NVME-LNVM-CREATE(1)

💖 NVME-LNVM-CREATE(1) 💖

okay bestie, gather round, because this one is literally about bringing a whole new storage target into existence. it lives in the NVMe Manual, and no cap, it's giving main character energy for your LightNVM device. 🦋

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✨ NAME ✨

nvme-lnvm-create — instantiate a target on top of a LightNVM enabled device

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

nvme lnvm-create [--device-name=<DEVICE> | -d <DEVICE>]
                        [--target-name=<TARGET> | -n <TARGET>]
                        [--target-type=<TARGETTYPE> | -t <TARGETTYPE>]
                        [--lun-begin <NUM> | -b <NUM>]
                        [--lun-end <NUM> | -e <NUM>]

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💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

So here's the vibe: you're instantiating a target on top of a LightNVM enabled device. That's it, that's the job. It exposes the physical so you, the user, can actually use it. periodt. 💁♀️

The target name is literally the name the media gets exposed as, in /dev/<targetname>. so if you name it target0, bestie, you're gonna go find it at the corresponding path. iykyk. ✨

The target type is, shockingly, the target you're instantiating. Typically pblk or rrpc. those are the two icons in this story. 👑

And LUN begin + LUN end? Together they define the range of LUNs to use for a target instantiation. it's a little LUN sandwich, lowkey. 🥪

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🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

• --device-name=<DEVICE>, -d <DEVICE> — the device name you wanna initialize. your starting point, your little blank canvas. 🌈
• --target-name=<TARGET>, -n <TARGET> — the target name of the device you're initializing. For example: target0. name her something cute. 💖
• --target-type=<TARGETTYPE>, -t <TARGETTYPE> — the target type of the device to use. For example: pblk. pick your fighter. 🔥
• --lun-begin <NUM>, -b <NUM> — begin LUN id offset to use for target. where the LUN range starts, fr fr. ⭐
• --lun-end <NUM>, -e <NUM> — end LUN id offset to use for target. where it wraps up. slay. 💜

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🌟 EXAMPLES 🌟

• Initialize nvme0n1 with pblk target with 64 LUNs. a full 64, obsessed. 😭

# nvme lnvm-create -d nvme0n1 -t pblk -n target0 -b 0 -e 63

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👑 NVME 👑

Part of the nvme-user suite. iconic lineage, honestly. 🫶

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okay that's the whole page bestie, go forth and instantiate responsibly 💅

this lil page is brought to you by the NVMe manual fam — dated 11/11/2021, filed under NVME-LNVM-CREATE(1) — and it's part of the nvme-user suite. mwah. 💖✨🎀