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+.\"     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\&.