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+.\" Title: nvme-nvme-mi-send
+.\" 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
+.\" Manual: NVMe Manual
+.\" Source: NVMe
+.\" Language: English
+.\"
+.TH "NVME\-NVME\-MI\-SEND" "1" "06/30/2023" "NVMe" "NVMe Manual"
+.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
+.\" * Define some portability stuff
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+.\" http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/groff/2009-02/msg00013.html
+.\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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+.\" disable hyphenation
+.nh
+.\" disable justification (adjust text to left margin only)
+.ad l
+.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
+.\" * MAIN CONTENT STARTS HERE *
+.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
+.SH "NAME"
+nvme-nvme-mi-send \- Send a NVMe\-MI Send command to the specified device
+.SH "SYNOPSIS"
+.sp
+.nf
+\fInvme nvme\-mi\-send\fR <device> [\-\-opcode=<opcode> | \-o <opcode>]
+ [\-\-namespace\-id=<nsid>]
+ [\-\-data\-len=<data\-len> | \-l <data\-len>]
+ [\-\-nmimt=<nmimt> | \-m <nmimt>]
+ [\-\-nmd0=<nmd0> | \-0 <nmd0>]
+ [\-\-nmd1=<nmd1> | \-1 <nmd1>]
+ [\-\-input\-file=<file> | \-i <file>]
+.fi
+.SH "DESCRIPTION"
+.sp
+Send a NVMe\-MI Send command to the specified device, return results\&.
+.sp
+The <device> parameter is mandatory and may be either the NVMe character device (ex: /dev/nvme0) or block device (ex: /dev/nvme0n1)\&.
+.sp
+On success it returns 0, error code otherwise\&.
+.SH "OPTIONS"
+.PP
+\-o <opcode>, \-\-opcode=<opcode>
+.RS 4
+The NVMe\-MI opcode to send to the device in the command
+.RE
+.PP
+\-n <nsid>, \-\-namespace\-id=<nsid>
+.RS 4
+The value for the ns\-id in the command\&.
+.RE
+.PP
+\-l <data\-len>, \-\-data\-len=<data\-len>
+.RS 4
+The data length for the buffer used for this command\&.
+.RE
+.PP
+\-m <nmimt>, \-\-nmimt=<nmimt>
+.RS 4
+The value for the NVMe\-MI message type in the command\&.
+.RE
+.PP
+\-0 <nmd0>, \-\-nmd0=<nmd0>
+.RS 4
+The value for the NVMe management request dword 0 in the command\&.
+.RE
+.PP
+\-1 <nmd1>, \-\-nmd1=<nmd1>
+.RS 4
+The value for the NVMe management request dword 1 in the command\&.
+.RE
+.PP
+\-i <file>, \-\-input\-file=<file>
+.RS 4
+If the command is a data\-out (write) command, use this file to fill the buffer sent to the device\&. If no file is given, assumed to use STDIN\&.
+.RE
+.SH "EXAMPLES"
+.sp
+.RS 4
+.ie n \{\
+\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
+.\}
+.el \{\
+.sp -1
+.IP \(bu 2.3
+.\}
+Has the program issue a nvme\-mi\-send to execute the VPD write\&.
+.sp
+.if n \{\
+.RS 4
+.\}
+.nf
+# nvme nvme\-mi\-send /dev/nvme0n1 \-o 6 \-m 1 \-0 0 \-1 0x100 \-l 256 \-i vpd\&.bin
+.fi
+.if n \{\
+.RE
+.\}
+.RE
+.SH "NVME"
+.sp
+Part of the nvme\-user suite\&.