Manual of sys_class(5)

NAME

/sys/class/ - device classes

SYNOPSIS

/sys/class/

DESCRIPTION

This subdirectory contains a single layer of further subdirectories for each of the device classes that have been registered on the system (e.g., terminals, network devices, block devices, graphics devices, sound devices, and so on). Inside each of these subdirectories are symbolic links for each of the devices in this class. These symbolic links refer to entries in the /sys/devices/ directory.

/sys/class/net/

See sys_class_net(5).

STANDARDS

Linux.

HISTORY

Linux 2.6.0.

SEE ALSO

sysfs(5)