nvme_cmd_format_pi-libnvme3(2)

nvme_cmd_format_pi-libnvme32

Format nvm - protection information

Usage

enum nvme_cmd_format_pi {
NVME_FORMAT_PI_DISABLE ,

NVME_FORMAT_PI_TYPE1 ,

NVME_FORMAT_PI_TYPE2 ,

NVME_FORMAT_PI_TYPE3

};

Constants

NVME_FORMAT_PI_DISABLE

Protection information is not enabled.

NVME_FORMAT_PI_TYPE1

Protection information is enabled, Type 1.

NVME_FORMAT_PI_TYPE2

Protection information is enabled, Type 2.

NVME_FORMAT_PI_TYPE3

Protection information is enabled, Type 3.

From nvme-cli 3.2-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.