diff --git a/drivers/char/xillybus/Kconfig b/drivers/char/xillybus/Kconfig
index 130dbdce858f..7cc4d719ec4f 100644
--- a/drivers/char/xillybus/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/char/xillybus/Kconfig
@@ -3,10 +3,14 @@
 # Xillybus devices
 #
 
+config XILLYBUS_CLASS
+	tristate
+
 config XILLYBUS
 	tristate "Xillybus generic FPGA interface"
 	depends on PCI || OF
 	select CRC32
+	select XILLYBUS_CLASS
 	help
 	  Xillybus is a generic interface for peripherals designed on
 	  programmable logic (FPGA). The driver probes the hardware for
@@ -21,7 +25,7 @@ config XILLYBUS_PCIE
 	depends on PCI_MSI
 	help
 	  Set to M if you want Xillybus to use PCI Express for communicating
-	  with the FPGA.
+	  with the FPGA. The module will be called xillybus_pcie.
 
 config XILLYBUS_OF
 	tristate "Xillybus over Device Tree"
@@ -29,6 +33,6 @@ config XILLYBUS_OF
 	help
 	  Set to M if you want Xillybus to find its resources from the
 	  Open Firmware Flattened Device Tree. If the target is an embedded
-	  system, say M.
+	  system, say M. The module will be called xillybus_of.
 
 endif # if XILLYBUS
diff --git a/drivers/char/xillybus/Makefile b/drivers/char/xillybus/Makefile
index 099e9a3585fc..591615264591 100644
--- a/drivers/char/xillybus/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/char/xillybus/Makefile
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 # Makefile for Xillybus driver
 #
 
+obj-$(CONFIG_XILLYBUS_CLASS)	+= xillybus_class.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_XILLYBUS)		+= xillybus_core.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_XILLYBUS_PCIE)	+= xillybus_pcie.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_XILLYBUS_OF)	+= xillybus_of.o
diff --git a/drivers/char/xillybus/xillybus.h b/drivers/char/xillybus/xillybus.h
index 8e3ed4d1bb7f..c63ffc56637c 100644
--- a/drivers/char/xillybus/xillybus.h
+++ b/drivers/char/xillybus/xillybus.h
@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@ struct xilly_buffer {
 
 struct xilly_idt_handle {
 	unsigned char *chandesc;
-	unsigned char *idt;
+	unsigned char *names;
+	int names_len;
 	int entries;
 };
 
@@ -94,7 +95,6 @@ struct xilly_endpoint {
 	struct device *dev;
 	struct xilly_endpoint_hardware *ephw;
 
-	struct list_head ep_list;
 	int dma_using_dac; /* =1 if 64-bit DMA is used, =0 otherwise. */
 	__iomem void *registers;
 	int fatal_error;
@@ -102,12 +102,6 @@ struct xilly_endpoint {
 	struct mutex register_mutex;
 	wait_queue_head_t ep_wait;
 
-	/* Channels and message handling */
-	struct cdev cdev;
-
-	int major;
-	int lowest_minor; /* Highest minor = lowest_minor + num_channels - 1 */
-
 	int num_channels; /* EXCLUDING message buffer */
 	struct xilly_channel **channels;
 	int msg_counter;
diff --git a/drivers/char/xillybus/xillybus_class.c b/drivers/char/xillybus/xillybus_class.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ea74da84bf19
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/char/xillybus/xillybus_class.c
@@ -0,0 +1,263 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+/*
+ * Copyright 2021 Xillybus Ltd, http://xillybus.com
+ *
+ * Driver for the Xillybus class
+ */
+
+#include <linux/types.h>
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/device.h>
+#include <linux/fs.h>
+#include <linux/cdev.h>
+#include <linux/slab.h>
+#include <linux/list.h>
+#include <linux/mutex.h>
+
+#include "xillybus_class.h"
+
+MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Driver for Xillybus class");
+MODULE_AUTHOR("Eli Billauer, Xillybus Ltd.");
+MODULE_VERSION("1.0");
+MODULE_ALIAS("xillybus_class");
+MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2");
+
+static DEFINE_MUTEX(unit_mutex);
+static LIST_HEAD(unit_list);
+static struct class *xillybus_class;
+
+#define UNITNAMELEN 16
+
+struct xilly_unit {
+	struct list_head list_entry;
+	void *private_data;
+
+	struct cdev *cdev;
+	char name[UNITNAMELEN];
+	int major;
+	int lowest_minor;
+	int num_nodes;
+};
+
+int xillybus_init_chrdev(struct device *dev,
+			 const struct file_operations *fops,
+			 struct module *owner,
+			 void *private_data,
+			 unsigned char *idt, unsigned int len,
+			 int num_nodes,
+			 const char *prefix, bool enumerate)
+{
+	int rc;
+	dev_t mdev;
+	int i;
+	char devname[48];
+
+	struct device *device;
+	size_t namelen;
+	struct xilly_unit *unit, *u;
+
+	unit = kzalloc(sizeof(*unit), GFP_KERNEL);
+
+	if (!unit)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	mutex_lock(&unit_mutex);
+
+	if (!enumerate)
+		snprintf(unit->name, UNITNAMELEN, "%s", prefix);
+
+	for (i = 0; enumerate; i++) {
+		snprintf(unit->name, UNITNAMELEN, "%s_%02d",
+			 prefix, i);
+
+		enumerate = false;
+		list_for_each_entry(u, &unit_list, list_entry)
+			if (!strcmp(unit->name, u->name)) {
+				enumerate = true;
+				break;
+			}
+	}
+
+	rc = alloc_chrdev_region(&mdev, 0, num_nodes, unit->name);
+
+	if (rc) {
+		dev_warn(dev, "Failed to obtain major/minors");
+		goto fail_obtain;
+	}
+
+	unit->major = MAJOR(mdev);
+	unit->lowest_minor = MINOR(mdev);
+	unit->num_nodes = num_nodes;
+	unit->private_data = private_data;
+
+	unit->cdev = cdev_alloc();
+	if (!unit->cdev) {
+		rc = -ENOMEM;
+		goto unregister_chrdev;
+	}
+	unit->cdev->ops = fops;
+	unit->cdev->owner = owner;
+
+	rc = cdev_add(unit->cdev, MKDEV(unit->major, unit->lowest_minor),
+		      unit->num_nodes);
+	if (rc) {
+		dev_err(dev, "Failed to add cdev.\n");
+		/* kobject_put() is normally done by cdev_del() */
+		kobject_put(&unit->cdev->kobj);
+		goto unregister_chrdev;
+	}
+
+	for (i = 0; i < num_nodes; i++) {
+		namelen = strnlen(idt, len);
+
+		if (namelen == len) {
+			dev_err(dev, "IDT's list of names is too short. This is exceptionally weird, because its CRC is OK\n");
+			rc = -ENODEV;
+			goto unroll_device_create;
+		}
+
+		snprintf(devname, sizeof(devname), "%s_%s",
+			 unit->name, idt);
+
+		len -= namelen + 1;
+		idt += namelen + 1;
+
+		device = device_create(xillybus_class,
+				       NULL,
+				       MKDEV(unit->major,
+					     i + unit->lowest_minor),
+				       NULL,
+				       "%s", devname);
+
+		if (IS_ERR(device)) {
+			dev_err(dev, "Failed to create %s device. Aborting.\n",
+				devname);
+			rc = -ENODEV;
+			goto unroll_device_create;
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (len) {
+		dev_err(dev, "IDT's list of names is too long. This is exceptionally weird, because its CRC is OK\n");
+		rc = -ENODEV;
+		goto unroll_device_create;
+	}
+
+	list_add_tail(&unit->list_entry, &unit_list);
+
+	dev_info(dev, "Created %d device files.\n", num_nodes);
+
+	mutex_unlock(&unit_mutex);
+
+	return 0;
+
+unroll_device_create:
+	for (i--; i >= 0; i--)
+		device_destroy(xillybus_class, MKDEV(unit->major,
+						     i + unit->lowest_minor));
+
+	cdev_del(unit->cdev);
+
+unregister_chrdev:
+	unregister_chrdev_region(MKDEV(unit->major, unit->lowest_minor),
+				 unit->num_nodes);
+
+fail_obtain:
+	mutex_unlock(&unit_mutex);
+
+	kfree(unit);
+
+	return rc;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(xillybus_init_chrdev);
+
+void xillybus_cleanup_chrdev(void *private_data,
+			     struct device *dev)
+{
+	int minor;
+	struct xilly_unit *unit;
+	bool found = false;
+
+	mutex_lock(&unit_mutex);
+
+	list_for_each_entry(unit, &unit_list, list_entry)
+		if (unit->private_data == private_data) {
+			found = true;
+			break;
+		}
+
+	if (!found) {
+		dev_err(dev, "Weird bug: Failed to find unit\n");
+		mutex_unlock(&unit_mutex);
+		return;
+	}
+
+	for (minor = unit->lowest_minor;
+	     minor < (unit->lowest_minor + unit->num_nodes);
+	     minor++)
+		device_destroy(xillybus_class, MKDEV(unit->major, minor));
+
+	cdev_del(unit->cdev);
+
+	unregister_chrdev_region(MKDEV(unit->major, unit->lowest_minor),
+				 unit->num_nodes);
+
+	dev_info(dev, "Removed %d device files.\n",
+		 unit->num_nodes);
+
+	list_del(&unit->list_entry);
+	kfree(unit);
+
+	mutex_unlock(&unit_mutex);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(xillybus_cleanup_chrdev);
+
+int xillybus_find_inode(struct inode *inode,
+			void **private_data, int *index)
+{
+	int minor = iminor(inode);
+	int major = imajor(inode);
+	struct xilly_unit *unit;
+	bool found = false;
+
+	mutex_lock(&unit_mutex);
+
+	list_for_each_entry(unit, &unit_list, list_entry)
+		if (unit->major == major &&
+		    minor >= unit->lowest_minor &&
+		    minor < (unit->lowest_minor + unit->num_nodes)) {
+			found = true;
+			break;
+		}
+
+	mutex_unlock(&unit_mutex);
+
+	if (!found)
+		return -ENODEV;
+
+	*private_data = unit->private_data;
+	*index = minor - unit->lowest_minor;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(xillybus_find_inode);
+
+static int __init xillybus_class_init(void)
+{
+	xillybus_class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, "xillybus");
+
+	if (IS_ERR(xillybus_class)) {
+		pr_warn("Failed to register xillybus class\n");
+
+		return PTR_ERR(xillybus_class);
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static void __exit xillybus_class_exit(void)
+{
+	class_destroy(xillybus_class);
+}
+
+module_init(xillybus_class_init);
+module_exit(xillybus_class_exit);
diff --git a/drivers/char/xillybus/xillybus_class.h b/drivers/char/xillybus/xillybus_class.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5dbfdfc95c65
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/char/xillybus/xillybus_class.h
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
+/*
+ * Copyright 2021 Xillybus Ltd, http://www.xillybus.com
+ *
+ * Header file for the Xillybus class
+ */
+
+#ifndef __XILLYBUS_CLASS_H
+#define __XILLYBUS_CLASS_H
+
+#include <linux/types.h>
+#include <linux/device.h>
+#include <linux/fs.h>
+#include <linux/module.h>
+
+int xillybus_init_chrdev(struct device *dev,
+			 const struct file_operations *fops,
+			 struct module *owner,
+			 void *private_data,
+			 unsigned char *idt, unsigned int len,
+			 int num_nodes,
+			 const char *prefix, bool enumerate);
+
+void xillybus_cleanup_chrdev(void *private_data,
+			     struct device *dev);
+
+int xillybus_find_inode(struct inode *inode,
+			void **private_data, int *index);
+
+#endif /* __XILLYBUS_CLASS_H */
diff --git a/drivers/char/xillybus/xillybus_core.c b/drivers/char/xillybus/xillybus_core.c
index 57fa68834981..0efc4fddaa94 100644
--- a/drivers/char/xillybus/xillybus_core.c
+++ b/drivers/char/xillybus/xillybus_core.c
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
 #include <linux/interrupt.h>
 #include <linux/sched.h>
 #include <linux/fs.h>
-#include <linux/cdev.h>
 #include <linux/spinlock.h>
 #include <linux/mutex.h>
 #include <linux/crc32.h>
@@ -30,10 +29,11 @@
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/workqueue.h>
 #include "xillybus.h"
+#include "xillybus_class.h"
 
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Xillybus core functions");
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Eli Billauer, Xillybus Ltd.");
-MODULE_VERSION("1.07");
+MODULE_VERSION("1.10");
 MODULE_ALIAS("xillybus_core");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2");
 
@@ -58,16 +58,6 @@ MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2");
 
 static const char xillyname[] = "xillybus";
 
-static struct class *xillybus_class;
-
-/*
- * ep_list_lock is the last lock to be taken; No other lock requests are
- * allowed while holding it. It merely protects list_of_endpoints, and not
- * the endpoints listed in it.
- */
-
-static LIST_HEAD(list_of_endpoints);
-static struct mutex ep_list_lock;
 static struct workqueue_struct *xillybus_wq;
 
 /*
@@ -570,10 +560,8 @@ static int xilly_scan_idt(struct xilly_endpoint *endpoint,
 	unsigned char *scan;
 	int len;
 
-	scan = idt;
-	idt_handle->idt = idt;
-
-	scan++; /* Skip version number */
+	scan = idt + 1;
+	idt_handle->names = scan;
 
 	while ((scan <= end_of_idt) && *scan) {
 		while ((scan <= end_of_idt) && *scan++)
@@ -581,6 +569,8 @@ static int xilly_scan_idt(struct xilly_endpoint *endpoint,
 		count++;
 	}
 
+	idt_handle->names_len = scan - idt_handle->names;
+
 	scan++;
 
 	if (scan > end_of_idt) {
@@ -1407,36 +1397,20 @@ static ssize_t xillybus_write(struct file *filp, const char __user *userbuf,
 
 static int xillybus_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
 {
-	int rc = 0;
+	int rc;
 	unsigned long flags;
-	int minor = iminor(inode);
-	int major = imajor(inode);
-	struct xilly_endpoint *ep_iter, *endpoint = NULL;
+	struct xilly_endpoint *endpoint;
 	struct xilly_channel *channel;
+	int index;
 
-	mutex_lock(&ep_list_lock);
-
-	list_for_each_entry(ep_iter, &list_of_endpoints, ep_list) {
-		if ((ep_iter->major == major) &&
-		    (minor >= ep_iter->lowest_minor) &&
-		    (minor < (ep_iter->lowest_minor +
-			      ep_iter->num_channels))) {
-			endpoint = ep_iter;
-			break;
-		}
-	}
-	mutex_unlock(&ep_list_lock);
-
-	if (!endpoint) {
-		pr_err("xillybus: open() failed to find a device for major=%d and minor=%d\n",
-		       major, minor);
-		return -ENODEV;
-	}
+	rc = xillybus_find_inode(inode, (void **)&endpoint, &index);
+	if (rc)
+		return rc;
 
 	if (endpoint->fatal_error)
 		return -EIO;
 
-	channel = endpoint->channels[1 + minor - endpoint->lowest_minor];
+	channel = endpoint->channels[1 + index];
 	filp->private_data = channel;
 
 	/*
@@ -1799,95 +1773,6 @@ static const struct file_operations xillybus_fops = {
 	.poll       = xillybus_poll,
 };
 
-static int xillybus_init_chrdev(struct xilly_endpoint *endpoint,
-				const unsigned char *idt)
-{
-	int rc;
-	dev_t dev;
-	int devnum, i, minor, major;
-	char devname[48];
-	struct device *device;
-
-	rc = alloc_chrdev_region(&dev, 0, /* minor start */
-				 endpoint->num_channels,
-				 xillyname);
-	if (rc) {
-		dev_warn(endpoint->dev, "Failed to obtain major/minors");
-		return rc;
-	}
-
-	endpoint->major = major = MAJOR(dev);
-	endpoint->lowest_minor = minor = MINOR(dev);
-
-	cdev_init(&endpoint->cdev, &xillybus_fops);
-	endpoint->cdev.owner = endpoint->ephw->owner;
-	rc = cdev_add(&endpoint->cdev, MKDEV(major, minor),
-		      endpoint->num_channels);
-	if (rc) {
-		dev_warn(endpoint->dev, "Failed to add cdev. Aborting.\n");
-		goto unregister_chrdev;
-	}
-
-	idt++;
-
-	for (i = minor, devnum = 0;
-	     devnum < endpoint->num_channels;
-	     devnum++, i++) {
-		snprintf(devname, sizeof(devname)-1, "xillybus_%s", idt);
-
-		devname[sizeof(devname)-1] = 0; /* Should never matter */
-
-		while (*idt++)
-			/* Skip to next */;
-
-		device = device_create(xillybus_class,
-				       NULL,
-				       MKDEV(major, i),
-				       NULL,
-				       "%s", devname);
-
-		if (IS_ERR(device)) {
-			dev_warn(endpoint->dev,
-				 "Failed to create %s device. Aborting.\n",
-				 devname);
-			rc = -ENODEV;
-			goto unroll_device_create;
-		}
-	}
-
-	dev_info(endpoint->dev, "Created %d device files.\n",
-		 endpoint->num_channels);
-	return 0; /* succeed */
-
-unroll_device_create:
-	devnum--; i--;
-	for (; devnum >= 0; devnum--, i--)
-		device_destroy(xillybus_class, MKDEV(major, i));
-
-	cdev_del(&endpoint->cdev);
-unregister_chrdev:
-	unregister_chrdev_region(MKDEV(major, minor), endpoint->num_channels);
-
-	return rc;
-}
-
-static void xillybus_cleanup_chrdev(struct xilly_endpoint *endpoint)
-{
-	int minor;
-
-	for (minor = endpoint->lowest_minor;
-	     minor < (endpoint->lowest_minor + endpoint->num_channels);
-	     minor++)
-		device_destroy(xillybus_class, MKDEV(endpoint->major, minor));
-	cdev_del(&endpoint->cdev);
-	unregister_chrdev_region(MKDEV(endpoint->major,
-				       endpoint->lowest_minor),
-				 endpoint->num_channels);
-
-	dev_info(endpoint->dev, "Removed %d device files.\n",
-		 endpoint->num_channels);
-}
-
 struct xilly_endpoint *xillybus_init_endpoint(struct pci_dev *pdev,
 					      struct device *dev,
 					      struct xilly_endpoint_hardware
@@ -2027,28 +1912,20 @@ int xillybus_endpoint_discovery(struct xilly_endpoint *endpoint)
 	if (rc)
 		goto failed_idt;
 
-	/*
-	 * endpoint is now completely configured. We put it on the list
-	 * available to open() before registering the char device(s)
-	 */
-
-	mutex_lock(&ep_list_lock);
-	list_add_tail(&endpoint->ep_list, &list_of_endpoints);
-	mutex_unlock(&ep_list_lock);
+	rc = xillybus_init_chrdev(dev, &xillybus_fops,
+				  endpoint->ephw->owner, endpoint,
+				  idt_handle.names,
+				  idt_handle.names_len,
+				  endpoint->num_channels,
+				  xillyname, false);
 
-	rc = xillybus_init_chrdev(endpoint, idt_handle.idt);
 	if (rc)
-		goto failed_chrdevs;
+		goto failed_idt;
 
 	devres_release_group(dev, bootstrap_resources);
 
 	return 0;
 
-failed_chrdevs:
-	mutex_lock(&ep_list_lock);
-	list_del(&endpoint->ep_list);
-	mutex_unlock(&ep_list_lock);
-
 failed_idt:
 	xilly_quiesce(endpoint);
 	flush_workqueue(xillybus_wq);
@@ -2059,11 +1936,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(xillybus_endpoint_discovery);
 
 void xillybus_endpoint_remove(struct xilly_endpoint *endpoint)
 {
-	xillybus_cleanup_chrdev(endpoint);
-
-	mutex_lock(&ep_list_lock);
-	list_del(&endpoint->ep_list);
-	mutex_unlock(&ep_list_lock);
+	xillybus_cleanup_chrdev(endpoint, endpoint->dev);
 
 	xilly_quiesce(endpoint);
 
@@ -2077,17 +1950,9 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(xillybus_endpoint_remove);
 
 static int __init xillybus_init(void)
 {
-	mutex_init(&ep_list_lock);
-
-	xillybus_class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, xillyname);
-	if (IS_ERR(xillybus_class))
-		return PTR_ERR(xillybus_class);
-
 	xillybus_wq = alloc_workqueue(xillyname, 0, 0);
-	if (!xillybus_wq) {
-		class_destroy(xillybus_class);
+	if (!xillybus_wq)
 		return -ENOMEM;
-	}
 
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -2096,8 +1961,6 @@ static void __exit xillybus_exit(void)
 {
 	/* flush_workqueue() was called for each endpoint released */
 	destroy_workqueue(xillybus_wq);
-
-	class_destroy(xillybus_class);
 }
 
 module_init(xillybus_init);
