CXL-DESTROY-REGION(1) cxl Manual CXL-DESTROY-REGION(1)

# [NAME](#NAME)

cxl-destroy-region - destroy specified region(s).

# [SYNOPSIS](#SYNOPSIS)

```
cxl destroy-region <region> [<options>]
```

# [DESCRIPTION](#DESCRIPTION)

A CXL region is composed of one or more slices of CXL memdevs, with configurable interleave settings - both the number of interleave ways, and the interleave granularity.

# [EXAMPLE](#EXAMPLE)

```
# cxl destroy-region all
destroyed 2 regions
```

# [OPTIONS](#OPTIONS)

-b, --bus=

Restrict the operation to the specified bus.

-f, --force

Force a destroy operation even if the region is active. This will attempt to disable the region first.

-d, --decoder=

The root decoder to limit the operation to. Only regions that are children of the specified decoder will be acted upon.

--debug

Turn on additional debug messages including library debug.

# [COPYRIGHT](#COPYRIGHT)

Copyright © 2016 - 2022, Intel Corporation. License GPLv2: GNU GPL version 2 &lt;http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html&gt;. This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

# [SEE ALSO](#SEE_ALSO)

[cxl-list(1)](/man/os/ndctl/cxl-list.1), [cxl-create-region(1)](/man/os/ndctl/cxl-create-region.1)

2026-10-30 cxl

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Document: cxl-destroy-region(1) from ndctl 85-r4 (Chainguard OS)
Source: https://github.com/pmem/ndctl