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diff --git a/Documentation/nvme-get-property.txt b/Documentation/nvme-get-property.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..b2b7d29 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/nvme-get-property.txt @@ -0,0 +1,62 @@ +nvme-get-property(1) +==================== + +NAME +---- +nvme-get-property - Reads and shows the defined NVMe controller property +for NVMe over Fabric + +SYNOPSIS +-------- +[verse] +'nvme get-property' <device> [--offset=<offset> | -o <offset>] + [--human-readable | -H ] + + +DESCRIPTION +----------- +Reads and shows the defined NVMe controller property for NVMe over Fabric. + + +OPTIONS +------- +-o:: +--offset:: + The offset of the property. One of CAP=0x0, VS=0x8, CC=0x14, CSTS=0x1c, NSSR=0x20 + +-H:: +--human-readable: + Show the fields packed in the property + + +EXAMPLES +-------- +* The following will run the get-property command with offset 0 ++ +------------ +# nvme get-property /dev/nvme0 --offset=0x0 --human-readable +------------ + + +BUGS +---- +Currently the CAP value is truncated to 32 bits due to a limitation in +the ioctl interface. + +In a recent enough kernel, the 64 bit value is shown in kernel traces. + +* First enable traces by this command ++ +------------ +# echo 1 > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/nvme/enable +------------ + +* Then look for NVMe Fabrics command (0x7f) at trace ++ +------------ +/sys/kernel/debug/tracing/trace +------------ + +NVME +---- +Part of the nvme-user suite |