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1 | What: /sys/dev | ||
2 | Date: April 2008 | ||
3 | KernelVersion: 2.6.26 | ||
4 | Contact: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com> | ||
5 | Description: The /sys/dev tree provides a method to look up the sysfs | ||
6 | path for a device using the information returned from | ||
7 | stat(2). There are two directories, 'block' and 'char', | ||
8 | beneath /sys/dev containing symbolic links with names of | ||
9 | the form "<major>:<minor>". These links point to the | ||
10 | corresponding sysfs path for the given device. | ||
11 | |||
12 | Example: | ||
13 | $ readlink /sys/dev/block/8:32 | ||
14 | ../../block/sdc | ||
15 | |||
16 | Entries in /sys/dev/char and /sys/dev/block will be | ||
17 | dynamically created and destroyed as devices enter and | ||
18 | leave the system. | ||
19 | |||
20 | Users: mdadm <linux-raid@vger.kernel.org> | ||