1 files changed, 28 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/drivers/device/device.h b/src/drivers/device/device.h
index d99f22922..7df234cab 100644
--- a/src/drivers/device/device.h
+++ b/src/drivers/device/device.h
@@ -124,9 +124,37 @@ public:
 	 */
 	virtual int	ioctl(unsigned operation, unsigned &arg);
 
+	/*
+	  device bus types for DEVID
+	 */
+	enum DeviceBusType {
+		DeviceBusType_UNKNOWN = 0,
+		DeviceBusType_I2C     = 1,
+		DeviceBusType_SPI     = 2
+	};
+
+	/*
+	  broken out device elements. The bitfields are used to keep
+	  the overall value small enough to fit in a float accurately,
+	  which makes it possible to transport over the MAVLink
+	  parameter protocol without loss of information.
+	 */
+	struct DeviceStructure {
+		enum DeviceBusType bus_type:3;
+		uint8_t bus:5;     // which instance of the bus type
+		uint8_t address;   // address on the bus (eg. I2C address)
+		uint8_t devtype;   // device class specific device type
+	};
+
+	union DeviceId {
+		struct DeviceStructure devid_s;
+		uint32_t devid;
+	};
+
 protected:
 	const char	*_name;			/**< driver name */
 	bool		_debug_enabled;		/**< if true, debug messages are printed */
+	union DeviceId	_device_id;             /**< device identifier information */
 
 	/**
 	 * Constructor