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Generic Block Device Capability
===============================
-This file documents the sysfs file block/<disk>/capability
+This file documents the sysfs file ``block/<disk>/capability``.
-capability is a hex word indicating which capabilities a specific disk
-supports. For more information on bits not listed here, see
-include/linux/genhd.h
+``capability`` is a bitfield, printed in hexadecimal, indicating which
+capabilities a specific block device supports:
-GENHD_FL_MEDIA_CHANGE_NOTIFY
-----------------------------
-
-Value: 4
-
-When this bit is set, the disk supports Asynchronous Notification
-of media change events. These events will be broadcast to user
-space via kernel uevent.
+.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/genhd.h