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diff --git a/Documentation/nvme-create-ns.1 b/Documentation/nvme-create-ns.1 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..b4818bd --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/nvme-create-ns.1 @@ -0,0 +1,197 @@ +'\" t +.\" Title: nvme-create-ns +.\" Author: [FIXME: author] [see http://www.docbook.org/tdg5/en/html/author] +.\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets vsnapshot <http://docbook.sf.net/> +.\" Date: 02/14/2024 +.\" Manual: NVMe Manual +.\" Source: NVMe +.\" Language: English +.\" +.TH "NVME\-CREATE\-NS" "1" "02/14/2024" "NVMe" "NVMe Manual" +.\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- +.\" * Define some portability stuff +.\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- +.\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +.\" http://bugs.debian.org/507673 +.\" http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/groff/2009-02/msg00013.html +.\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +.ie \n(.g .ds Aq \(aq +.el .ds Aq ' +.\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- +.\" * set default formatting +.\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- +.\" disable hyphenation +.nh +.\" disable justification (adjust text to left margin only) +.ad l +.\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- +.\" * MAIN CONTENT STARTS HERE * +.\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- +.SH "NAME" +nvme-create-ns \- Send NVMe Namespace management command to create namespace, returns results\&. +.SH "SYNOPSIS" +.sp +.nf +\fInvme create\-ns\fR <device> [\-\-nsze=<nsze> | \-s <nsze>] + [\-\-ncap=<ncap> | \-c <ncap>] + [\-\-flbas=<flbas> | \-f <flbas>] + [\-\-dps=<dps> | \-d <dps>] + [\-\-nmic=<nmic> | \-m <nmic>] + [\-\-anagrp\-id=<anagrpid> | \-a <anagrpid>] + [\-\-nvmset\-id=<nvmsetid> | \-i <nvmsetid>] + [\-\-endg\-id=<endgid> | \-e <endgid>] + [\-\-csi=<command_set_identifier> | \-y <command_set_identifier>] + [\-\-lbstm=<lbstm> | \-l <lbstm>] + [\-\-nphndls=<nphndls> | \-n <nphndls>] + [\-\-block\-size=<block\-size> | \-b <block\-size>] + [\-\-timeout=<timeout> | \-t <timeout>] + [\-\-nsze\-si=<nsze\-si> | \-S <nsze\-si>] + [\-\-ncap\-si=<ncap\-si> | \-C <ncap\-si>] + [\-\-azr | \-z] + [\-\-rar=<rar> | \-r <rar>] + [\-\-ror=<ror> | \-O <ror>] + [\-\-rnumzrwa=<rnumzrwa> | \-u <rnumzrwa>] + [\-\-phndls=<placement\-handle\-list,> | \-p <placement\-handle\-list,>] + [\-\-output\-format=<fmt> | \-o <fmt>] [\-\-verbose | \-v] +.fi +.SH "DESCRIPTION" +.sp +For the NVMe device given, sends a namespace management command to create the namespace with the requested settings\&. On success, the namespace identifier assigned by the controller is returned\&. +.sp +The <device> parameter is mandatory and may be either the NVMe character device (ex: /dev/nvme0), or a namespace block device (ex: /dev/nvme0n1)\&. +.SH "OPTIONS" +.PP +\-s, \-\-nsze +.RS 4 +The namespace size\&. +.RE +.PP +\-c, \-\-ncap +.RS 4 +The namespace capacity\&. +.RE +.PP +\-f, \-\-flbas +.RS 4 +The namespace formatted logical block size setting\&. Conflicts with \-\-block\-size argument\&. +.RE +.PP +\-d, \-\-dps +.RS 4 +The data protection settings\&. +.RE +.PP +\-m, \-\-nmic +.RS 4 +Namespace multipath and sharing capabilities\&. +.RE +.PP +\-a, \-\-anagrp\-id +.RS 4 +ANA Group Identifier\&. If this value is 0h specifies that the controller determines the value to use +.RE +.PP +\-i <nvmsetid>, \-\-nvmset\-id=<nvmsetid> +.RS 4 +This field specifies the identifier of the NVM Set\&. +.RE +.PP +\-e <endgid>, \-\-endg\-id=<endgid> +.RS 4 +This field specifies the identifier of the endurance group\&. +.RE +.PP +\-y <command_set_identifier>, \-\-csi=<command_set_identifier> +.RS 4 +This field specifies the identifier of command set\&. if not issued, NVM Command Set will be selected\&. +.RE +.PP +\-l <lbstm>, \-\-lbstm=<lbstm> +.RS 4 +Logical Block Storage Tag Mask for end\-to\-end protection\&. +.RE +.PP +\-n <nphndls>, \-\-nphndls=<nphndls> +.RS 4 +Number of Placement Handle included in the Placement Handle List\&. If the Flexible Data Placement capability is not supported or not enabled in specified Endurance Group, then the controller shall ignore this field\&. +.RE +.PP +\-b, \-\-block\-size +.RS 4 +Target block size the new namespace should be formatted as\&. Potential FLBAS values will be values will be scanned and the lowest numbered will be selected for the create\-ns operation\&. Conflicts with \-\-flbas argument\&. +.RE +.PP +\-S, \-\-nsze\-si +.RS 4 +The namespace size (NSZE) in standard SI units (aligned on 1Mib boundaries, unless the controller recommends a smaller value)\&. The value SI suffixed is divided by the namespace LBA size to set as NSZE\&. If the value not suffixed it is set as same with the nsze option\&. +.RE +.PP +\-C, \-\-ncap\-si +.RS 4 +The namespace capacity (NCAP) in standard SI units (aligned on 1Mib boundaries, unless the controller recommends a smaller value)\&. The value SI suffixed is divided by the namespace LBA size to set as NCAP\&. If the value not suffixed it is set as same with the ncap option\&. +.RE +.PP +\-z, \-\-azr +.RS 4 +Allocate ZRWA Resources\&. If set to 1, then the namespace is to be created with the number of ZRWA resource specified in the RNUMZRWA field of this data structure\&. If cleared to 0, then no ZRWA resources are allocated to the namespace to be created\&. +.RE +.PP +\-r <rar>, \-\-rar=<rar> +.RS 4 +Requested Active Resources\&. This field specifies the number of active resources to be allocated to the created namespace\&. +.RE +.PP +\-O <ror>, \-\-ror=<ror> +.RS 4 +Requested Open Resources\&. This field specifies the number of open resources to be allocated to the created namespace\&. +.RE +.PP +\-u <rnumzrwa>, \-\-rnumzrwa=<rnumzrwa> +.RS 4 +Requested Number of ZRWA Resources\&. This field specifies the number of ZRWA resources to be allocated to the created namespace\&. +.RE +.PP +\-p <placement\-handle\-list,>, \-\-phndls=<placement\-handle\-list,> +.RS 4 +The comma separated list of Reclaim Unit Handle Identifier to be associated with each Placement Handle\&. +.RE +.PP +\-o <fmt>, \-\-output\-format=<fmt> +.RS 4 +Set the reporting format to +\fInormal\fR, +\fIjson\fR +or +\fIbinary\fR\&. Only one output format can be used at a time\&. +.RE +.PP +\-v, \-\-verbose +.RS 4 +Increase the information detail in the output\&. +.RE +.SH "EXAMPLES" +.sp +.RS 4 +.ie n \{\ +\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c +.\} +.el \{\ +.sp -1 +.IP \(bu 2.3 +.\} +Create a namespace: +.sp +.if n \{\ +.RS 4 +.\} +.nf +# nvme create\-ns /dev/nvme0 \-\-nsze 11995709440 \-\-ncap 1199570940 \-\-flbas 0 \-\-dps 0 \-\-nmic 0 +# nvme create\-ns /dev/nvme0 \-\-nsze\-si 6\&.14T \-\-ncap 1199570940 \-\-flbas 0 \-\-dps 0 \-\-nmic 0 +.fi +.if n \{\ +.RE +.\} +.RE +.SH "NVME" +.sp +Part of the nvme\-user suite |