--- lib/sysfs_device.c.old	2006-08-07 07:08:01.000000000 +0200
+++ lib/sysfs_device.c.old	2008-05-07 21:35:55.000000000 +0200
@@ -170,10 +170,6 @@ 
 		errno = EINVAL;
 		return NULL;
 	}
-	if (sysfs_path_is_dir(path)) {
-		dprintf("Incorrect path to device: %s\n", path);
-		return NULL;
-	}
 	dev = alloc_device();
 	if (!dev) {
 		dprintf("Error allocating device at %s\n", path);
@@ -197,9 +193,7 @@ 
 	 * implies that the dev->name and dev->bus_id contain same data.
 	 */
 	safestrcpy(dev->name, dev->bus_id);
-
-	if (sysfs_get_device_bus(dev))
-		dprintf("Could not get device bus\n");
+	safestrcpy(dev->bus, dev->bus_id);
 
 	if (get_dev_driver(dev)) {
 		dprintf("Could not get device %s's driver\n", dev->bus_id);