update sysfs docs with documentation for all the subdirectories
Signed-off-by: Vishnu Sanal T <t.v.s10123@xxxxxxxxx>
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Documentation/filesystems/sysfs.rst | 57 ++++++++++++++++++++---------
1 file changed, 39 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/sysfs.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/sysfs.rst
index c32993bc83c7..b455ab32aacc 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/sysfs.rst
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/sysfs.rst
@@ -302,43 +302,64 @@ The top level sysfs directory looks like::
net/
power/
-devices/ contains a filesystem representation of the device tree. It maps
-directly to the internal kernel device tree, which is a hierarchy of
-struct device.
+block/ contains subdirectories for each block device that has been
+discovered in the system. In each block device's directory are attributes
+that describe many things, including the size of the device and the
+dev_t number that it maps to.
bus/ contains flat directory layout of the various bus types in the
kernel. Each bus's directory contains two subdirectories::
- devices/
- drivers/
+ bus/devices/
+ bus/drivers/
-devices/ contains symlinks for each device discovered in the system
-that point to the device's directory under root/.
+ bus/devices/ contains symlinks for each device discovered in the system
+ that point to the device's directory under root/.
-drivers/ contains a directory for each device driver that is loaded
-for devices on that particular bus (this assumes that drivers do not
-span multiple bus types).
+ bus/drivers/ contains a directory for each device driver that is loaded
+ for devices on that particular bus (this assumes that drivers do not
+ span multiple bus types).
+
+class/ contains representations of every device class that is registered
+with the kernel. A device class describes a functional type of device.
+Each device class contains subdirectories for each class object that has
+been allocated and registered with that device class. For most of class
+device objects, their directories contain symbolic links to the device
+and driver directories that are associated with that class object.
+
+dev/ contains two directories: char/ and block/. Inside these two
+directories there are symlinks named <major>:<minor>. These symlinks
+point to the sysfs directory for the given device. /sys/dev provides a
+quick way to lookup the sysfs interface for a device from the result of
+
+devices/ contains a filesystem representation of the device tree. It maps
+directly to the internal kernel device tree, which is a hierarchy of
+struct device.
+
+firmware/ contains interfaces for viewing and manipulating firmware
+specific objects and attributes. Here, firmware refers to the
+platform-specific code that is executed on system power-on.
fs/ contains a directory for some filesystems. Currently each
filesystem wanting to export attributes must create its own hierarchy
below fs/ (see ./fuse.rst for an example).
+hypervisor/ is the mount point for hypervisor file systems.
+
+kernel/ contains various files and subdirectories that provide
+information about the running kernel.
+
module/ contains parameter values and state information for all
loaded system modules, for both builtin and loadable modules.
-dev/ contains two directories: char/ and block/. Inside these two
-directories there are symlinks named <major>:<minor>. These symlinks
-point to the sysfs directory for the given device. /sys/dev provides a
-quick way to lookup the sysfs interface for a device from the result of
-a stat(2) operation.
+net/ is the interface to the networking parts of the kernel.
+
+power/ directory represents the underused power subsystem.
More information on driver-model specific features can be found in
Documentation/driver-api/driver-model/.
-TODO: Finish this section.
-
-
Current Interfaces
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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