NDCTL-ACTIVATE-FIRMWARE(1) ndctl Manual NDCTL-ACTIVATE-FIRMWARE(1) (NAME) ndctl-activate-firmware - (SYNOPSIS) ndctl activate-firmware [ ... ] [] (persistent memory) (firmware) / <> . (reboot) (in-flight) . . (FWA runtime-firmware-activation) . ndctl update-firmware (stage) FWA (arm) . ndctl activate-firmware . ("activate_method == suspend") (hibernate) (quiesce ) . : activate-firmware --force <<>> (live) quiesce . quiesce (completion timeout) . (EXAMPLES) : # ndctl activate-firmware all --dry-run ACPI.NFIT: ndbus1: has no devices that support firmware update. nfit_test.1: ndbus3: has no devices that support firmware update. e820: ndbus0: has no devices that support firmware update. [ { "provider":"nfit_test.0", "dev":"ndbus1", "scrub_state":"idle", "firmware":{ "activate_method":"suspend", "activate_state":"idle" }, "dimms":[ { ... : # ndctl activate-firmware nfit_test.0 --dry-run --force [ { "provider":"nfit_test.0", "dev":"ndbus2", "scrub_state":"idle", "firmware":{ "activate_method":"suspend", "activate_state":"idle" }, "dimms":[ ... ] ndctl list -BFDu . ndctl list : # ndctl list -b nfit_test.0 -BF [ { "provider":"nfit_test.0", "dev":"ndbus2", "scrub_state":"idle", "firmware":{ "activate_method":"suspend", "activate_state":"idle" } } ] (OPTIONS) -n, --dry-run --idle --force . . . -I, --idle (completion timeout) . --no-idle . -f, --force "bus.firmware.activate_method" . "live" --force . "reset" . "suspend" . "activate_method" "suspend" suspend live . : . -v, --verbose . (COPYRIGHT) (C) 2016 - 2022 Intel Corporation. GPLv2: GPL . : . . (SEE ALSO) ndctl-update-firmware(1), Intel Optane PMem DSM Interface ndctl 2026-06-30 NDCTL-ACTIVATE-FIRMWARE(1)