libnvme(2)

✨ NAME ✨

okay so bestie, welcome to the libnvme(2) manual page 💖 and today's main character is enum nvme_cmd_format_pil — aka Format NVM - Protection Information Location. yes that's a whole mouthful, but it's basically the glow-up rules for where your protection information lives. slay.

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

here's the literal shape of it, no cap:

enum nvme_cmd_format_pil {
    NVME_FORMAT_PIL_LAST ,
    NVME_FORMAT_PIL_FIRST

};

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🎀 Constants 🎀

okay so these are the two constants and they're giving very specific location energy. one bullet each, let's go 🫶

• NVME_FORMAT_PIL_LAST — protection information is transferred as the last bytes of metadata. it's literally at the end, no drama.
• NVME_FORMAT_PIL_FIRST — protection information is transferred as the first bytes of metadata. it's up front, main character style 👑

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that's the whole vibe, bestie — short, sweet, and fully iconic. this page is from the libnvme API manual, section 2, and it's dated July 2026, all about enum nvme_cmd_format_pil 💅✨ periodt.