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diff --git a/docs/kernel/filesystem/device_inode.rst b/docs/kernel/filesystem/device_inode.rst deleted file mode 100644 index cf5e72fa..00000000 --- a/docs/kernel/filesystem/device_inode.rst +++ /dev/null @@ -1,19 +0,0 @@ -Device Inodes -============= - -Device inodes are filesystem inodes that represent a device in the system. -They may be created from either a device, or by reconstituting a persistent device inode from a filesystem. - -An example for device inodes created to directly represent devices are the entries in the devfs (/dev) filesystem. -Entries in this filesystem are generally created and removed based on devices appearing in and being removed from the system. - -An example for device inodes reconstituted from persisted inodes can be found in the inodes supported by the ext2 filesystem. -In that filesystem, an inode may represent a device, using a device identification number. -When accessing such an inode, a device inode needs to be reconstituted from the persisted device inode in order to resolve which device, if any, it refers to. -However, any file operations (e.g. `stat`) need to be forwarded to the persisted inode. - -API Reference -------------- - -.. doxygenstruct:: kernel::filesystem::device_inode - :members:
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