sprintf(str + strlen(str), "*");                \
 } while(0)
 
-/* Looks like "usb:vNpNdlNdhNdcNdscNdpNicNiscNipN" */
-static int do_usb_entry(const char *filename,
-                       struct usb_device_id *id, char *alias)
+/* USB is special because the bcdDevice can be matched against a numeric range */
+/* Looks like "usb:vNpNdNdcNdscNdpNicNiscNipN" */
+static void do_usb_entry(struct usb_device_id *id,
+                        unsigned int bcdDevice_initial, int bcdDevice_initial_digits,
+                        unsigned char range_lo, unsigned char range_hi,
+                        struct module *mod)
 {
-       id->match_flags = TO_NATIVE(id->match_flags);
-       id->idVendor = TO_NATIVE(id->idVendor);
-       id->idProduct = TO_NATIVE(id->idProduct);
-       id->bcdDevice_lo = TO_NATIVE(id->bcdDevice_lo);
-       id->bcdDevice_hi = TO_NATIVE(id->bcdDevice_hi);
-
-       /*
-        * Some modules (visor) have empty slots as placeholder for
-        * run-time specification that results in catch-all alias
-        */
-       if (!(id->idVendor | id->bDeviceClass | id->bInterfaceClass))
-               return 1;
-
+       char alias[500];
        strcpy(alias, "usb:");
        ADD(alias, "v", id->match_flags&USB_DEVICE_ID_MATCH_VENDOR,
            id->idVendor);
        ADD(alias, "p", id->match_flags&USB_DEVICE_ID_MATCH_PRODUCT,
            id->idProduct);
-       ADD(alias, "dl", id->match_flags&USB_DEVICE_ID_MATCH_DEV_LO,
-           id->bcdDevice_lo);
-       ADD(alias, "dh", id->match_flags&USB_DEVICE_ID_MATCH_DEV_HI,
-           id->bcdDevice_hi);
+
+       strcat(alias, "d");
+       if (bcdDevice_initial_digits)
+               sprintf(alias + strlen(alias), "%0*X",
+                       bcdDevice_initial_digits, bcdDevice_initial);
+       if (range_lo == range_hi)
+               sprintf(alias + strlen(alias), "%u", range_lo);
+       else if (range_lo > 0 || range_hi < 9)
+               sprintf(alias + strlen(alias), "[%u-%u]", range_lo, range_hi);
+       if (bcdDevice_initial_digits < (sizeof(id->bcdDevice_lo) * 2 - 1))
+               strcat(alias, "*");
+
        ADD(alias, "dc", id->match_flags&USB_DEVICE_ID_MATCH_DEV_CLASS,
            id->bDeviceClass);
        ADD(alias, "dsc",
        ADD(alias, "ip",
            id->match_flags&USB_DEVICE_ID_MATCH_INT_PROTOCOL,
            id->bInterfaceProtocol);
-       return 1;
+
+       /* Always end in a wildcard, for future extension */
+       if (alias[strlen(alias)-1] != '*')
+               strcat(alias, "*");
+       buf_printf(&mod->dev_table_buf,
+                  "MODULE_ALIAS(\"%s\");\n", alias);
+}
+
+static void do_usb_entry_multi(struct usb_device_id *id, struct module *mod)
+{
+       unsigned int devlo, devhi;
+       unsigned char chi, clo;
+       int ndigits;
+
+       id->match_flags = TO_NATIVE(id->match_flags);
+       id->idVendor = TO_NATIVE(id->idVendor);
+       id->idProduct = TO_NATIVE(id->idProduct);
+
+       devlo = id->match_flags & USB_DEVICE_ID_MATCH_DEV_LO ?
+               TO_NATIVE(id->bcdDevice_lo) : 0x0U;
+       devhi = id->match_flags & USB_DEVICE_ID_MATCH_DEV_HI ?
+               TO_NATIVE(id->bcdDevice_hi) : ~0x0U;
+
+       /*
+        * Some modules (visor) have empty slots as placeholder for
+        * run-time specification that results in catch-all alias
+        */
+       if (!(id->idVendor | id->bDeviceClass | id->bInterfaceClass))
+               return;
+
+       /* Convert numeric bcdDevice range into fnmatch-able pattern(s) */
+       for (ndigits = sizeof(id->bcdDevice_lo) * 2 - 1; devlo <= devhi; ndigits--) {
+               clo = devlo & 0xf;
+               chi = devhi & 0xf;
+               if (chi > 9)    /* it's bcd not hex */
+                       chi = 9;
+               devlo >>= 4;
+               devhi >>= 4;
+
+               if (devlo == devhi || !ndigits) {
+                       do_usb_entry(id, devlo, ndigits, clo, chi, mod);
+                       break;
+               }
+
+               if (clo > 0)
+                       do_usb_entry(id, devlo++, ndigits, clo, 9, mod);
+
+               if (chi < 9)
+                       do_usb_entry(id, devhi--, ndigits, 0, chi, mod);
+       }
+}
+
+static void do_usb_table(void *symval, unsigned long size,
+                        struct module *mod)
+{
+       unsigned int i;
+       const unsigned long id_size = sizeof(struct usb_device_id);
+
+       if (size % id_size || size < id_size) {
+               fprintf(stderr, "*** Warning: %s ids %lu bad size "
+                       "(each on %lu)\n", mod->name, size, id_size);
+       }
+       /* Leave last one: it's the terminator. */
+       size -= id_size;
+
+       for (i = 0; i < size; i += id_size)
+               do_usb_entry_multi(symval + i, mod);
 }
 
 /* Looks like: ieee1394:venNmoNspNverN */
                do_table(symval, sym->st_size, sizeof(struct pci_device_id),
                         do_pci_entry, mod);
        else if (sym_is(symname, "__mod_usb_device_table"))
-               do_table(symval, sym->st_size, sizeof(struct usb_device_id),
-                        do_usb_entry, mod);
+               /* special case to handle bcdDevice ranges */
+               do_usb_table(symval, sym->st_size, mod);
        else if (sym_is(symname, "__mod_ieee1394_device_table"))
                do_table(symval, sym->st_size, sizeof(struct ieee1394_device_id),
                         do_ieee1394_entry, mod);