1sysfs interface 2--------------- 3The pktcdvd module (packet writing driver) creates the following files in the 4sysfs: (<devid> is in the format major:minor) 5 6What: /sys/class/pktcdvd/add 7What: /sys/class/pktcdvd/remove 8What: /sys/class/pktcdvd/device_map 9Date: Oct. 2006 10KernelVersion: 2.6.20 11Contact: Thomas Maier <balagi@justmail.de> 12Description: 13 14 ========== ============================================== 15 add (WO) Write a block device id (major:minor) to 16 create a new pktcdvd device and map it to the 17 block device. 18 19 remove (WO) Write the pktcdvd device id (major:minor) 20 to remove the pktcdvd device. 21 22 device_map (RO) Shows the device mapping in format: 23 pktcdvd[0-7] <pktdevid> <blkdevid> 24 ========== ============================================== 25 26 27What: /sys/class/pktcdvd/pktcdvd[0-7]/dev 28What: /sys/class/pktcdvd/pktcdvd[0-7]/uevent 29Date: Oct. 2006 30KernelVersion: 2.6.20 31Contact: Thomas Maier <balagi@justmail.de> 32Description: 33 dev: (RO) Device id 34 35 uevent: (WO) To send a uevent 36 37 38What: /sys/class/pktcdvd/pktcdvd[0-7]/stat/packets_started 39What: /sys/class/pktcdvd/pktcdvd[0-7]/stat/packets_finished 40What: /sys/class/pktcdvd/pktcdvd[0-7]/stat/kb_written 41What: /sys/class/pktcdvd/pktcdvd[0-7]/stat/kb_read 42What: /sys/class/pktcdvd/pktcdvd[0-7]/stat/kb_read_gather 43What: /sys/class/pktcdvd/pktcdvd[0-7]/stat/reset 44Date: Oct. 2006 45KernelVersion: 2.6.20 46Contact: Thomas Maier <balagi@justmail.de> 47Description: 48 packets_started: (RO) Number of started packets. 49 50 packets_finished: (RO) Number of finished packets. 51 52 kb_written: (RO) kBytes written. 53 54 kb_read: (RO) kBytes read. 55 56 kb_read_gather: (RO) kBytes read to fill write packets. 57 58 reset: (WO) Write any value to it to reset 59 pktcdvd device statistic values, like 60 bytes read/written. 61 62 63What: /sys/class/pktcdvd/pktcdvd[0-7]/write_queue/size 64What: /sys/class/pktcdvd/pktcdvd[0-7]/write_queue/congestion_off 65What: /sys/class/pktcdvd/pktcdvd[0-7]/write_queue/congestion_on 66Date: Oct. 2006 67KernelVersion: 2.6.20 68Contact: Thomas Maier <balagi@justmail.de> 69Description: 70 ============== ================================================ 71 size (RO) Contains the size of the bio write queue. 72 73 congestion_off (RW) If bio write queue size is below this mark, 74 accept new bio requests from the block layer. 75 76 congestion_on (RW) If bio write queue size is higher as this 77 mark, do no longer accept bio write requests 78 from the block layer and wait till the pktcdvd 79 device has processed enough bio's so that bio 80 write queue size is below congestion off mark. 81 A value of <= 0 disables congestion control. 82 ============== ================================================ 83 84 85Example: 86-------- 87To use the pktcdvd sysfs interface directly, you can do:: 88 89 # create a new pktcdvd device mapped to /dev/hdc 90 echo "22:0" >/sys/class/pktcdvd/add 91 cat /sys/class/pktcdvd/device_map 92 # assuming device pktcdvd0 was created, look at stat's 93 cat /sys/class/pktcdvd/pktcdvd0/stat/kb_written 94 # print the device id of the mapped block device 95 fgrep pktcdvd0 /sys/class/pktcdvd/device_map 96 # remove device, using pktcdvd0 device id 253:0 97 echo "253:0" >/sys/class/pktcdvd/remove 98