NVME-WDC-PURGE-MO(1) | NVMe Manual | NVME-WDC-PURGE-MO(1) |
nvme-wdc-purge-monitor - Send NVMe WDC Purge-Monitor Vendor Unique Command, return result
nvme wdc purge-monitor <device>
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.
No options yet.
# nvme wdc purge-monitor /dev/nvme0
Part of the nvme-user suite.
01/08/2019 | NVMe |