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1What:           /sys/class/dax/
2Date:           May, 2016
3KernelVersion:  v4.7
4Contact:        linux-nvdimm@lists.01.org
5Description:	Device DAX is the device-centric analogue of Filesystem
6		DAX (CONFIG_FS_DAX).  It allows memory ranges to be
7		allocated and mapped without need of an intervening file
8		system.  Device DAX is strict, precise and predictable.
9		Specifically this interface:
10
11		1/ Guarantees fault granularity with respect to a given
12		page size (pte, pmd, or pud) set at configuration time.
13
14		2/ Enforces deterministic behavior by being strict about
15		what fault scenarios are supported.
16
17		The /sys/class/dax/ interface enumerates all the
18		device-dax instances in the system. The ABI is
19		deprecated and will be removed after 2020. It is
20		replaced with the DAX bus interface /sys/bus/dax/ where
21		device-dax instances can be found under
22		/sys/bus/dax/devices/
23