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Documentation / block / capability.txt


Based on kernel version 4.16.1. Page generated on 2018-04-09 11:52 EST.

1	Generic Block Device Capability
2	===============================================================================
3	This file documents the sysfs file block/<disk>/capability
4	
5	capability is a hex word indicating which capabilities a specific disk
6	supports.  For more information on bits not listed here, see
7	include/linux/genhd.h
8	
9	Capability				Value
10	-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
11	GENHD_FL_MEDIA_CHANGE_NOTIFY		4
12		When this bit is set, the disk supports Asynchronous Notification
13		of media change events.  These events will be broadcast to user
14		space via kernel uevent.
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