NDCTL-DESTROY-NAMESPACE(1) ndctl Manual NDCTL-DESTROY-NAMESPACE(1) (NAME) ndctl-destroy-namespace - ( ) (SYNOPSIS) ndctl destroy-namespace [] (THEORY OF OPERATION) REGION NVDIMM ( ) NAMESPACE . REGION ACPI UEFI DIMM-interleave-set system-physical-address-range ( ) (striped) . UEFI NVDIMM Label Protocol (label area) NAMESPACE REGION . << >> (label-less) . memmap=ss!nn ( nvdimm kernel.org ) NVDIMM namespace index . (label-rich) . destroy ( ). destroy (mode-specific) . create-namespace ndctl region region . mode . fsdax devdax sector raw . : o fsdax: Filesystem-DAX ndctl create-namespace . (/dev/pmemX[.Y]) DAX ( xfs ext4) . DAX (page cache) I/O mmap(2) . DAX / (working-sets) page cache . page cache DAX . . o devdax: Device-DAX DAX mmap(2) Filesystem-DAX . DAX (/dev/daxX.Y) . RDMA . o sector: (checksum) (torn sectors) . (boot) . . o raw: Raw DAX . fsdax devdax . DAX . (OPTIONS) namespaceX.Y. all region ( --region= ). -r, --region= regionX region. region ( region) . all --region . -b, --bus= bus ( "ACPI.NFIT"). bus ( bus) . all --bus . -v, --verbose . -f, --force destroy namespace . --force . (mount) disable namespace destroy namespace . (unmount) . (COPYRIGHT) (C) 2016 - 2022 Intel. GPLv2: GPL . : . . (SEE ALSO) ndctl-create-namespace(1) ndctl 2026-06-30 NDCTL-DESTROY-NAMESPACE(1)