1NVME-WDC-PURGE-MO(1)              NVMe Manual             NVME-WDC-PURGE-MO(1)
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NAME

6       nvme-wdc-purge-monitor - Send NVMe WDC Purge-Monitor Vendor Unique
7       Command, return result
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SYNOPSIS

10       nvme wdc purge-monitor <device>
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DESCRIPTION

13       For the NVMe device given, send a Vendor Unique WDC Purge-Monitor
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16       Expected status and description :-
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18       ┌────────────┬───────────────────────────┐
19       │Status Code │ Description               │
20       ├────────────┼───────────────────────────┤
21       │            │                           │
22       │0x00        │ Purge State Idle.         │
23       ├────────────┼───────────────────────────┤
24       │            │                           │
25       │0x01        │ Purge State Done.         │
26       ├────────────┼───────────────────────────┤
27       │            │                           │
28       │0x02        │ Purge State Busy.         │
29       ├────────────┼───────────────────────────┤
30       │            │                           │
31       │0x03        │ Purge State Error : Purge │
32       │            │ operation resulted in     │
33       │            │ error, power cycle        │
34       │            │ required.                 │
35       ├────────────┼───────────────────────────┤
36       │            │                           │
37       │0x04        │ Purge State Error : Purge │
38       │            │ operation interrupted by  │
39       │            │ power cycle or reset.     │
40       └────────────┴───────────────────────────┘
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42       The <device> parameter is mandatory and may be either the NVMe
43       character device (ex: /dev/nvme0), or a namespace block device (ex:
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46       This will only work on WDC devices supporting this feature. Results for
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49       On success it returns 0, error code otherwise.
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OPTIONS

52       No options yet.
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EXAMPLES

55       •   Has the program issue WDC Purge-Monitor Vendor Unique Command :
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NVME

60       Part of the nvme-user suite.
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