get_sysfs_attr_as_boolean_uncached
Description:
Look up the sysfs attribute with name
on this and convert it to an boolean.
This is done by doing a case-insensitive string comparison on the string value against "1", "true", "Y" and "y". This function does blocking I/O, and updates the sysfs attributes cache.
Before version 238 the uncached getters would not strip trailing newlines.
Parameters:
this |
A Device. |
name |
Name of the sysfs attribute. |
Returns:
The value of the sysfs attribute or |