The MiniNVMe kernel module is designed for data recovery from partially faulty NVMe devices. This module has minimal functionality and hides the connected devices from the operating system. As result attached device will be OS isolated and the only way to get full control over that device is a user application library. For more information see the source code of the QMiniNVMeDevice library.
Before using this module you have to block the loading of the standard NVMe driver. Open /etc/default/grub in any plain text editor and append (or edit) the line below:
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash modprobe.blacklist=nvme"
Finally type sudo update-grub and reboot your system.
Make sure Linux kernel headers are installed:
sudo apt-get install linux-headers-$(uname -r)
If everything above is done type in terminal:
git clone https://github.com/aekhv/mininvme.git
cd mininvme
make
As result file mininvme.ko will be generated.
Just type in terminal:
sudo insmod mininvme.ko
If any NVMe device is attached you will see in dmesg | grep mininvme output something like this:
[ 707.339182] mininvme: Kernel object loaded
[ 707.339222] mininvme: PCI device attached: vendor 0x1e95, device 0x9100, class 0x0108, revision 0x03
[ 707.339929] mininvme: Character device created: /dev/mininvme4
P.S. The number at the end of the device name means the PCIe bus number. For example,
/dev/mininvme4means the device attached to the PCIe bus number 4.