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author | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-04-10 19:22:29 +0000 |
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committer | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-04-10 19:22:29 +0000 |
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diff --git a/doc/man/nvme_mi_admin_identify_partial.2 b/doc/man/nvme_mi_admin_identify_partial.2 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..bddc694 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/man/nvme_mi_admin_identify_partial.2 @@ -0,0 +1,37 @@ +.TH "nvme_mi_admin_identify_partial" 9 "nvme_mi_admin_identify_partial" "February 2024" "libnvme API manual" LINUX +.SH NAME +nvme_mi_admin_identify_partial \- Perform an Admin identify command, and retrieve partial response data. +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B "int" nvme_mi_admin_identify_partial +.BI "(nvme_mi_ctrl_t ctrl " "," +.BI "struct nvme_identify_args *args " "," +.BI "off_t offset " "," +.BI "size_t size " ");" +.SH ARGUMENTS +.IP "ctrl" 12 +Controller to process identify command +.IP "args" 12 +Identify command arguments +.IP "offset" 12 +offset of identify data to retrieve from response +.IP "size" 12 +size of identify data to return +.SH "DESCRIPTION" +Perform an Identify command, using the Identify command parameters in \fIargs\fP. +The \fIoffset\fP and \fIsize\fP arguments allow the caller to retrieve part of +the identify response. See NVMe-MI section 6.2 for the semantics (and some +handy diagrams) of the offset & size parameters. + +Will return an error if the length of the response data (from the controller) +did not match \fIsize\fP. + +Unless you're performing a vendor-unique identify command, You'll probably +want to use one of the identify helpers (nvme_mi_admin_identify, +nvme_mi_admin_identify_cns_nsid, or nvme_mi_admin_identify_<type>) instead +of this. If the type of your identify command is standardized but not +yet supported by libnvme-mi, please contact the maintainers. + +See: \fIstruct nvme_identify_args\fP +.SH "RETURN" +The nvme command status if a response was received (see +\fIenum nvme_status_field\fP) or -1 with errno set otherwise. |