libnvme(9)

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🌈 libnvme(9) — API Manual 🌈

Okay bestie, welcome to the libnvme API Manual, and today’s main character is a very specific struct. It’s giving “host entry data” and we’re gonna read it together, no cap. 💅

✨ NAME ✨

struct nvme_exported_subsys_mgmt_host_entry — the Host Entry Data Structure, used by the Manage Exported NVM Subsystem Send Grant Host Access and Revoke Host Access operations. 🫶

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

       struct nvme_exported_subsys_mgmt_host_entry {
           __u8 rsvd0[8];
           __u8 hostid[16];
           __u8 hostnqn[256];
           __u8 rsvd280[40];
        };

💖 Members 💖

Okay so here’s the vibe check on every single member, and yes, we’re including the reserved ones because we don’t skip details in this group chat. 💀

  • rsvd0 — Reserved 🙈 literally just reserved, bestie, no extra lore.
  • hostid — Host Identifier (HOSTID) 🪪 that’s the host ID label, iykyk.
  • hostnqn — Host NVMe Qualified Name (HOSTNQN) 🏷️ the host NQN, iconic.
  • rsvd280 — Reserved 💀 again reserved, again no extra lore, we respect it.

That’s the whole struct, periodt. October 2026 · struct nvme_exported_subsys_mgmt_host_entry · libnvme(9) — cute little footer sign-off, mwah 💋✨

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