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| author | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2021-07-02 20:40:30 +0000 |
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| committer | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2021-07-02 20:40:30 +0000 |
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Adding upstream version 1.12.upstream/1.12
Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>
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diff --git a/Documentation/nvme-create-ns.txt b/Documentation/nvme-create-ns.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..661b01b --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/nvme-create-ns.txt @@ -0,0 +1,74 @@ +nvme-create-ns(1) +================= + +NAME +---- +nvme-create-ns - Send NVMe Namespace management command to create namespace, returns results. + +SYNOPSIS +-------- +[verse] +'nvme create-ns' <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>] + [--block-size=<block-size> | -b <block-size>] + [--timeout=<timeout> | -t <timeout>] +DESCRIPTION +----------- +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. + +The <device> parameter is mandatory and may be either the NVMe character +device (ex: /dev/nvme0), or a namespace block device (ex: /dev/nvme0n1). + +OPTIONS +------- +-s:: +--nsze:: + The namespace size. + +-c:: +--ncap:: + The namespace capacity. + +-f:: +--flbas:: + The namespace formatted logical block size setting. + Conflicts with --block-size argument. + +-d:: +--dps:: + The data protection settings. + +-m:: +--nmic:: + Namespace multipath and sharing capabilities. + +-a:: +--anagrp-id:: + ANA Gorup Identifier. If this value is 0h specifies + that the controller determines the value to use + +-i <nvmsetid>:: +--nvmset-id=<nvmsetid>:: + This field specifies the identifier of the NVM Set. + +-b:: +--block-size:: + 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. + + +EXAMPLES +-------- +No examples provided yet. + +NVME +---- +Part of the nvme-user suite |