nvme-lnvm-init(1) Initialize LightNVM device with media manager

SYNOPSIS

nvme lnvm-init [--device-name=<DEVICE> | -d <DEVICE>]
[--mediamgr-name | -m]

DESCRIPTION

Initialize LightNVM device. A LightNVM/Open-Channel SSD must have a media manager associated before it can be exposed to the user. The default is to initialize the general media manager on top of the device.

OPTIONS

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

Device name to initialize.

--mediamgr-name=<MediaMgr>, -m <MediaMgr>

Media Manager name to use for initialization.

EXAMPLES

• Initialize nvme0n1 

# nvme lnvm-init -d nvme0n1

• Initialize nvme0n1 with gennvm media manager (default media manager) 

# nvme lnvm-init -d nvme0n1 -m gennvm

NVME

Part of the nvme-user suite

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