return ret;
 } /* insert_card */
 
+static int pcmcia_socket_hotplug(struct class_device *dev, char **envp,
+                               int num_envp, char *buffer, int buffer_size)
+{
+       struct pcmcia_socket *s = container_of(dev, struct pcmcia_socket, dev);
+       int i = 0, length = 0;
+
+       if (add_hotplug_env_var(envp, num_envp, &i, buffer, buffer_size,
+                               &length, "SOCKET_NO=%u", s->sock))
+               return -ENOMEM;
+
+       envp[i] = NULL;
+
+       return 0;
+}
+
 /*======================================================================
 
     OS-specific module glue goes here
 
 struct class pcmcia_socket_class = {
        .name = "pcmcia_socket",
+        .hotplug = pcmcia_socket_hotplug,
        .release = pcmcia_release_socket,
 };
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(pcmcia_socket_class);