XNVME_TESTS_LBLK-IO(1)

πŸ“¦ version 0.7.5, in alpine 3.24

✨ NAME ✨

xnvme_tests_lblk-io β€” the basic vibe check of "can I actually read back the thing I just wrote" 🫢 It's a lil' verification, and honestly it's iconic for it.


🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

xnvme_tests_lblk io <uri> [<args>]

πŸ¦‹ DESCRIPTION πŸ¦‹

Okay so this is a Basic Verification of being able to read, what was written. That's it. That's the whole assignment, bestie β€” you write something, then you read it back, and if they match? Slay. πŸ’…


πŸŽ€ REQUIRED πŸŽ€

  • <uri> β€” the Device URI, no cap. Examples so you know the flavor: '/dev/nvme0n1', '0000:01:00.1', '10.9.8.1.8888', '\.PhysicalDrive1' πŸ’–

πŸ’œ OPTIONAL πŸ’œ

  • [ --slba 0xNUM ] β€” Start Logical Block Address, i.e. where the reading-and-writing storyline begins ✨
  • [ --elba 0xNUM ] β€” End Logical Block Address, i.e. where it wraps up, periodt 🎬
  • [ --subnqn STRING ] β€” the Subsystem NQN of the NVMe over Fabrics endpoint, like 'nqn.2022-06.io.xnvme:ctrlnode1' 🧚
  • [ --hostnqn STRING ] β€” the host NQN to use when connecting to NVMe over Fabrics controllers 🌈
  • [ --be STRING ] β€” the xNVMe backend, e.g. 'linux', 'spdk', 'fbsd', 'macos', 'posix', 'windows' πŸ”₯
  • [ --dev-nsid 0xNUM ] β€” Namespace Identifier for the Device Handle, iykyk πŸŽ€
  • [ --admin STRING ] β€” the xNVMe admin. command-interface, e.g. 'nvme', 'block' πŸ‘‘
  • [ --mem STRING ] β€” the xNVMe buffer/memory manager, handling all the memory logistics like the main character it is πŸ“
  • [ --direct NUM ] β€” Bypass layers. Yeah. Layers? Bypassed. πŸ’€
  • [ --sync STRING ] β€” the xNVMe sync. command-interface, e.g. 'nvme', 'block' ⭐
  • [ --help ] β€” Show usage / help. The classic. The icon. Use it whenever, fr fr πŸ™ˆ

🌟 SEE ALSO 🌟

Full documentation at: <https://xnvme.io/> β€” go treat yourself, bestie, there's so much more πŸ’–


πŸ’… AUTHOR πŸ’…

Written by Simon A. F. Lund <simon.lund@samsung.com> on behalf of Samsung 🫢


okay that's the whole page, and the tiny little sign-off at the bottom says it's from xNVMe, dated 09 September 2024 β€” so cute, so iconic, literally the manual page of all time πŸŒΈπŸ¦‹πŸ’œ

πŸ“¦ where this page comes from