linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] documentation: fix Generic Block Device Capability

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Date:   Mon, 16 Jan 2023 19:14:41 +0100
From:   Fabio Fantoni <fantonifabio@...cali.it>
To:     Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
Cc:     corbet@....net, axboe@...nel.dk, linux-block@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Sergei Shtepa <sergei.shtepa@...am.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] documentation: fix Generic Block Device Capability

Il 16/01/2023 18:53, Christoph Hellwig ha scritto:
> On Tue, Jan 10, 2023 at 02:21:04PM +0100, Fabio Fantoni wrote:
>> - * ``GENHD_FL_REMOVABLE``: indicates that the block device gives access to
>> + * ``GENHD_FL_REMOVABLE`` (0x01): indicates that the block device gives access to
> The numberic values really do not belong into the documentation.  They
> are just implementation details.
>
Thanks for reply, if values are not into the documentation see from 
/sys/block/<disk>/capability output what flags are enabled will require 
look to source code of include/linux/blkdev.h and 
Documentation/block/capability.rst will be less useful, or I'm wrong?