Okay, the final piece, userspace: /sys/bus/acpi/devices/QEMUVGID:00/modalias gives: acpi:QEMUVGID:VM_GEN_COUNTER: modinfo -F alias vmgenid.ko gives: acpi*:VM_GEN_COUNTER:* udev src uses fnmatch. Bash confirms a match: $ [[ "acpi:QEMUVGID:VM_GEN_COUNTER:" == acpi*:VM_GEN_COUNTER:* ]] && echo matches matches So I think with ACPI_ID_LEN --> 16 we are good to go. Jason