NVME-WDC-CLEAR-FW(1)

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💅 nvme-wdc-clear-fw-activate-history 💅

okay so bestie, welcome to the NVMe Manual page for nvme-wdc-clear-fw-activate-history — yes that's a whole mouthful, we're gonna get through it together 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

nvme-wdc-clear-fw-activate-history — literally just clears the firmware activate history table. that's it. that's the whole job. she's simple, she's focused, she's iconic 🎀

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

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

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so for the NVMe device you hand her, she sends the wdc vendor unique clear fw activate history command. no cap, that's the vibe 🔥

the <device> parameter is mandatory — like, non-negotiable, she needs it — and it has to be the NVMe character device (ex: /dev/nvme0). don't try to be cute and skip it 🙈

⚠️ heads up bestie: this only works on WDC devices that support this feature. results for any other device are undefined — which is dev-speak for "chaos, ma'am, pure chaos" 💀 so pls don't.

💜 OPTIONS 💜

None

yep. zero. nada. she needs no options. main character energy only 👑

🌈 GLOBAL OPTIONS 🌈

these ones live at the top-level nvme command, but they're still available to this subcommand, so you're covered:

  • --dry-run — prints the command that would be executed, but doesn't actually execute it. rehearsal mode, no commitment ✨
  • --no-ioctl-probing — disables probing for 64-bit IOCTL support. minding her own business.
  • --no-retries — turns off 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 at a time, bestie — pick a lane 💅
  • --output-format-version=<version> — selects the output format version. version 1 uses the original field naming, while version 2 (the default) gives you more consistent and script-friendly field names. any other versions get rejected, sorry not sorry 🙅‍♀️
  • --quiet — suppresses informational messages. errors are still reported, and --quiet cancels any --verbose for the library log level. she's quiet but she's not silent about problems 🎀
  • --set-options=<key=value>[,<key=value>...] — sets libnvme library options for this invocation. supported keys are force-4k, mi-probe-enabled, test-base-dir and test-sysfs-dir. mix and match, iykyk 🌸
  • --timeout=<ms> — sets the timeout for the command in milliseconds. infinite or -1 waits without a time limit (0xffffffff). patient queen behavior ⏳
  • -v, --verbose — increases the level of detail in the output. may be specified multiple times to further increase verbosity. the more the merrier fr fr 🔥

these options can also be set as machine-wide defaults in nvme-cli.conf(5). a command-line flag always overrides the file — flag wins, periodt 👑

⭐ EXAMPLES ⭐

  • clears the firmware activate history table:
# nvme wdc clear-fw-activate-history /dev/nvme0

look at her go. ate and left no crumbs 💖

🧚 NVME 🧚

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and that's the whole page, bestie! 🎉 this gorgeous little number is from the NVMe gang, dated 10/30/2026 — write it in your calendar, screenshot it, tattoo it, whatever feels right 💜👑

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