Updated documentation for optional read only sysfs attribute.
Signed-off-by: Parav Pandit <pa...@mellanox.com>
---
Documentation/driver-api/vfio-mediated-device.rst | 5 +++++
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/vfio-mediated-device.rst
b/Documentation/driver-api/vfio-mediated-device.rst
index 25eb7d5b834b..0ab03d3f5629 100644
--- a/Documentation/driver-api/vfio-mediated-device.rst
+++ b/Documentation/driver-api/vfio-mediated-device.rst
@@ -270,6 +270,7 @@ Directories and Files Under the sysfs for Each mdev Device
|--- remove
|--- mdev_type {link to its type}
|--- vendor-specific-attributes [optional]
+ |--- alias [optional]
* remove (write only)
@@ -281,6 +282,10 @@ Example::
# echo 1 > /sys/bus/mdev/devices/$mdev_UUID/remove
+* alias (read only)
+Whenever a parent requested to generate an alias, each mdev is assigned a
unique
+alias by the mdev core. This file shows the alias of the mdev device.
+
Mediated device Hot plug
------------------------
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2.19.2
