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diff --git a/Documentation/nvme-zns-zone-append.1 b/Documentation/nvme-zns-zone-append.1 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..494e265 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/nvme-zns-zone-append.1 @@ -0,0 +1,133 @@ +'\" t +.\" Title: nvme-zns-zone-append +.\" Author: [FIXME: author] [see http://www.docbook.org/tdg5/en/html/author] +.\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets vsnapshot <http://docbook.sf.net/> +.\" Date: 10/20/2020 +.\" Manual: NVMe Manual +.\" Source: NVMe +.\" Language: English +.\" +.TH "NVME\-ZNS\-ZONE\-APP" "1" "10/20/2020" "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-zns-zone-append \- Send an NVMe write command, provide results +.SH "SYNOPSIS" +.sp +.nf +\fInvme\-zns\-zone\-append\fR <device> [\-\-namespace\-id=<NUM> | \-n <NUM>] + [\-\-zslba=<IONUM> | \-s <IONUM>] + [\-\-data\-size=<IONUM> | \-z <IONUM>] + [\-\-metadata\-size=<IONUM> | \-y <IONUM>] + [\-\-data=<FILE> | \-d <FILE>] + [\-\-metadata=<FILE> | \-M <FILE>] + [\-\-limited\-retry | \-l] + [\-\-force\-unit\-access | \-f] + [\-\-ref\-tag=<NUM> | \-r <NUM>] + [\-\-app\-tag\-mask=<NUM> | \-m <NUM>] + [\-\-app\-tag=<NUM> | \-a <NUM>] + [\-\-prinfo=<NUM> | \-p <NUM>] +.fi +.SH "DESCRIPTION" +.sp +The zone append command writes the logical blocks specified by the command to the medium from the data data buffer provided\&. Will use stdin by default if you don\(cqt provide a file\&. +.sp +On sucess, the program will report the LBA that was assigned to the data for the append operation\&. +.SH "OPTIONS" +.PP +\-n <NUM>, \-\-namespace\-id=<NUM> +.RS 4 +Use the provided namespace id for the command\&. If not provided, the namespace id of the block device will be used\&. If the command is issued to a non\-block device, the parameter is required\&. +.RE +.PP +\-s <IONUM>, \-\-zslba=<IONUM>, \-z <IONUM>, \-\-data\-size=<IONUM> +.RS 4 +Size of data, in bytes\&. +.RE +.PP +\-y <IONUM>, \-\-metadata\-size=<IONUM> +.RS 4 +Size of metadata in bytes\&. +.RE +.PP +\-d <FILE>, \-\-data=<FILE> +.RS 4 +Data file providing the data to write\&. If none provided, contents are sent from STDIN\&. +.RE +.PP +\-M <FILE>, \-\-metadata=<FILE> +.RS 4 +Metadata file, if necessary\&. +.RE +.PP +\-l, \-\-limited\-retry +.RS 4 +Sets the limited retry flag\&. +.RE +.PP +\-f, \-\-force\-unit\-access +.RS 4 +Set the force\-unit access flag\&. +.RE +.PP +\-r <NUM>, \-\-ref\-tag=<NUM> +.RS 4 +Optional reftag when used with protection information\&. +.RE +.PP +\-m <NUM>, \-\-app\-tag\-mask=<NUM> +.RS 4 +Optional application tag mask when used with protection information\&. +.RE +.PP +\-a <NUM>, \-\-app\-tag=<NUM> +.RS 4 +Optional application tag when used with protection information\&. +.RE +.PP +\-p <NUM>, \-\-prinfo=<NUM> +.RS 4 +Protection Information field definition\&. +.RE +.SH "EXAMPLES" +.sp +.RS 4 +.ie n \{\ +\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c +.\} +.el \{\ +.sp -1 +.IP \(bu 2.3 +.\} +Append the data "hello world" into 4k worth of blocks into the zone starting at block 0 for namespace 1: +.sp +.if n \{\ +.RS 4 +.\} +.nf +# echo "hello world" | nvme zns zone\-append /dev/nvme0 \-n 1 \-s 0 \-z 4k +.fi +.if n \{\ +.RE +.\} +.RE +.SH "NVME" +.sp +Part of the nvme\-user suite |