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diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/sysfs-pci.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/sysfs-pci.txt
index 9f8740ca3f3b..26e4b8bc53ee 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/sysfs-pci.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/sysfs-pci.txt
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ that support it. For example, a given bus might look like this:
| |-- enable
| |-- irq
| |-- local_cpus
+ | |-- remove
| |-- resource
| |-- resource0
| |-- resource1
@@ -36,6 +37,7 @@ files, each with their own function.
enable Whether the device is enabled (ascii, rw)
irq IRQ number (ascii, ro)
local_cpus nearby CPU mask (cpumask, ro)
+ remove remove device from kernel's list (ascii, wo)
resource PCI resource host addresses (ascii, ro)
resource0..N PCI resource N, if present (binary, mmap)
resource0_wc..N_wc PCI WC map resource N, if prefetchable (binary, mmap)
@@ -46,6 +48,7 @@ files, each with their own function.
ro - read only file
rw - file is readable and writable
+ wo - write only file
mmap - file is mmapable
ascii - file contains ascii text
binary - file contains binary data
@@ -73,6 +76,13 @@ that the device must be enabled for a rom read to return data succesfully.
In the event a driver is not bound to the device, it can be enabled using the
'enable' file, documented above.
+The 'remove' file is used to remove the PCI device, by writing a non-zero
+integer to the file. This does not involve any kind of hot-plug functionality,
+e.g. powering off the device. The device is removed from the kernel's list of
+PCI devices, the sysfs directory for it is removed, and the device will be
+removed from any drivers attached to it. Removal of PCI root buses is
+disallowed.
+
Accessing legacy resources through sysfs
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