format: Format a NVM namespace#

xnvme format --help
Usage: xnvme format <uri> [<args>]

Format a NVM namespace
  
Positional arguments:

  uri                           ; Device URI e.g. '/dev/nvme0n1', '0000:01:00.1', '10.9.8.1.8888', '\\.\PhysicalDrive1'
  
Where <args> include:

  [ --nsid 0xNUM ]              ; Namespace Identifier for Command Construction
  [ --lbafl 0xNUM ]             ; Least significant 4 bits of LBA Format Index
  [ --lbafu 0xNUM ]             ; Most significant 2 bits of LBA Format Index
  [ --mset 0xNUM ]              ; Metadata settings. Off=0x0, On=0x1
  [ --ses 0xNUM ]               ; Secure Erase setting. No=0x0, UserData=0x1, Cryptographic=0x2
  [ --pi 0xNUM ]                ; Protection Information. Off=0x0, Type1/2/3=0x1/0x2/0x3
  [ --pil 0xNUM ]               ; Protection Information Location. Last=0x0, First=0x1
  
With <args> for backend:

  [ --subnqn STRING ]           ; Subsystem NQN of the NVMe over Fabrics endpoint e.g. 'nqn.2022-06.io.xnvme:ctrlnode1'
  [ --hostnqn STRING ]          ; The host NQN to use when connecting to NVMe over Fabrics controllers
  [ --be STRING ]               ; xNVMe backend, e.g. 'linux', 'spdk', 'fbsd', 'macos', 'posix', 'windows'
  [ --dev-nsid 0xNUM ]          ; Namespace Identifier for Device Handle
  [ --admin STRING ]            ; xNVMe admin. command-interface, e.g. 'nvme', 'block'
  [ --mem STRING ]              ; xNVMe buffer/memory manager
  [ --direct NUM ]              ; Bypass layers
  [ --help ]                    ; Show usage / help

See 'xnvme --help' for other commands

xNVMe - Cross-platform NVMe utility -- ver: {major: 0, minor: 7, patch: 5}