DAXCTL(1) daxctl Manual DAXCTL(1)

# [NAME](#NAME)

daxctl - Provides enumeration and provisioning commands for the Linux kernel Device-DAX facility

# [SYNOPSIS](#SYNOPSIS)

```
daxctl [--version] [--help] COMMAND [ARGS]
```

# [OPTIONS](#OPTIONS)

-v, --version

Display daxctl version.

-h, --help

Run daxctl help command.

# [DESCRIPTION](#DESCRIPTION)

The daxctl utility provides enumeration and provisioning commands for the Linux kernel Device-DAX facility. This facility enables DAX mappings of performance / feature differentiated memory without need of a filesystem.

# [COPYRIGHT](#COPYRIGHT)

Copyright © 2016 - 2022, Intel Corporation. License GPLv2: GNU GPL version 2 <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>. 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)

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

2026-10-30 daxctl

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