From f26f66d866ba1a9f3204e6fdfe2b07e67b5492ad Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Daniel Baumann Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2024 21:41:32 +0200 Subject: Adding upstream version 2.8. Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann --- Documentation/nvme-self-test-log.txt | 71 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 71 insertions(+) create mode 100644 Documentation/nvme-self-test-log.txt (limited to 'Documentation/nvme-self-test-log.txt') diff --git a/Documentation/nvme-self-test-log.txt b/Documentation/nvme-self-test-log.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..d4600e8 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/nvme-self-test-log.txt @@ -0,0 +1,71 @@ +nvme-self-test-log(1) +===================== + +NAME +---- +nvme-self-test-log - Retrieve the log information initiated by device-self-test and display it + +SYNOPSIS +-------- +[verse] +'nvme self-test'-log [--log-entries= | -e ] + [--output-format= | -o ] [--verbose | -v] + +DESCRIPTION +----------- +Retrieves the log pages from an NVMe device corresponding to the +requested self-test by the user and provides 20-most recent result +returned structure. + +The 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 returned log structure may be returned in one of +several ways depending on the option flags; the structure may parsed by +the program and printed in a readable format or the raw buffer or the +json format. + +By default the log is printed out in the normal readable format. + +OPTION +------- +-e :: +--log-entries=:: + Specifies how many DST log entries the program should request from + the device. This must be at least one, and shouldn't exceed the + 20 entries. Defaults to 20 DST log entries. + +-o :: +--output-format=:: + 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 +-------- +* Get the self-test-log and print it in a human readable format: ++ +------------ +# nvme self-test-log /dev/nvme0 +------------ ++ + +* Print the raw output to a file: ++ +------------ +# nvme self-test-log /dev/nvme0 -o "binary" +------------ ++ + +* Get the self-test-log and print it in a json format: ++ +------------ +# nvme self-test-log /dev/nvme0 -o "json" +------------ + +NVME +---- +Part of the nvme-user suite -- cgit v1.2.3