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author | Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com> | 2009-01-09 11:39:43 +0300 |
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committer | Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com> | 2009-01-09 11:39:43 +0300 |
commit | b2576e1d4408e134e2188c967b1f28af39cd79d4 (patch) | |
tree | 004f3c82faab760f304ce031d6d2f572e7746a50 /Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-memory | |
parent | 3cc8a5f4ba91f67bbdb81a43a99281a26aab8d77 (diff) | |
parent | 2150edc6c5cf00f7adb54538b9ea2a3e9cedca3f (diff) | |
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Merge branch 'linus' into release
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diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-memory b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-memory index 7a16fe1e2270..9fe91c02ee40 100644 --- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-memory +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-memory @@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ Description: internal state of the kernel memory blocks. Files could be added or removed dynamically to represent hot-add/remove operations. - Users: hotplug memory add/remove tools https://w3.opensource.ibm.com/projects/powerpc-utils/ @@ -19,6 +18,56 @@ Description: This is useful for a user-level agent to determine identify removable sections of the memory before attempting potentially expensive hot-remove memory operation +Users: hotplug memory remove tools + https://w3.opensource.ibm.com/projects/powerpc-utils/ + +What: /sys/devices/system/memory/memoryX/phys_device +Date: September 2008 +Contact: Badari Pulavarty <pbadari@us.ibm.com> +Description: + The file /sys/devices/system/memory/memoryX/phys_device + is read-only and is designed to show the name of physical + memory device. Implementation is currently incomplete. +What: /sys/devices/system/memory/memoryX/phys_index +Date: September 2008 +Contact: Badari Pulavarty <pbadari@us.ibm.com> +Description: + The file /sys/devices/system/memory/memoryX/phys_index + is read-only and contains the section ID in hexadecimal + which is equivalent to decimal X contained in the + memory section directory name. + +What: /sys/devices/system/memory/memoryX/state +Date: September 2008 +Contact: Badari Pulavarty <pbadari@us.ibm.com> +Description: + The file /sys/devices/system/memory/memoryX/state + is read-write. When read, it's contents show the + online/offline state of the memory section. When written, + root can toggle the the online/offline state of a removable + memory section (see removable file description above) + using the following commands. + # echo online > /sys/devices/system/memory/memoryX/state + # echo offline > /sys/devices/system/memory/memoryX/state + + For example, if /sys/devices/system/memory/memory22/removable + contains a value of 1 and + /sys/devices/system/memory/memory22/state contains the + string "online" the following command can be executed by + by root to offline that section. + # echo offline > /sys/devices/system/memory/memory22/state Users: hotplug memory remove tools https://w3.opensource.ibm.com/projects/powerpc-utils/ + +What: /sys/devices/system/node/nodeX/memoryY +Date: September 2008 +Contact: Gary Hade <garyhade@us.ibm.com> +Description: + When CONFIG_NUMA is enabled + /sys/devices/system/node/nodeX/memoryY is a symbolic link that + points to the corresponding /sys/devices/system/memory/memoryY + memory section directory. For example, the following symbolic + link is created for memory section 9 on node0. + /sys/devices/system/node/node0/memory9 -> ../../memory/memory9 + |