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| author | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-04-10 19:41:32 +0000 |
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| committer | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-04-10 19:41:32 +0000 |
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Adding upstream version 2.8.upstream/2.8
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diff --git a/Documentation/nvme-wdc-drive-essentials.txt b/Documentation/nvme-wdc-drive-essentials.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..7f06040 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/nvme-wdc-drive-essentials.txt @@ -0,0 +1,50 @@ +nvme-wdc-drive-essentials(1) +============================ + +NAME +---- +nvme-wdc-drive-essentials - Retrieve WDC device's drive essentials bin files and +save to a tar file. + +SYNOPSIS +-------- +[verse] +'nvme wdc drive-essentials' <device> [--dir-name=<DIRECTORY>, -d <DIRECTORY>] + +DESCRIPTION +----------- + +For the NVMe device given, captures the drive essential bin files and saves them +into a tar file. The tar file will be in the following format: +DRIVE_ESSENTIALS_<Serial Num>_<FW Revision>_<Date>_<Time>.tar.gz + e.g. DRIVE_ESSENTIALS_A00FD8CA_1048_20170713_091731.tar.gz + +The <device> parameter is mandatory; NVMe character device (ex: /dev/nvme0). + +This will only work on WDC devices supporting this feature. +Results for any other device are undefined. + +OPTIONS +------- +-d <DIRECTORY>:: +--dir-name=<DIRECTORY>:: + Output directory; defaults to current working directory. + +EXAMPLES +-------- +* Gets the drive essentials data files from the device and saves the tar file in current directory + (e.g. DRIVE_ESSENTIALS_A00FD8CA_1048_20170713_091731.tar.gz): ++ +------------ +# nvme wdc drive-essentials /dev/nvme0 +------------ +* Gets the drive essentials data files from the device and saves the tar file to specified directory + (e.g. /tmp/DRIVE_ESSENTIALS_A00FD8CA_1048_20170713_091731): ++ +------------ +# nvme wdc drive-essentials /dev/nvme0 -d /tmp/ +------------ + +NVME +---- +Part of the nvme-user suite. |