nvme-lnvm-init(1)

Usage

nvme lnvm-init [{--device-name=<DEVICE> | -d <DEVICE>}] [{--mediamgr-name | -m}]

Overview

Initialize LightNVM device. A LightNVM/Open-Channel SSD must have a media manager associated before it can be exposed to the user. The default is to initialize the general media manager on top of the device.

Options

--device-name=<DEVICE>, -d <DEVICE>: Device name to initialize.

--mediamgr-name=<MediaMgr>, -m <MediaMgr>: Media Manager name to use for initialization.

Examples

• Initialize nvme0n1

# nvme lnvm-init -d nvme0n1

• Initialize nvme0n1 with gennvm media manager (default media manager)

# nvme lnvm-init -d nvme0n1 -m gennvm

Nvme

Part of the nvme-user suite

Releases

3 releases since Debian 9 (Stretch); the text changed 2 times.

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