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.\" Copyright (c) 2012-2013 Intel Corporation
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.\" nvd driver man page.
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.\" Author: Jim Harris <jimharris@FreeBSD.org>
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.\" $FreeBSD$
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.\"
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.Dd July 9, 2013
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.Dt NVD 4
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm nvd
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.Nd NVM Express disk driver
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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To compile this driver into your kernel,
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place the following lines in your kernel configuration file:
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.Bd -ragged -offset indent
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.Cd "device nvme"
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.Cd "device nvd"
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.Ed
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.Pp
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Or, to load the driver as a module at boot, place the following lines in
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.Xr loader.conf 5 :
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.Bd -literal -offset indent
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nvme_load="YES"
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nvd_load="YES"
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.Ed
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Nm
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driver exposes NVM Express (NVMe) namespaces as disks to the kernel disk
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storage API.
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It depends on the
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.Xr nvme 4
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driver for notification of existing NVMe namespaces and submission of NVM
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I/O commands.
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr nvme 4 ,
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.Xr nvmecontrol 8 ,
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.Xr disk 9 .
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.Sh HISTORY
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The
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.Nm
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driver first appeared in
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.Fx 9.2.
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.Sh AUTHORS
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.An -nosplit
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The
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.Nm
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driver was developed by Intel and originally written by
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.An Jim Harris Aq jimharris@FreeBSD.org ,
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with contributions from Joe Golio at EMC.
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.Pp
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This man page was written by
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.An Jim Harris Aq jimharris@FreeBSD.org .
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