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diff --git a/Documentation/nvme-sanitize.1 b/Documentation/nvme-sanitize.1 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..e5c815f --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/nvme-sanitize.1 @@ -0,0 +1,169 @@ +'\" t +.\" Title: nvme-sanitize +.\" 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\-SANITIZE" "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-sanitize \- Send NVMe Sanitize Command, return result +.SH "SYNOPSIS" +.sp +.nf +\fInvme sanitize\fR <device> [\-\-no\-dealloc | \-d] [\-\-oipbp | \-i] + [\-\-owpass=<overwrite\-pass\-count> | \-n <overwrite\-pass\-count>] + [\-\-ause | \-u] [\-\-sanact=<action> | \-a <action>] + [\-\-ovrpat=<overwrite\-pattern> | \-p <overwrite\-pattern>] + [\-\-force] + [\-\-output\-format=<fmt> | \-o <fmt>] [\-\-verbose | \-v] +.fi +.SH "DESCRIPTION" +.sp +For the NVMe device given, sends a Sanitize command and provides the result\&. +.sp +The <device> parameter is mandatory NVMe character device (ex: /dev/nvme0)\&. +.sp +On success it returns 0, error code otherwise\&. +.SH "OPTIONS" +.PP +\-d, \-\-no\-dealloc +.RS 4 +No Deallocate After Sanitize: If set, then the controller shall not deallocate any logical blocks as a result of successfully completing the sanitize operation\&. If cleared, then the controller should deallocate logical blocks as a result of successfully completing the sanitize operation\&. This bit shall be ignored if the Sanitize Action field is set to 001b (i\&.e\&., Exit Failure Mode)\&. +.RE +.PP +\-i, \-\-oipbp +.RS 4 +Overwrite Invert Pattern Between Passes: If set, then the Overwrite Pattern shall be inverted between passes\&. If cleared, then the overwrite pattern shall not be inverted between passes\&. This bit shall be ignored unless the Sanitize Action field is set to 011b (i\&.e\&., Overwrite)\&. +.RE +.PP +\-n <overwrite\-pass\-count>, \-\-owpass=<overwrite\-pass\-count> +.RS 4 +Overwrite Pass Count: This field specifies the number of overwrite passes (i\&.e\&., how many times the media is to be overwritten) using the data from the Overwrite Pattern field of this command\&. A value of 0 specifies 16 overwrite passes\&. This field shall be ignored unless the Sanitize Action field is set to 011b (i\&.e\&., Overwrite)\&. +.RE +.PP +\-u, \-\-ause +.RS 4 +Allow Unrestricted Sanitize Exit: If set, then the sanitize operation is performed in unrestricted completion mode\&. If cleared then the sanitize operation is performed in restricted completion mode\&. This bit shall be ignored if the Sanitize Action field is set to 001b (i\&.e\&., Exit Failure Mode)\&. +.RE +.PP +\-a <action>, \-\-sanact=<action> +.RS 4 +Sanitize Action: +.TS +allbox tab(:); +lt lt +lt lt +lt lt +lt lt +lt lt +lt lt. +T{ +Value +T}:T{ +Definition +T} +T{ +0x00 +T}:T{ +Reserved +T} +T{ +0x01 | +\fIexit\-failure\fR +T}:T{ +Exit Failure Mode +T} +T{ +0x02 | +\fIstart\-block\-erase\fR +T}:T{ +Start a Block Erase sanitize operation +T} +T{ +0x03 | +\fIstart\-overwrite\fR +T}:T{ +Start an Overwrite sanitize operation +T} +T{ +0x04 | +\fIstart\-crypto\-erase\fR +T}:T{ +Start a Crypto Erase sanitize operation +T} +.TE +.sp 1 +.RE +.PP +\-p <overwrite\-pattern>, \-\-ovrpat=<overwrite\-pattern> +.RS 4 +Overwrite Pattern: This field is ignored unless the Sanitize Action field in Command Dword 10 is set to 011b (i\&.e\&., Overwrite)\&. This field specifies a 32\-bit pattern that is used for the Overwrite sanitize operation\&. +.RE +.PP +\-\-force +.RS 4 +Ignore namespace is currently busy and performed the operation even though\&. +.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 +.\} +Has the program issue Sanitize Command : +.sp +.if n \{\ +.RS 4 +.\} +.nf +# nvme sanitize /dev/nvme0 \-a 0x02 +# nvme sanitize /dev/nvme0 \-\-sanact=0x01 +# nvme sanitize /dev/nvme0 \-\-sanact=start\-overwrite +.fi +.if n \{\ +.RE +.\} +.RE +.SH "NVME" +.sp +Part of the nvme\-user suite\&. |