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diff --git a/Documentation/nvme.txt b/Documentation/nvme.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..b9a1f59 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/nvme.txt @@ -0,0 +1,60 @@ +nvme(1) +======= + +NAME +---- +nvme - the NVMe storage command line interface utility (nvme-cli) + +SYNOPSIS +-------- +built-in plugin: +[verse] +'nvme' <command> <device> [<args>] + +extension plugins: +[verse] +'nvme' <plugin> <command> <device> [<args>] + +DESCRIPTION +----------- +NVM-Express is a fast, scalable host controller interface designed to +address the needs for not only PCI Express based solid state drives, but +also NVMe-oF(over fabrics). + +This 'nvme' program is a user space utility to provide standards compliant +tooling for NVM-Express drives. It was made specifically for Linux as +it relies on the IOCTLs defined by the mainline kernel driver. + +NVME COMMANDS +------------- +The utility has sub-commands for all admin and io commands defined in the +specification and for displaying controller registers. There is also an +option to submit completely arbitrary commands. For a list of commands +available, run "nvme help". + +nvme cli sub-commands +--------------------- + +Main commands +~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +include::cmds-main.txt[] + +FURTHER DOCUMENTATION +--------------------- +See the freely available references on the http://nvmexpress.org[Official +NVM-Express Site]. + +Authors +------- +This is written and maintained by mailto:kbusch@kernel.org[Keith Busch]. + +Reporting Bugs +-------------- +Patches and issues may be submitted to the official repository at +https://github.com/linux-nvme/nvme-cli or the Linux NVMe mailing list +mailto:linux-nvme@lists.infradead.org[linux-nvme] + +NVME +---- +Part of the nvme suite |