[PATCH 1/2] ndctl: add warning about overwrite taking a long time

[PATCH 1/2] ndctl: add warning about overwrite taking a long time

[Dave Jiang]

Add warning note in man page that overwrite may take a long time to
execute.

Suggested-by: Robert Elliot <elliott@hpe.com>
Signed-off-by: Dave Jiang <dave.jiang@intel.com>
---
 Documentation/ndctl/ndctl-sanitize-dimm.txt |    3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/ndctl/ndctl-sanitize-dimm.txt b/Documentation/ndctl/ndctl-sanitize-dimm.txt
index 797820dd..ebf4b995 100644
--- a/Documentation/ndctl/ndctl-sanitize-dimm.txt
+++ b/Documentation/ndctl/ndctl-sanitize-dimm.txt
@@ -49,7 +49,8 @@ include::xable-dimm-options.txt[]
 	Wipe the entire DIMM, including label data. This can take significant
 	time, and the command is non-blocking. With this option, the overwrite
 	request is merely submitted to the NVDIMM, and the completion is
-	asynchronous.
+	asynchronous. Depending on the medium and capacity, overwrite may take
+	tens of minutes to many hours.
 
 -m::
 --master_passphrase::

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[PATCH 2/2] ndctl: fix typo mistake for ndctl-sanitize-dimm

[Dave Jiang]

correct master_passphrase to master-passphrase

Signed-off-by: Dave Jiang <dave.jiang@intel.com>
---
 Documentation/ndctl/ndctl-sanitize-dimm.txt |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/ndctl/ndctl-sanitize-dimm.txt b/Documentation/ndctl/ndctl-sanitize-dimm.txt
index ebf4b995..91abf471 100644
--- a/Documentation/ndctl/ndctl-sanitize-dimm.txt
+++ b/Documentation/ndctl/ndctl-sanitize-dimm.txt
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ include::xable-dimm-options.txt[]
 	tens of minutes to many hours.
 
 -m::
---master_passphrase::
+--master-passphrase::
 	Indicate that we are using the master passphrase to perform the erase.
 	This only is applicable to the 'crypto-erase' option.
 

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Re: [PATCH 1/2] ndctl: add warning about overwrite taking a long time

[Verma, Vishal L]

On Fri, 2019-03-22 at 16:50 -0700, Dave Jiang wrote:
> Add warning note in man page that overwrite may take a long time to
> execute.
> 
> Suggested-by: Robert Elliot <elliott@hpe.com>
> Signed-off-by: Dave Jiang <dave.jiang@intel.com>
> ---
>  Documentation/ndctl/ndctl-sanitize-dimm.txt |    3 ++-
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

Both patches look good, applied. Thanks!
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