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.\" Title: nvme-fw-commit
.\" Author: [FIXME: author] [see http://www.docbook.org/tdg5/en/html/author]
.\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets vsnapshot <http://docbook.sf.net/>
.\" Date: 11/04/2025
.\" Manual: NVMe Manual
.\" Source: NVMe
.\" Language: English
.\"
.TH "NVME\-FW\-COMMIT" "1" "11/04/2025" "NVMe" "NVMe Manual"
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.SH "NAME"
nvme-fw-commit \- Used to verify and commit a firmware image\&.
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.sp
.nf
\fInvme fw\-commit\fR <device> [\-\-slot=<slot> | \-s <slot>]
[\-\-action=<action> | \-a <action>]
[\-\-bpid=<boot\-partid> | \-b <boot\-partid>]
[\-\-output\-format=<fmt> | \-o <fmt>] [\-\-verbose | \-v]
[\-\-timeout=<timeout> | \-t <timeout>]
.fi
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.sp
For the NVMe device given, send an nvme Firmware Commit admin command and provides the results\&.
.sp
The Firmware Commit command is used to verify that a valid firmware image has been downloaded and to commit that revision to a specific firmware slot\&. The host may select the firmware image to commit on the next controller reset (CC\&.EN transitions from \(oq1\(cq to \(oq0\(cq, a PCI function level reset, and/or other Controller or NVM Subsystem Reset) as part of this command\&. The currently executing firmware revision may be determined from the Firmware Revision field of the Identify Controller data structure as indicated in the Firmware Slot Information log page\&.
.sp
No further action is automatically taken to reset the device, which is usually required to complete the activation process\&. If your kernel and driver are recent enough, you can commit the firmware by issuing a reset through Linux sysfs, for example:
.sp
.if n \{\
.RS 4
.\}
.nf
# echo 1 > /sys/class/nvme/nvme0/device/reset
.fi
.if n \{\
.RE
.\}
.sp
If your kernel is not recent enough, you will need to remove and add the device some other way\&.
.SH "OPTIONS"
.PP
\-a <action>, \-\-action=<action>
.RS 4
Commit Action: This field specifies the action that is taken on the image downloaded with the Firmware Image Download command or on a previously downloaded and placed image\&.
.TS
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T{
Value
T}:T{
Definition
T}
T{
0
T}:T{
Downloaded image replaces the image indicated by the Firmware Slot field\&. This image is not activated\&.
T}
T{
1
T}:T{
Downloaded image replaces the image indicated by the Firmware Slot field\&. This image is activated at the next reset\&.
T}
T{
2
T}:T{
The image indicated by the Firmware Slot field is activated at the next reset\&.
T}
T{
3
T}:T{
The image specified by the Firmware Slot field is requested to be activated immediately without reset\&.
T}
T{
6
T}:T{
Downloaded image replaces the Boot Partition specified by the Boot Partition ID field\&.
T}
T{
7
T}:T{
Mark the Boot Partition specified in the BPID field as active and update BPINFO\&.ABPID\&.
T}
.TE
.sp 1
.RE
.PP
\-s <slot>, \-\-slot=<slot>
.RS 4
Firmware Slot: Specifies the firmware slot that shall be used for the Commit Action, if applicable\&. If the value specified is 0h, then the controller shall choose the firmware slot (slot 1 \(en 7) to use for the operation\&.
.RE
.PP
\-\-bpid=<boot\-partid>, \-b <boot\-partid>
.RS 4
Specifies the Boot partition that shall be used for the Commit Action, if applicable (default: 0)
.RE
.PP
\-o <fmt>, \-\-output\-format=<fmt>
.RS 4
Set the reporting format to
\fInormal\fR,
\fIjson\fR
or
\fIbinary\fR\&. Only one output format can be used at a time\&.
.RE
.PP
\-v, \-\-verbose
.RS 4
Increase the information detail in the output\&.
.RE
.PP
\-t <timeout>, \-\-timeout=<timeout>
.RS 4
Override default timeout value\&. In milliseconds\&.
.RE
.SH "EXAMPLES"
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
commit the last downloaded fw to slot 1\&.
.sp
.if n \{\
.RS 4
.\}
.nf
# nvme fw\-commit /dev/nvme0 \-\-slot=1 \-\-action=2
.fi
.if n \{\
.RE
.\}
.RE
.SH "ALIAS"
.sp
fw\-activate
.SH "NVME"
.sp
Part of the nvme\-user suite
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