From 3945f3269b3e2763faa1ab22d225ca4dd1856b82 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Daniel Baumann Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2022 20:53:09 +0200 Subject: Adding upstream version 1.0. Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann --- doc/man/nvme_sanitize_nvm.2 | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+) create mode 100644 doc/man/nvme_sanitize_nvm.2 (limited to 'doc/man/nvme_sanitize_nvm.2') diff --git a/doc/man/nvme_sanitize_nvm.2 b/doc/man/nvme_sanitize_nvm.2 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..89dbcf5 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/man/nvme_sanitize_nvm.2 @@ -0,0 +1,22 @@ +.TH "nvme_sanitize_nvm" 9 "nvme_sanitize_nvm" "April 2022" "libnvme API manual" LINUX +.SH NAME +nvme_sanitize_nvm \- Start a sanitize operation +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B "int" nvme_sanitize_nvm +.BI "(struct nvme_sanitize_nvm_args *args " ");" +.SH ARGUMENTS +.IP "args" 12 +\fIstruct nvme_sanitize_nvm_args\fP argument structure +.SH "DESCRIPTION" +A sanitize operation alters all user data in the NVM subsystem such that +recovery of any previous user data from any cache, the non-volatile media, +or any Controller Memory Buffer is not possible. + +The Sanitize command starts a sanitize operation or to recover from a +previously failed sanitize operation. The sanitize operation types that may +be supported are Block Erase, Crypto Erase, and Overwrite. All sanitize +operations are processed in the background, i.e., completion of the sanitize +command does not indicate completion of the sanitize operation. +.SH "RETURN" +The nvme command status if a response was received (see +\fIenum nvme_status_field\fP) or -1 with errno set otherwise. -- cgit v1.2.3