems */
 	edac_workqueue_teardown();
-	edac_sysfs_teardown_mc_kset();
+	edac_mc_sysfs_exit();
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/drivers/edac/edac_module.h b/drivers/edac/edac_module.h
index 0ea7d14cb930748e75aadbb18e48e4616fdc315e..1af13676e857f17314f0e264a1e487b0b799d853 100644
--- a/drivers/edac/edac_module.h
+++ b/drivers/edac/edac_module.h
@@ -19,12 +19,12 @@
  *
  * edac_mc objects
  */
-extern int edac_sysfs_setup_mc_kset(void);
-extern void edac_sysfs_teardown_mc_kset(void);
-extern int edac_mc_register_sysfs_main_kobj(struct mem_ctl_info *mci);
-extern void edac_mc_unregister_sysfs_main_kobj(struct mem_ctl_info *mci);
+	/* on edac_mc_sysfs.c */
+int edac_mc_sysfs_init(void);
+void edac_mc_sysfs_exit(void);
 extern int edac_create_sysfs_mci_device(struct mem_ctl_info *mci);
 extern void edac_remove_sysfs_mci_device(struct mem_ctl_info *mci);
+void edac_unregister_sysfs(struct mem_ctl_info *mci);
 extern int edac_get_log_ue(void);
 extern int edac_get_log_ce(void);
 extern int edac_get_panic_on_ue(void);
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ extern int edac_mc_get_panic_on_ue(void);
 extern int edac_get_poll_msec(void);
 extern int edac_mc_get_poll_msec(void);
 
+	/* on edac_device.c */
 extern int edac_device_register_sysfs_main_kobj(
 				struct edac_device_ctl_info *edac_dev);
 extern void edac_device_unregister_sysfs_main_kobj(
diff --git a/include/linux/edac.h b/include/linux/edac.h
index 4e32e8d31e0a5dcc624ecdbf808a9954dff4aa7a..a2b0b6fc002c0a58471beec97ff870d862e79966 100644
--- a/include/linux/edac.h
+++ b/include/linux/edac.h
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #define _LINUX_EDAC_H_
 
 #include <linux/atomic.h>
+#include <linux/device.h>
 #include <linux/kobject.h>
 #include <linux/completion.h>
 #include <linux/workqueue.h>
@@ -448,14 +449,15 @@ struct edac_mc_layer {
 	__p;								\
 })
 
-
-/* FIXME: add the proper per-location error counts */
 struct dimm_info {
+	struct device dev;
+
 	char label[EDAC_MC_LABEL_LEN + 1];	/* DIMM label on motherboard */
 
 	/* Memory location data */
 	unsigned location[EDAC_MAX_LAYERS];
 
+	struct kobject kobj;		/* sysfs kobject for this csrow */
 	struct mem_ctl_info *mci;	/* the parent */
 
 	u32 grain;		/* granularity of reported error in bytes */
@@ -484,6 +486,8 @@ struct dimm_info {
  *	  patches in this series will fix this issue.
  */
 struct rank_info {
+	struct device dev;
+
 	int chan_idx;
 	struct csrow_info *csrow;
 	struct dimm_info *dimm;
@@ -492,6 +496,8 @@ struct rank_info {
 };
 
 struct csrow_info {
+	struct device dev;
+
 	/* Used only by edac_mc_find_csrow_by_page() */
 	unsigned long first_page;	/* first page number in csrow */
 	unsigned long last_page;	/* last page number in csrow */
@@ -517,15 +523,6 @@ struct mcidev_sysfs_group {
 	const struct mcidev_sysfs_attribute *mcidev_attr; /* group attributes */
 };
 
-struct mcidev_sysfs_group_kobj {
-	struct list_head list;		/* list for all instances within a mc */
-
-	struct kobject kobj;		/* kobj for the group */
-
-	const struct mcidev_sysfs_group *grp;	/* group description table */
-	struct mem_ctl_info *mci;	/* the parent */
-};
-
 /* mcidev_sysfs_attribute structure
  *	used for driver sysfs attributes and in mem_ctl_info
  * 	sysfs top level entries
@@ -536,13 +533,27 @@ struct mcidev_sysfs_attribute {
 	const struct mcidev_sysfs_group *grp;	/* Points to a group of attributes */
 
 	/* Ops for show/store values at the attribute - not used on group */
-        ssize_t (*show)(struct mem_ctl_info *,char *);
-        ssize_t (*store)(struct mem_ctl_info *, const char *,size_t);
+	ssize_t (*show)(struct mem_ctl_info *, char *);
+	ssize_t (*store)(struct mem_ctl_info *, const char *, size_t);
+
+	void *priv;
+};
+
+/*
+ * struct errcount_attribute - used to store the several error counts
+ */
+struct errcount_attribute_data {
+	int n_layers;
+	int pos[EDAC_MAX_LAYERS];
+	int layer0, layer1, layer2;
 };
 
 /* MEMORY controller information structure
  */
 struct mem_ctl_info {
+	struct device			dev;
+	struct bus_type			bus;
+
 	struct list_head link;	/* for global list of mem_ctl_info structs */
 
 	struct module *owner;	/* Module owner of this control struct */
@@ -587,7 +598,15 @@ struct mem_ctl_info {
 	struct csrow_info *csrows;
 	unsigned nr_csrows, num_cschannel;
 
-	/* Memory Controller hierarchy */
+	/*
+	 * Memory Controller hierarchy
+	 *
+	 * There are basically two types of memory controller: the ones that
+	 * sees memory sticks ("dimms"), and the ones that sees memory ranks.
+	 * All old memory controllers enumerate memories per rank, but most
+	 * of the recent drivers enumerate memories per DIMM, instead.
+	 * When the memory controller is per rank, mem_is_per_rank is true.
+	 */
 	unsigned n_layers;
 	struct edac_mc_layer *layers;
 	bool mem_is_per_rank;