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@@ -206,3 +206,16 @@ Description:
when a discarded area is read the discard_zeroes_data
parameter will be set to one. Otherwise it will be 0 and
the result of reading a discarded area is undefined.
+What: /sys/block/<disk>/alias
+Date: Aug 2011
+Contact: Nao Nishijima <nao.nishijima.xt@hitachi.com>
+Description:
+ A raw device name of a disk does not always point a same disk
+ each boot-up time. Therefore, users have to use persistent
+ device names, which udev creates when the kernel finds a disk,
+ instead of raw device name. However, kernel doesn't show those
+ persistent names on its messages (e.g. dmesg).
+ This file can store an alias of the disk and it would be
+ appeared in kernel messages if it is set. A disk can have an
+ alias which length is up to 255bytes. Users can use alphabets,
+ numbers, "-" and "_" in alias name. This file is writeonce.