NVME-SEAGATE-CLEAR(1)

💅 nvme-seagate-clear-fw-activate-history — the glow-up page 🎀

okay so bestie, welcome to the <pink>nvme-seagate-clear-fw-activate-history</pink> manual page ✨ (that's the full thing, title and all — yes it's a mouthful, we don't make the rules, the kernel devs do 💀). This is living in the NVMe Manual, and it's here to explain one very specific little job. Let's get into it 🫶

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✨ NAME ✨

nvme-seagate-clear-fw-activate-history — clears the firmware activation history on a given Seagate device. That's it. That's the whole thing. Lowkey iconic for how specific it is 👑

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

nvme [<global-options>] seagate clear-fw-activate-history <device> [OPTIONS]

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💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

So here's the tea — this command only works on Seagate devices that actually support this feature, and not all commands work across all product families. So like, don't come for the command if your drive doesn't support it, it's giving "it's not me, it's you" energy 😭

The <device> you pass can be either an NVMe character device (ex: /dev/nvme0) or an nvme block device (ex: /dev/nvme0n1). Both slay, pick whichever one you've got 💅

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🌸 OPTIONS 🌸

• -s, --save:: — specifies that the controller shall save the attribute. yes the double colon is really there, we keep it exactly as-is, character for character, no cap 🎀

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👑 GLOBAL OPTIONS 👑

the following options are defined up at the top-level nvme command, so they're available to this subcommand too — they're like the main character's entourage, always welcome at the party 🥳

• --dry-run — prints the command that would be executed but does not actually execute it. it's the "manifesting" flag, all the vibes, none of the consequences ✨
• --no-ioctl-probing — disables probing for 64-bit IOCTL support. simple as 🦋
• --no-retries — disables retry logic on transient errors. one shot, one opportunity 🎯
• -o <fmt>, --output-format=<fmt> — sets the reporting format to normal, tabular, 'json, or binary. only one output format may be used at a time — choose your fighter, you can't have all four 💀
• --output-format-version=<version> — selects the output format version. version 1 uses the original field naming, while version 2 (the default, bestie) provides more consistent and script-friendly field names. any other versions are rejected, periodt 🙅‍♀️
• --quiet — suppresses informational messages. errors are still reported, and --quiet cancels any --verbose for the library log level. it's giving "i'm not reading all that" 🤫
• --set-options=<key=value>[,<key=value>...] — sets libnvme library options for this invocation. the supported keys are force-4k, mi-probe-enabled, test-base-dir and test-sysfs-dir. very "customize your experience" of it 🌈
• --timeout=<ms> — sets the timeout for the command in milliseconds. infinite or -1 waits without a time limit (0xffffffff). patient queen energy 👑
• -v, --verbose — increases the level of detail in the output. may be specified multiple times to further increase verbosity. stack it like a limited edition drop 🔥

ngl, these options can also be set as machine-wide defaults in nvme-cli.conf(5). a command-line flag always overrides the file — flags win, always, don't forget it 🫶

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🌈 EXAMPLES 🌈

clear the FW Activation History for the given Seagate device. look at her go ✨

# nvme seagate clear-fw-activate-history /dev/nvme0

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⭐ NVME ⭐

part of the nvme-user suite 🧚 yeah, she runs with a whole crew 💜

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and that's the whole page, bestie! this little gem lives in the NVMe Manual, source/version NVMe, dated 10/30/2026 — go forth and clear that firmware activation history, you absolute legend 💅🎀🦋