Adding upstream version 2.8.upstream/2.8

Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>

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+nvme-nvm-id-ctrl(1)
+===================
+
+NAME
+----
+nvme-nvm-id-ctrl - Send NVMe Identify Controller, return NVM command set structure
+
+SYNOPSIS
+--------
+[verse]
+'nvme nvm-id-ctrl' <device> [--output-format=<fmt> | -o <fmt>] [--verbose | -v]
+
+DESCRIPTION
+-----------
+For the NVMe device given, sends the NVM command set's identify controller
+command and provides the result and returned structure.
+
+The <device> parameter is mandatory and may be either the NVMe character
+device (ex: /dev/nvme0), or a namespace block device (ex: /dev/nvme0n1).
+
+On success, the data structure returned by the device will be decoded and
+displayed in one of several ways.
+
+OPTIONS
+-------
+-o <fmt>::
+--output-format=<fmt>::
+	Set the reporting format to 'normal', 'json' or 'binary'. Only one
+	output format can be used at a time.
+
+-v::
+--verbose::
+	Increase the information detail in the output.
+
+EXAMPLES
+--------
+* Has the program interpret the returned buffer and display the known
+fields in a human readable format:
++
+------------
+# nvme nvm-id-ctrl /dev/nvme0
+------------
++
+
+* Show the output in json format
++
+------------
+# nvme nvm-id-ctrl /dev/nvme0 -o json
+------------
+
+NVME
+----
+Part of nvme-cli