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Where is documentation of /sys/block/*/device/type ?
I need information about this file .

cat /sys/block/*/device/type
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5

what is this numbers meaning ?

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This type entry exports the type field in the scsi_device structure (using this setup), and shows the SCSI peripheral device type. 0 corresponds to direct-access block devices, 5 to CD/DVD-ROM drives.

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