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1*4882a593SmuzhiyunWhat:		/sys/dev
2*4882a593SmuzhiyunDate:		April 2008
3*4882a593SmuzhiyunKernelVersion:	2.6.26
4*4882a593SmuzhiyunContact:	Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
5*4882a593SmuzhiyunDescription:	The /sys/dev tree provides a method to look up the sysfs
6*4882a593Smuzhiyun		path for a device using the information returned from
7*4882a593Smuzhiyun		stat(2).  There are two directories, 'block' and 'char',
8*4882a593Smuzhiyun		beneath /sys/dev containing symbolic links with names of
9*4882a593Smuzhiyun		the form "<major>:<minor>".  These links point to the
10*4882a593Smuzhiyun		corresponding sysfs path for the given device.
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12*4882a593Smuzhiyun		Example::
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14*4882a593Smuzhiyun		  $ readlink /sys/dev/block/8:32
15*4882a593Smuzhiyun		  ../../block/sdc
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17*4882a593Smuzhiyun		Entries in /sys/dev/char and /sys/dev/block will be
18*4882a593Smuzhiyun		dynamically created and destroyed as devices enter and
19*4882a593Smuzhiyun		leave the system.
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21*4882a593SmuzhiyunUsers:		mdadm <linux-raid@vger.kernel.org>
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