libnvme(2)

💖 libnvme(2) — the API manual, bestie edition 💖

okay so you opened the libnvme manual page (section 2, API Manual, we love her) and you landed on the ANA drama. no stress, i got you.

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✨ NAME ✨

enum nvme_ana_state — the ANA Group Descriptor's Asymmetric Namespace Access State. it's giving "where is my namespace and is she okay" 🦋

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

enum nvme_ana_state {
    NVME_ANA_STATE_OPTIMIZED ,
    NVME_ANA_STATE_NONOPTIMIZED ,
    NVME_ANA_STATE_INACCESSIBLE ,
    NVME_ANA_STATE_PERSISTENT_LOSS ,
    NVME_ANA_STATE_CHANGE

};

look at her. five little constants, zero notes, all vibes. 👑

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🎀 Constants 🎀

• NVME_ANA_STATE_OPTIMIZED — the ANA Optimized state. she's thriving, the path is giving main character energy. ✨
• NVME_ANA_STATE_NONOPTIMIZED — the ANA Non-Optimized state. still works, but lowkey not the moment. 🙈
• NVME_ANA_STATE_INACCESSIBLE — the ANA Inaccessible state. can't reach her rn, do not perceive. 💀
• NVME_ANA_STATE_PERSISTENT_LOSS — the ANA Persistent Loss state. she's gone gone. fr fr. 😭
• NVME_ANA_STATE_CHANGE — the ANA Change state. transition era, glow-up in progress, no cap. 🧚

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bestie reminder: these are literally the enum constants above, names character-for-character. don't rename them when you type them into your code, i'm begging. 🫶

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and that's the whole page!! mwah 💅

this was libnvme(2), page enum nvme_ana_state, and she was published July 2026. take care of her, and go check your ANA states. bye bestie, slay responsibly. 🌈⭐💜