diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/uio-howto.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/uio-howto.tmpl
index 52e1b79ce0e6..8f6e3b2403c7 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/uio-howto.tmpl
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/uio-howto.tmpl
@@ -41,6 +41,13 @@ GPL version 2.
 </abstract>
 
 <revhistory>
+	<revision>
+	<revnumber>0.8</revnumber>
+	<date>2008-12-24</date>
+	<authorinitials>hjk</authorinitials>
+	<revremark>Added name attributes in mem and portio sysfs directories.
+		</revremark>
+	</revision>
 	<revision>
 	<revnumber>0.7</revnumber>
 	<date>2008-12-23</date>
@@ -303,10 +310,17 @@ interested in translating it, please email me
 	appear if the size of the mapping is not 0.
 </para>
 <para>
-	Each <filename>mapX/</filename> directory contains two read-only files
-	that show start address and size of the memory:
+	Each <filename>mapX/</filename> directory contains four read-only files
+	that show attributes of the memory:
 </para>
 <itemizedlist>
+<listitem>
+	<para>
+	<filename>name</filename>: A string identifier for this mapping. This
+	is optional, the string can be empty. Drivers can set this to make it
+	easier for userspace to find the correct mapping.
+	</para>
+</listitem>
 <listitem>
 	<para>
 	<filename>addr</filename>: The address of memory that can be mapped.
@@ -366,10 +380,17 @@ offset = N * getpagesize();
 	<filename>/sys/class/uio/uioX/portio/</filename>.
 </para>
 <para>
-	Each <filename>portX/</filename> directory contains three read-only
-	files that show start, size, and type of the port region:
+	Each <filename>portX/</filename> directory contains four read-only
+	files that show name, start, size, and type of the port region:
 </para>
 <itemizedlist>
+<listitem>
+	<para>
+	<filename>name</filename>: A string identifier for this port region.
+	The string is optional and can be empty. Drivers can set it to make it
+	easier for userspace to find a certain port region.
+	</para>
+</listitem>
 <listitem>
 	<para>
 	<filename>start</filename>: The first port of this region.
diff --git a/drivers/uio/uio.c b/drivers/uio/uio.c
index 4ca85a113aa2..68a496557788 100644
--- a/drivers/uio/uio.c
+++ b/drivers/uio/uio.c
@@ -61,6 +61,14 @@ struct uio_map {
 };
 #define to_map(map) container_of(map, struct uio_map, kobj)
 
+static ssize_t map_name_show(struct uio_mem *mem, char *buf)
+{
+	if (unlikely(!mem->name))
+		mem->name = "";
+
+	return sprintf(buf, "%s\n", mem->name);
+}
+
 static ssize_t map_addr_show(struct uio_mem *mem, char *buf)
 {
 	return sprintf(buf, "0x%lx\n", mem->addr);
@@ -82,6 +90,8 @@ struct map_sysfs_entry {
 	ssize_t (*store)(struct uio_mem *, const char *, size_t);
 };
 
+static struct map_sysfs_entry name_attribute =
+	__ATTR(name, S_IRUGO, map_name_show, NULL);
 static struct map_sysfs_entry addr_attribute =
 	__ATTR(addr, S_IRUGO, map_addr_show, NULL);
 static struct map_sysfs_entry size_attribute =
@@ -90,6 +100,7 @@ static struct map_sysfs_entry offset_attribute =
 	__ATTR(offset, S_IRUGO, map_offset_show, NULL);
 
 static struct attribute *attrs[] = {
+	&name_attribute.attr,
 	&addr_attribute.attr,
 	&size_attribute.attr,
 	&offset_attribute.attr,
@@ -133,6 +144,14 @@ struct uio_portio {
 };
 #define to_portio(portio) container_of(portio, struct uio_portio, kobj)
 
+static ssize_t portio_name_show(struct uio_port *port, char *buf)
+{
+	if (unlikely(!port->name))
+		port->name = "";
+
+	return sprintf(buf, "%s\n", port->name);
+}
+
 static ssize_t portio_start_show(struct uio_port *port, char *buf)
 {
 	return sprintf(buf, "0x%lx\n", port->start);
@@ -159,6 +178,8 @@ struct portio_sysfs_entry {
 	ssize_t (*store)(struct uio_port *, const char *, size_t);
 };
 
+static struct portio_sysfs_entry portio_name_attribute =
+	__ATTR(name, S_IRUGO, portio_name_show, NULL);
 static struct portio_sysfs_entry portio_start_attribute =
 	__ATTR(start, S_IRUGO, portio_start_show, NULL);
 static struct portio_sysfs_entry portio_size_attribute =
@@ -167,6 +188,7 @@ static struct portio_sysfs_entry portio_porttype_attribute =
 	__ATTR(porttype, S_IRUGO, portio_porttype_show, NULL);
 
 static struct attribute *portio_attrs[] = {
+	&portio_name_attribute.attr,
 	&portio_start_attribute.attr,
 	&portio_size_attribute.attr,
 	&portio_porttype_attribute.attr,
diff --git a/include/linux/uio_driver.h b/include/linux/uio_driver.h
index a0bb6bd2e5c1..5dcc9ff72f69 100644
--- a/include/linux/uio_driver.h
+++ b/include/linux/uio_driver.h
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ struct uio_map;
 
 /**
  * struct uio_mem - description of a UIO memory region
+ * @name:		name of the memory region for identification
  * @addr:		address of the device's memory
  * @size:		size of IO
  * @memtype:		type of memory addr points to
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@ struct uio_map;
  * @map:		for use by the UIO core only.
  */
 struct uio_mem {
+	const char		*name;
 	unsigned long		addr;
 	unsigned long		size;
 	int			memtype;
@@ -42,12 +44,14 @@ struct uio_portio;
 
 /**
  * struct uio_port - description of a UIO port region
+ * @name:		name of the port region for identification
  * @start:		start of port region
  * @size:		size of port region
  * @porttype:		type of port (see UIO_PORT_* below)
  * @portio:		for use by the UIO core only.
  */
 struct uio_port {
+	const char		*name;
 	unsigned long		start;
 	unsigned long		size;
 	int			porttype;