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nvme-lnvm-factory(1)

nvme-lnvm-factory1

Factory reset a lightnvm device

Usage

nvme lnvm-factory [{--device-name=<DEVICE> | -d <DEVICE>}] [{--erase-only-marked | -e}] [{--clear-host-side-blks | -s}] [{--clear-bb-blks | -b}]

Overview

Instantiate a target on top of a LightNVM enabled device. This exposes the physical for the user to use.

Options

--device-name=<DEVICE>, -d <DEVICE>

Device name to factory initialize

--erase-only-marked, -e

Erases only blocks that are marked in the bad block list

--clear-host-side-blks, -s

Remove host-side bad block marks. This clear the media manager registration

--clear-bb-blks, -b

Removes the grown bad block marks. Allowing them to be rediscovered.

Examples

• Factory reset of device nvme0n1

# nvme lnvm-factory -d nvme0n1

• Complete factory reset of device nvme0n1

# nvme lnvm-factory -d nvme0n1 -s -b

Nvme

Part of the nvme-user suite

History

  • Debian 11 (Bullseye): the text shown here
  • Debian 10 (Buster)
  • Debian 9 (Stretch)

From nvme-cli 1.12-5 in Debian 11 (Bullseye). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.