From: Masayoshi Mizuma <m.mizuma(a)jp.fujitsu.com&gt; User may be confused the dimm id description of ndctl list -d option because ndctl list says id, but the id is not useful to d option. ]# ndctl list -d nmem7 | jq -r .id cdab-0a-07e0-fefffeff ]# ndctl list -d cdab-0a-07e0-fefffeff ]# The appropriate id here is X in 'nmemX' (Above example, X is 7). Let's clarify the description. Signed-off-by: Masayoshi Mizuma <m.mizuma(a)jp.fujitsu.com&gt; --- Documentation/ndctl/ndctl-list.txt | 7 ++++--- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/ndctl/ndctl-list.txt b/Documentation/ndctl/ndctl-list.txt index 13ebdcd..1b5882a 100644 --- a/Documentation/ndctl/ndctl-list.txt +++ b/Documentation/ndctl/ndctl-list.txt @@ -64,9 +64,10 @@ include::xable-region-options.txt[] -d:: --dimm=:: - An 'nmemX' device name, or dimm id number. Filter listing by - devices that reference the given dimm. For example to see all - namespaces comprised of storage capacity on nmem0: + An 'nmemX' device name, or dimm id number. The dimm id number + here is X in 'nmemX'. Filter listing by devices that reference + the given dimm. For example to see all namespaces comprised + of storage capacity on nmem0: ---- # ndctl list --dimm=nmem0 --namespaces ---- -- 2.18.0