summaryrefslogtreecommitdiffstats
path: root/Documentation/nvme-create-ns.txt
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
authorDaniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>2023-01-31 04:13:00 +0000
committerDaniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>2023-01-31 04:13:00 +0000
commitdc3f3471f8a00ce0c8fb4cbf2a31e299696f3bbc (patch)
treee97b4f25c511372d73bdd96c389c5f468d99138a /Documentation/nvme-create-ns.txt
parentAdding upstream version 2.2.1. (diff)
downloadnvme-cli-upstream/2.3.tar.xz
nvme-cli-upstream/2.3.zip
Adding upstream version 2.3.upstream/2.3
Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/nvme-create-ns.txt')
-rw-r--r--Documentation/nvme-create-ns.txt21
1 files changed, 20 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/nvme-create-ns.txt b/Documentation/nvme-create-ns.txt
index a17c70d..dfa5656 100644
--- a/Documentation/nvme-create-ns.txt
+++ b/Documentation/nvme-create-ns.txt
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ SYNOPSIS
[--lbstm=<lbstm> | -l <lbstm>]
[--block-size=<block-size> | -b <block-size>]
[--timeout=<timeout> | -t <timeout>]
+ [--nsze-si=<nsze-si> | -S <nsze-si>]
+ [--ncap-si=<ncap-si> | -C <ncap-si>]
+
DESCRIPTION
-----------
For the NVMe device given, sends a namespace management command to create
@@ -75,10 +78,26 @@ OPTIONS
values will be values will be scanned and the lowest numbered will be
selected for the create-ns operation. Conflicts with --flbas argument.
+-S::
+--nsze-si::
+ The namespace size (NSZE) in standard SI units.
+ The value SI suffixed is divided by the namespace LBA size to set as NSZE.
+ If the value not suffixed it is set as same with the nsze option.
+
+-C::
+--ncap-si::
+ The namespace capacity (NCAP) in standard SI units.
+ The value SI suffixed is divided by the namespace LBA size to set as NCAP.
+ If the value not suffixed it is set as same with the ncap option.
EXAMPLES
--------
-No examples provided yet.
+* Create a namespace:
++
+------------
+# nvme create-ns /dev/nvme0 --nsze 11995709440 --ncap 1199570940 --flbas 0 --dps 0 --nmic 0
+# nvme create-ns /dev/nvme0 --nsze-si 6.14T --ncap 1199570940 --flbas 0 --dps 0 --nmic 0
+------------
NVME
----