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authorDaniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>2023-12-24 07:57:49 +0000
committerDaniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>2023-12-24 07:57:49 +0000
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@@ -2,12 +2,12 @@
.\" Title: nvme-read
.\" Author: [FIXME: author] [see http://www.docbook.org/tdg5/en/html/author]
.\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets vsnapshot <http://docbook.sf.net/>
-.\" Date: 06/30/2023
+.\" Date: 12/21/2023
.\" Manual: NVMe Manual
.\" Source: NVMe
.\" Language: English
.\"
-.TH "NVME\-READ" "1" "06/30/2023" "NVMe" "NVMe Manual"
+.TH "NVME\-READ" "1" "12/21/2023" "NVMe" "NVMe Manual"
.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
.\" * Define some portability stuff
.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -42,54 +42,50 @@ nvme-read \- Send an NVMe Read command, provide results
[\-\-prinfo=<prinfo> | \-p <prinfo>]
[\-\-app\-tag\-mask=<appmask> | \-m <appmask>]
[\-\-app\-tag=<apptag> | \-a <apptag>]
- [\-\-limited\-retry | \-l]
- [\-\-force\-unit\-access | \-f]
+ [\-\-limited\-retry | \-l] [\-\-force\-unit\-access | \-f]
[\-\-dir\-type=<type> | \-T <type>]
- [\-\-dir\-spec=<spec> | \-S <spec>]
- [\-\-dsm=<dsm> | \-D <dsm>]
- [\-\-show\-command | \-v]
- [\-\-dry\-run | \-w]
- [\-\-latency | \-t]
+ [\-\-dir\-spec=<spec> | \-S <spec>] [\-\-dsm=<dsm> | \-D <dsm>]
+ [\-\-show\-command | \-V] [\-\-dry\-run | \-w] [\-\-latency | \-t]
[\-\-storage\-tag<storage\-tag> | \-g <storage\-tag>]
- [\-\-storage\-tag\-check | \-C ]
- [\-\-force]
+ [\-\-storage\-tag\-check | \-C] [\-\-force]
+ [\-\-output\-format=<fmt> | \-o <fmt>] [\-\-verbose | \-v]
.fi
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.sp
The Read command reads the logical blocks specified by the command from the medium and copies to the data data buffer provided\&. Will use stdout by default if you don\(cqt provide a file\&.
.SH "OPTIONS"
.PP
-\-\-start\-block=<slba>, \-s <slba>
+\-s <slba>, \-\-start\-block=<slba>
.RS 4
Start block\&.
.RE
.PP
-\-\-block\-count, \-c
+\-c, \-\-block\-count
.RS 4
The number of blocks to transfer\&. This is a zeroes based value to align with the kernel\(cqs use of this field\&. (ie\&. 0 means transfer 1 block)\&.
.RE
.PP
-\-\-data\-size=<size>, \-z <size>
+\-z <size>, \-\-data\-size=<size>
.RS 4
Size of data, in bytes\&.
.RE
.PP
-\-\-metadata\-size=<size>, \-y <size>
+\-y <size>, \-\-metadata\-size=<size>
.RS 4
Size of metadata in bytes\&.
.RE
.PP
-\-\-data=<data\-file>, \-d <data\-file>
+\-d <data\-file>, \-\-data=<data\-file>
.RS 4
Data file\&. If none provided, contents are sent to STDOUT\&.
.RE
.PP
-\-\-metadata=<metadata\-file>, \-M <metadata\-file>
+\-M <metadata\-file>, \-\-metadata=<metadata\-file>
.RS 4
Metadata file, if necessary\&.
.RE
.PP
-\-\-prinfo=<prinfo>, \-p <prinfo>
+\-p <prinfo>, \-\-prinfo=<prinfo>
.RS 4
Protection Information field definition\&.
.TS
@@ -134,17 +130,17 @@ T}
.sp 1
.RE
.PP
-\-\-ref\-tag=<reftag>, \-r <reftag>
+\-r <reftag>, \-\-ref\-tag=<reftag>
.RS 4
Optional reftag when used with protection information\&.
.RE
.PP
-\-\-app\-tag\-mask=<appmask>, \-m <appmask>
+\-m <appmask>, \-\-app\-tag\-mask=<appmask>
.RS 4
Optional application tag mask when used with protection information\&.
.RE
.PP
-\-\-force\-unit\-access, \-f
+\-f, \-\-force\-unit\-access
.RS 4
Set the force\-unit access flag\&.
.RE
@@ -164,7 +160,7 @@ Optional field for directive specifics\&. When used with write streams, this val
The optional data set management attributes for this command\&. The argument for this is the least significant 8 bits of the DSM field in a write command; the most significant 16 bits of the field come from the directive specific field, if used\&. This may be used to set attributes for the LBAs being written, like access frequency, type, latency, among other things, as well as yet to be defined types\&. Please consult the NVMe specification for detailed breakdown of how to use this field\&.
.RE
.PP
-\-v, \-\-show\-cmd
+\-V, \-\-show\-cmd
.RS 4
Print out the command to be sent\&.
.RE
@@ -196,6 +192,20 @@ This flag enables Storage Tag field checking as part of end\-to\-end data protec
.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
No examples yet\&.