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authorMartin K. Petersen <martin.petersen@oracle.com>2008-06-17 18:59:57 +0200
committerJens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>2008-07-03 13:21:13 +0200
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block: Data integrity infrastructure documentation
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@@ -26,3 +26,37 @@ Description:
I/O statistics of partition <part>. The format is the
same as the above-written /sys/block/<disk>/stat
format.
+
+
+What: /sys/block/<disk>/integrity/format
+Date: June 2008
+Contact: Martin K. Petersen <martin.petersen@oracle.com>
+Description:
+ Metadata format for integrity capable block device.
+ E.g. T10-DIF-TYPE1-CRC.
+
+
+What: /sys/block/<disk>/integrity/read_verify
+Date: June 2008
+Contact: Martin K. Petersen <martin.petersen@oracle.com>
+Description:
+ Indicates whether the block layer should verify the
+ integrity of read requests serviced by devices that
+ support sending integrity metadata.
+
+
+What: /sys/block/<disk>/integrity/tag_size
+Date: June 2008
+Contact: Martin K. Petersen <martin.petersen@oracle.com>
+Description:
+ Number of bytes of integrity tag space available per
+ 512 bytes of data.
+
+
+What: /sys/block/<disk>/integrity/write_generate
+Date: June 2008
+Contact: Martin K. Petersen <martin.petersen@oracle.com>
+Description:
+ Indicates whether the block layer should automatically
+ generate checksums for write requests bound for
+ devices that support receiving integrity metadata.
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