On Thu, Jun 29, 2017 at 4:14 PM, Linda Knippers <linda.knipp...@hpe.com> wrote: > On 06/29/2017 06:58 PM, Dan Williams wrote: >> On Thu, Jun 29, 2017 at 3:49 PM, Linda Knippers <linda.knipp...@hpe.com> >> wrote: >>>> The parent region of the namespace will have a 'volatile' type: >>>> >>>> # cat /sys/bus/nd/devices/region0/devtype >>>> nd_volatile >>> >>> >>> If all I know is the /dev/pmem device name, how do I find that? >>> >> >> cat $(readlink -f /sys/block/pmem0/device)/../devtype >> >> ...this is where 'ndctl list' will get the information. >> > > Thanks. > > I think we need a section 4 pmem manpage like exists for > mem, sd, fd, md, etc., where we can put stuff like this, as well > as providing some overview information that will point people to > other resources. I'll give that some thought unless there is one > already that I'm not finding. >
A "pmem" man page sounds like a great idea, I wasn't aware we even had an sd man page.
