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+.\" Title: nvme-verify
+.\" Author: [FIXME: author] [see http://docbook.sf.net/el/author]
+.\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets v1.79.1 <http://docbook.sf.net/>
+.\" Date: 07/09/2021
+.\" Manual: NVMe Manual
+.\" Source: NVMe
+.\" Language: English
+.\"
+.TH "NVME\-VERIFY" "1" "07/09/2021" "NVMe" "NVMe Manual"
+.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
+.\" * Define some portability stuff
+.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
+.\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+.\" http://bugs.debian.org/507673
+.\" http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/groff/2009-02/msg00013.html
+.\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+.ie \n(.g .ds Aq \(aq
+.el .ds Aq '
+.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
+.\" * set default formatting
+.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
+.\" disable hyphenation
+.nh
+.\" disable justification (adjust text to left margin only)
+.ad l
+.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
+.\" * MAIN CONTENT STARTS HERE *
+.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
+.SH "NAME"
+nvme-verify \- Send an NVMe Verify command, return results
+.SH "SYNOPSIS"
+.sp
+.nf
+\fInvme\-verify\fR <device> [\-\-namespace\-id=<nsid> | \-n <nsid>]
+ [\-\-start\-block=<slba> | \-s <slba>]
+ [\-\-block\-count=<nlb> | \-c <nlb>]
+ [\-\-limited\-retry | \-l]
+ [\-\-force\-unit\-access | \-f]
+ [\-\-prinfo=<prinfo> | \-p <prinfo>]
+ [\-\-ref\-tag=<reftag> | \-r <reftag>]
+ [\-\-app\-tag\-mask=<appmask> | \-m <appmask>]
+ [\-\-app\-tag=<apptag> | \-a <apptag>]
+ [\-\-storage\-tag<storage\-tag> | \-S <storage\-tag>]
+ [\-\-storage\-tag\-check<storage\-tag\-check> | \-C <storage\-tag\-check>]
+.fi
+.SH "DESCRIPTION"
+.sp
+The Verify command verifies the integrity of the stored information by reading data and metadata\&.
+.SH "OPTIONS"
+.PP
+\-\-namespace\-id=<nsid>, \-n <nsid>
+.RS 4
+Namespace ID use in the command\&.
+.RE
+.PP
+\-\-start\-block=<slba>, \-s <slba>
+.RS 4
+Start block address\&.
+.RE
+.PP
+\-\-block\-count=<nlb>, \-c <nlb>
+.RS 4
+Number of logical blocks to Verify\&.
+.RE
+.PP
+\-\-limited\-retry, \-l
+.RS 4
+Sets the limited retry flag\&.
+.RE
+.PP
+\-\-force\-unit\-access, \-f
+.RS 4
+Set the force\-unit access flag\&.
+.RE
+.PP
+\-\-prinfo=<prinfo>, \-p <prinfo>
+.RS 4
+Protection Information field definition\&.
+.TS
+allbox tab(:);
+lt lt
+lt lt
+lt lt
+lt lt
+lt lt
+lt lt.
+T{
+Bit
+T}:T{
+Description
+T}
+T{
+3
+T}:T{
+PRACT: Protection Information Action\&. When set to 1, PI is stripped/inserted on read/write when the block format\(cqs metadata size is 8\&. When set to 0, metadata is passes\&.
+T}
+T{
+2:0
+T}:T{
+PRCHK: Protection Information Check:
+T}
+T{
+2
+T}:T{
+Set to 1 enables checking the guard tag
+T}
+T{
+1
+T}:T{
+Set to 1 enables checking the application tag
+T}
+T{
+0
+T}:T{
+Set to 1 enables checking the reference tag
+T}
+.TE
+.sp 1
+.RE
+.PP
+\-\-ref\-tag=<reftag>, \-r <reftag>
+.RS 4
+Optional reftag when used with protection information\&.
+.RE
+.PP
+\-\-app\-tag\-mask=<appmask>, \-m <appmask>
+.RS 4
+Optional application tag mask when used with protection information\&.
+.RE
+.PP
+\-\-app\-tag=<apptag>, \-a <apptag>
+.RS 4
+Optional application tag when used with protection information\&.
+.RE
+.PP
+\-\-storage\-tag=<storage\-tag>, \-S <storage\-tag>
+.RS 4
+Variable Sized Expected Logical Block Storage Tag(ELBST) and Expected Logical Block Reference Tag (ELBRT), CDW2 and CDW3 (00:47) bits\&.
+.RE
+.PP
+\-\-storage\-tag\-check=<storage\-tag\-check>, \-C <storage\-tag\-check>
+.RS 4
+This bit specifies the Storage Tag field shall be checked as part of Verify operation\&.
+.RE
+.SH "EXAMPLES"
+.sp
+No examples yet\&.
+.SH "NVME"
+.sp
+Part of the nvme\-user suite