Date: Tue, 21 Jul 2026 11:37:50 -0700 From: Mark Millard <marklmi@yahoo.com> To: freebsd-current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>, Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> Subject: Re: "nvmecontrol: format request returned error"message for "nvmecontrol format -f 3 nvme1" on a still-new Optane DC P4800X 1.5T : info and questions Message-ID: <47837a66-1ff3-4f45-83a8-d53b00b55d28@yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <8c2056bb-9431-45ad-b548-197face69d43@yahoo.com>
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Adding Warner to the To list in order to be sure that he sees it. So far as I can tell, Warner seems to be likely to be the only one likely to answer on if there is more that I should do for formatting the Optane DC P4800X 1.5T based on the below information. So long as he is aware of the question, there is no reason for him to elevate the priority for when to potentially answer. On 7/17/26 13:19, Mark Millard wrote: > My attempt to change from (in smartctl output form): > > Supported LBA Sizes (NSID 0x1) > Id Fmt Data Metadt Rel_Perf > 0 + 512 0 2 > . . . > > to: > > Supported LBA Sizes (NSID 0x1) > Id Fmt Data Metadt Rel_Perf > . . . > 3 - 4096 0 0 > . . . > > reported: > > # nvmecontrol format -f 3 nvme1 > nvmecontrol: format request returned error > > but afterwards shows: > > Supported LBA Sizes (NSID 0x1) > Id Fmt Data Metadt Rel_Perf > . . . > 3 + 4096 0 0 > . . . > > It also shows: > > Media and Data Integrity Errors: 0 > Error Information Log Entries: 0 > > Error Information (NVMe Log 0x01, 16 of 64 entries) > No Errors Logged > > dmesg -a shows: > > # dmesg -a | tail -7 > nvme1: Resetting controller due to a timeout. > nvme1: event="start" > nvme1: event="success" > nvme1: aborting outstanding admin command > nvme1: FORMAT_NVM (80) sqid:0 cid:15 nsid:ffffffff cdw10:00000003 > cdw11:00000000 > nvme1: ABORTED_BY_REQUEST (00/07) crd:0 m:0 dnr:1 p:0 sqid:0 cid:15 cdw0:0 > nvme1: done aborting outstanding admin > > > Is this a problem for use of the media? Did it likely finish what it was > doing? If it did not finish, what may I do about it? > > > For reference (after the attempt): > > === START OF SMART DATA SECTION === > SMART overall-health self-assessment test result: PASSED > > SMART/Health Information (NVMe Log 0x02, NSID 0xffffffff) > Critical Warning: 0x00 > Temperature: 45 Celsius > Available Spare: 100% > Available Spare Threshold: 0% > Percentage Used: 0% > Data Units Read: 22 [11.2 MB] > Data Units Written: 33 [16.8 MB] > Host Read Commands: 862 > Host Write Commands: 210 > Controller Busy Time: 0 > Power Cycles: 5 > Power On Hours: 1 > Unsafe Shutdowns: 1 > Media and Data Integrity Errors: 0 > Error Information Log Entries: 0 > > and: > > # nvmecontrol identify -n 1 nvme1 > Size: 366284646 blocks > Capacity: 366284646 blocks > Utilization: 366284646 blocks > Thin Provisioning: Not Supported > Number of LBA Formats: 7 > Current LBA Format: LBA Format #03 > Metadata Capabilities > Extended: Supported > Separate: Not Supported > Data Protection Caps: Last Bytes, Type 1 > Data Protection Settings: Not Enabled > Multi-Path I/O Capabilities: Not Supported > Reservation Capabilities: Not Supported > Format Progress Indicator: Not Supported > Deallocate Logical Block: Read Not Reported > Optimal I/O Boundary: 0 blocks > NVM Capacity: 0 bytes > Globally Unique Identifier: 00000000000000000000000000000000 > IEEE EUI64: 5cd2e496b5ea0100 > LBA Format #00: Data Size: 512 Metadata Size: 0 Performance: Good > LBA Format #01: Data Size: 512 Metadata Size: 8 Performance: Good > LBA Format #02: Data Size: 512 Metadata Size: 16 Performance: Good > LBA Format #03: Data Size: 4096 Metadata Size: 0 Performance: Best > LBA Format #04: Data Size: 4096 Metadata Size: 8 Performance: Best > LBA Format #05: Data Size: 4096 Metadata Size: 64 Performance: Best > LBA Format #06: Data Size: 4096 Metadata Size: 128 Performance: Best > > -- === Mark Millard marklmi at yahoo.comhome | help
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