nvme_mi_admin_format_nvm(2)

nvme_mi_admin_format_nvm2

Format nvme namespace

Usage

int nvme_mi_admin_format_nvm (nvme_mi_ctrl_t ctrl , struct nvme_format_nvm_args *args );

Arguments

ctrl

Controller to send command to

args

Format NVM command arguments

Overview

Perform a low-level format to set the LBA data & metadata size. May destroy data & metadata on the specified namespaces

Return

The nvme command status if a response was received (see enum nvme_status_field) or -1 with errno set otherwise.

Releases

2 releases since Debian 12 (Bookworm); the text changed 1 time.

  1. 12
  2. 13

From libnvme-dev 1.13-2 in Debian 13 (Trixie). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.