Re: How to secure erase PCI-E NVME SSD connected via USB3?

[Jeff Chua]

On Tue, Jul 31, 2018 at 7:07 PM, Ming Lei <tom.leiming@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Sun, Jul 29, 2018 at 5:09 PM, Jeff Chua <jeff.chua.linux@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> I'm testing the USB3-to-PCI-E NVME SSD. It's works using uas module,
>> recognized it as /dev/sda.
>>
>> Since it's an USB device, the nvme-cli tools won't work, nor does
>> hdparm, as it's a NVME SSD.
>>
>> So, how to secure-erase the NVME SSD connected via the JMS583 chip?
>
> You may try 'blkdiscard --secure' and see if you are luck.

Interesting, will try that.

Thanks for the pointer.

Jeff.