libnvme(9)

💖 NAME 💖

okay so bestie, this is enum nvme_feat_bpwp_state — aka the Boot Partition Write Protection State 🎀

that's it. that's the whole vibe. it's the enum that tells you what the boot partition's write protection is doing rn 🦋

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

enum nvme_feat_bpwp_state {
    NVME_FEAT_BPWPS_CHANGE_NOT_REQUESTED ,
    NVME_FEAT_BPWPS_WRITE_UNLOCKED ,
    NVME_FEAT_BPWPS_WRITE_LOCKED ,
    NVME_FEAT_BPWPS_WRITE_LOCKED_PWR_CYCLE ,
    NVME_FEAT_BPWPS_WRITE_PROTECTION_RPMB

};

like. five states. five little moods your boot partition can be in 💅 and every single one of them is listed below, no skips, no cuts, periodt.

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🌸 Constants 🌸

• NVME_FEAT_BPWPS_CHANGE_NOT_REQUESTED — literally nobody asked for a state change. change in state not requested. it's giving "we're good, we're chilling, don't touch me" 🙈
• NVME_FEAT_BPWPS_WRITE_UNLOCKED — Write Unlocked ✨ the boot partition is open for business, writes go through, main character energy fr fr.
• NVME_FEAT_BPWPS_WRITE_LOCKED — Write Locked 🔒 no writes. absolutely not. the door is shut and it is NOT answering.
• NVME_FEAT_BPWPS_WRITE_LOCKED_PWR_CYCLE — Write Locked Until Power Cycle ⚡ locked rn, but a power cycle frees it. so like… temporarily unbothered, but make it hardware.
• NVME_FEAT_BPWPS_WRITE_PROTECTION_RPMB — Write Protection controlled by RPMB 👑 the RPMB is running the show here. not us. never us. it's the one holding the clipboard.

ngl bestie, these are the only five values — if you're looking for a sixth, she doesn't exist, and we are not manifesting one 💀

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so yeah. that's the enum. five states, zero drama (okay, a little drama, it's write protection after all) 💜

and before i go — this whole page is from the API Manual for libnvme(9), dated August 2026 🫶 ty for reading my little enum rant, mwah, slay, bye 🎀✨