void *pnp_alloc(long size);
 #define PNP_EISA_ID_MASK 0x7fffffff
 void pnp_eisa_id_to_string(u32 id, char *str);
+struct pnp_dev *pnp_alloc_dev(struct pnp_protocol *, int id, char *pnpid);
 struct pnp_id *pnp_add_id(struct pnp_dev *dev, char *id);
 int pnp_interface_attach_device(struct pnp_dev *dev);
 void pnp_fixup_device(struct pnp_dev *dev);
 
        kfree(dev);
 }
 
-int __pnp_add_device(struct pnp_dev *dev)
+struct pnp_dev *pnp_alloc_dev(struct pnp_protocol *protocol, int id, char *pnpid)
 {
-       int ret;
+       struct pnp_dev *dev;
+       struct pnp_id *dev_id;
 
-       pnp_fixup_device(dev);
+       dev = kzalloc(sizeof(struct pnp_dev), GFP_KERNEL);
+       if (!dev)
+               return NULL;
+
+       dev->protocol = protocol;
+       dev->number = id;
+       dev->dma_mask = DMA_24BIT_MASK;
+
+       dev->dev.parent = &dev->protocol->dev;
        dev->dev.bus = &pnp_bus_type;
        dev->dev.dma_mask = &dev->dma_mask;
-       dev->dma_mask = dev->dev.coherent_dma_mask = DMA_24BIT_MASK;
+       dev->dev.coherent_dma_mask = dev->dma_mask;
        dev->dev.release = &pnp_release_device;
+
+       sprintf(dev->dev.bus_id, "%02x:%02x", dev->protocol->number,
+               dev->number);
+
+       dev_id = pnp_add_id(dev, pnpid);
+       if (!dev_id) {
+               kfree(dev);
+               return NULL;
+       }
+
+       return dev;
+}
+
+int __pnp_add_device(struct pnp_dev *dev)
+{
+       int ret;
+
+       pnp_fixup_device(dev);
        dev->status = PNP_READY;
        spin_lock(&pnp_lock);
        list_add_tail(&dev->global_list, &pnp_global);
        if (dev->card)
                return -EINVAL;
 
-       dev->dev.parent = &dev->protocol->dev;
-       sprintf(dev->dev.bus_id, "%02x:%02x", dev->protocol->number,
-               dev->number);
        ret = __pnp_add_device(dev);
        if (ret)
                return ret;
 
        char id[8];
 
        isapnp_peek(tmp, size);
-       dev = kzalloc(sizeof(struct pnp_dev), GFP_KERNEL);
-       if (!dev)
-               return NULL;
-       dev->number = number;
        eisa_id = tmp[0] | tmp[1] << 8 | tmp[2] << 16 | tmp[3] << 24;
        pnp_eisa_id_to_string(eisa_id, id);
-       pnp_add_id(dev, id);
+
+       dev = pnp_alloc_dev(&isapnp_protocol, number, id);
+       if (!dev)
+               return NULL;
+
        dev->regs = tmp[4];
        dev->card = card;
        if (size > 5)
                dev->regs |= tmp[5] << 8;
-       dev->protocol = &isapnp_protocol;
        dev->capabilities |= PNP_CONFIGURABLE;
        dev->capabilities |= PNP_READ;
        dev->capabilities |= PNP_WRITE;
 
 {
        acpi_handle temp = NULL;
        acpi_status status;
-       struct pnp_id *dev_id;
        struct pnp_dev *dev;
 
        status = acpi_get_handle(device->handle, "_CRS", &temp);
            is_exclusive_device(device))
                return 0;
 
-       dev = kzalloc(sizeof(struct pnp_dev), GFP_KERNEL);
-       if (!dev) {
-               pnp_err("Out of memory");
+       dev = pnp_alloc_dev(&pnpacpi_protocol, num, acpi_device_hid(device));
+       if (!dev)
                return -ENOMEM;
-       }
+
        dev->data = device->handle;
        /* .enabled means the device can decode the resources */
        dev->active = device->status.enabled;
        if (ACPI_SUCCESS(status))
                dev->capabilities |= PNP_DISABLE;
 
-       dev->protocol = &pnpacpi_protocol;
-
        if (strlen(acpi_device_name(device)))
                strncpy(dev->name, acpi_device_name(device), sizeof(dev->name));
        else
                strncpy(dev->name, acpi_device_bid(device), sizeof(dev->name));
 
-       dev->number = num;
-
-       dev_id = pnp_add_id(dev, acpi_device_hid(device));
-       if (!dev_id)
-               goto err;
-
        if (dev->active) {
                /* parse allocated resource */
                status = pnpacpi_parse_allocated_resource(device->handle,
        num++;
 
        return AE_OK;
-err:
-       kfree(dev);
-       return -EINVAL;
 }
 
 static acpi_status __init pnpacpi_add_device_handler(acpi_handle handle,
 
 {
        struct list_head *pos;
        struct pnp_dev *dev;
-       struct pnp_id *dev_id;
        char id[8];
 
        /* check if the device is already added */
                        return -1;
        }
 
-       dev = kzalloc(sizeof(struct pnp_dev), GFP_KERNEL);
-       if (!dev)
-               return -1;
-
        pnp_eisa_id_to_string(node->eisa_id & PNP_EISA_ID_MASK, id);
-       dev_id = pnp_add_id(dev, id);
-       if (!dev_id) {
-               kfree(dev);
+       dev = pnp_alloc_dev(&pnpbios_protocol, node->handle, id);
+       if (!dev)
                return -1;
-       }
 
-       dev->number = node->handle;
        pnpbios_parse_data_stream(dev, node);
        dev->active = pnp_is_active(dev);
        dev->flags = node->flags;
                dev->capabilities |= PNP_WRITE;
        if (dev->flags & PNPBIOS_REMOVABLE)
                dev->capabilities |= PNP_REMOVABLE;
-       dev->protocol = &pnpbios_protocol;
 
        /* clear out the damaged flags */
        if (!dev->active)