| NVME-WDC-PURGE-MO(1) | NVMe Manual | NVME-WDC-PURGE-MO(1) |
NAME¶
nvme-wdc-purge-monitor - Send NVMe WDC Purge-Monitor Vendor Unique Command, return result
SYNOPSIS¶
nvme wdc purge-monitor <device>
DESCRIPTION¶
For the NVMe device given, send a Vendor Unique WDC Purge-Monitor command and provide the status of the purge command.
Expected status and description :-
| Status Code | Description |
| 0x00 | Purge State Idle. |
| 0x01 | Purge State Done. |
| 0x02 | Purge State Busy. |
| 0x03 | Purge State Error : Purge operation resulted in error, power cycle required. |
| 0x04 | Purge State Error : Purge operation interrupted by power cycle or reset. |
The <device> parameter is mandatory and may be either the NVMe character device (ex: /dev/nvme0), or a namespace block device (ex: /dev/nvme0n1).
This will only work on WDC devices supporting this feature. Results for any other device are undefined.
On success it returns 0, error code otherwise.
OPTIONS¶
No options yet.
EXAMPLES¶
•Has the program issue WDC Purge-Monitor Vendor
Unique Command :
# nvme wdc purge-monitor /dev/nvme0
NVME¶
Part of the nvme-user suite.
| 02/22/2024 | NVMe |