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author | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-04-07 18:49:45 +0000 |
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committer | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-04-07 18:49:45 +0000 |
commit | 2c3c1048746a4622d8c89a29670120dc8fab93c4 (patch) | |
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Adding upstream version 6.1.76.upstream/6.1.76upstream
Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>
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diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-block-device b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-block-device new file mode 100644 index 000000000..7ac7b19b2 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-block-device @@ -0,0 +1,97 @@ +What: /sys/block/*/device/sw_activity +Date: Jun, 2008 +KernelVersion: v2.6.27 +Contact: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org +Description: + (RW) Used by drivers which support software controlled activity + LEDs. + + It has the following valid values: + + == ======================================================== + 0 OFF - the LED is not activated on activity + 1 BLINK_ON - the LED blinks on every 10ms when activity is + detected. + 2 BLINK_OFF - the LED is on when idle, and blinks off + every 10ms when activity is detected. + == ======================================================== + + Note that the user must turn sw_activity OFF it they wish to + control the activity LED via the em_message file. + + +What: /sys/block/*/device/unload_heads +Date: Sep, 2008 +KernelVersion: v2.6.28 +Contact: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org +Description: + (RW) Hard disk shock protection + + Writing an integer value to this file will take the heads of the + respective drive off the platter and block all I/O operations + for the specified number of milliseconds. + + - If the device does not support the unload heads feature, + access is denied with -EOPNOTSUPP. + - The maximal value accepted for a timeout is 30000 + milliseconds. + - A previously set timeout can be cancelled and disk can resume + normal operation immediately by specifying a timeout of 0. + - Some hard drives only comply with an earlier version of the + ATA standard, but support the unload feature nonetheless. + There is no safe way Linux can detect these devices, so this + is not enabled by default. If it is known that your device + does support the unload feature, then you can tell the kernel + to enable it by writing -1. It can be disabled again by + writing -2. + - Values below -2 are rejected with -EINVAL + + For more information, see + Documentation/admin-guide/laptops/disk-shock-protection.rst + + +What: /sys/block/*/device/ncq_prio_enable +Date: Oct, 2016 +KernelVersion: v4.10 +Contact: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org +Description: + (RW) Write to the file to turn on or off the SATA NCQ (native + command queueing) priority support. By default this feature is + turned off. If the device does not support the SATA NCQ + priority feature, writing "1" to this file results in an error + (see ncq_prio_supported). + + +What: /sys/block/*/device/sas_ncq_prio_enable +Date: Oct, 2016 +KernelVersion: v4.10 +Contact: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org +Description: + (RW) This is the equivalent of the ncq_prio_enable attribute + file for SATA devices connected to a SAS host-bus-adapter + (HBA) implementing support for the SATA NCQ priority feature. + This file does not exist if the HBA driver does not implement + support for the SATA NCQ priority feature, regardless of the + device support for this feature (see sas_ncq_prio_supported). + + +What: /sys/block/*/device/ncq_prio_supported +Date: Aug, 2021 +KernelVersion: v5.15 +Contact: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org +Description: + (RO) Indicates if the device supports the SATA NCQ (native + command queueing) priority feature. + + +What: /sys/block/*/device/sas_ncq_prio_supported +Date: Aug, 2021 +KernelVersion: v5.15 +Contact: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org +Description: + (RO) This is the equivalent of the ncq_prio_supported attribute + file for SATA devices connected to a SAS host-bus-adapter + (HBA) implementing support for the SATA NCQ priority feature. + This file does not exist if the HBA driver does not implement + support for the SATA NCQ priority feature, regardless of the + device support for this feature. |