| NVME-PRIMARY-CTRL(1) | NVMe Manual | NVME-PRIMARY-CTRL(1) |
NAME¶
nvme-primary-ctrl-caps - Send identify Primary Controller Caps, return result and structure
SYNOPSIS¶
nvme primary-ctrl-caps <device> [-o <format> | --output-format=<format>]
DESCRIPTION¶
For the NVMe device given, sends an identify primary Controller caps command and provides the result and returned structure.
The <device> parameter is mandatory and may be either the NVMe character device (ex: /dev/nvme0), or a namespace block device (ex: /dev/nvme0n1).
On success, the structure may be returned in one of several ways depending on the option flags; the structure may be parsed by the program or the raw buffer may be printed to stdout.
OPTIONS¶
-o <format>, --output-format=<format>
Set the reporting format to normal, json,
or binary. Only one output format can be used at a time.
-H, --human-readable
This option will parse and format many of the bit fields
into human-readable formats.
EXAMPLES¶
•Get Primary Ctrl Caps of the device in default
format
# nvme primary-ctrl-caps /dev/nvme0
•Has the program interpret the returned buffer and
display the known fields in a human readable format:
# nvme primary-ctrl-caps /dev/nvme0 --human-readable # nvme primary-ctrl-caps /dev/nvme0 -H
NVME¶
Part of the nvme-user suite
| 04/15/2023 | NVMe |