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Tip revision: 976d167615b64e14bc1491ca51d424e2ba9a5e84 authored by Linus Torvalds on 05 October 2011, 01:11:50 UTC
Linux 3.1-rc9
Tip revision: 976d167
capability.txt
Generic Block Device Capability
===============================================================================
This file documents the sysfs file block/<disk>/capability

capability is a hex word indicating which capabilities a specific disk
supports.  For more information on bits not listed here, see
include/linux/genhd.h

Capability				Value
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
GENHD_FL_MEDIA_CHANGE_NOTIFY		4
	When this bit is set, the disk supports Asynchronous Notification
	of media change events.  These events will be broadcast to user
	space via kernel uevent.

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