NVME-LOG-CHANGED-(1)

💅 nvme-log-changed-ns-list — the NVMe Manual, bestie edition ✨

Okay so this page lives in the NVMe manual, and it's all about nvme-log-changed-ns-list: sending an NVMe Changed Namespace List log page request, and getting back both the result and the log. Let's get into it 🫶

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🌸 NAME 🌸

nvme-log-changed-ns-list — sends the NVMe Changed Namespace List log page request, and gives you back the result and the log. Two-for-one, we love to see it 💖

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

nvme [<global-options>] log changed-ns-list <device> [--raw-binary | -b]

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

So what this does is: it grabs the NVMe Changed Namespace List log page off an NVMe device and hands you the returned structure. Iconic behavior, honestly.

The <device> parameter is mandatory — no skipping it, bestie — and it has to be an NVMe character device (like, for example, /dev/nvme0).

When it works? The returned Changed Namespace List log structure can come back in one of several ways depending on which option flags you use, lowkey your call:

• the program can parse the structure and print it out in a readable format, or
• the raw buffer can be printed to stdout so another program can parse it instead.

It's giving "choose your own adventure" but make it storage 💀

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🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

• -b, --raw-binary — prints the raw Changed Namespace List log buffer straight to stdout. No parsing, no filter, just vibes and bytes 🌈

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👑 GLOBAL OPTIONS 👑

These ones are defined up at the top-level nvme command, and they're available to this subcommand too. Main character options, honestly ✨

• --dry-run — prints the command that would be executed, but doesn't actually execute it. All talk, no ioctl 💅
• --no-ioctl-probing — disables probing for 64-bit IOCTL support.
• --no-retries — disables the retry logic on transient errors. One shot, periodt.
• -o <fmt>, --output-format=<fmt> — sets the reporting format to normal, tabular, 'json, or binary. Only one output format at a time, bestie — pick a lane 🎀
• --output-format-version=<version> — selects the output format version. Version 1 uses the original field naming, while version 2 (the default) gives you more consistent and script-friendly field names. Any other versions get rejected, no negotiations 🙈
• --quiet — suppresses informational messages. Errors are still reported, and --quiet cancels any --verbose for the library log level. It's giving "I'm quiet but I'm still watching" 💀
• --set-options=<key=value>[,<key=value>...] — sets libnvme library options for this invocation. The supported keys are force-4k, mi-probe-enabled, test-base-dir and test-sysfs-dir. Mix and match, it's a little combo platter 🍓
• --timeout=<ms> — sets the timeout for the command in milliseconds. infinite or -1 waits without a time limit (0xffffffff). Patience is a virtue, or whatever 🌸
• -v, --verbose — increases the level of detail in the output. You can specify it multiple times to crank the verbosity up even further. Spam it, queen 👑

Oh and psst — these options can also be set as machine-wide defaults in nvme-cli.conf(5). But a command-line flag always overrides the file. Command line stays winning, no cap 🔥

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💜 EXAMPLES 💜

• Print the Changed Namespace List Log page in a human readable format:

# nvme log changed-ns-list /dev/nvme0

• Print the raw Changed Namespace List log to a file:

# nvme log changed-ns-list /dev/nvme0 --raw-binary > log.raw

⚠️ Real talk: it is probably a bad idea to not redirect stdout when you're using this mode. Like, genuinely — redirect it. Please. I'm begging 🙏💀

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⭐ NVME ⭐

Part of the nvme-user suite. Family business 🫶

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Alright bestie, that's the whole page — you're officially an NVMe Changed Namespace List log page expert 🧚‍♀️✨

Sign-off time: this gorgeous little page comes from the NVMe manual, dated 10/30/2026, and it's NVME-LOG-CHANGED-(1) — go forth and slay your namespace list 💅💖