nvme_init_dim_send(9)

📦 version 3.2, in arch rolling

✨ nvme_init_dim_send ✨

okay so this is a page straight out of the libnvme API manual and it's literally about setting up one (1) passthru command, and honestly? she's iconic for it 💅

🌸 NAME 🌸

nvme_init_dim_send — bestie, this is the one that initializes the passthru command for Discovery Information Management (DIM) Send 🦋

Like, that's the whole job. That's her main character energy.

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

void nvme_init_dim_send (struct libnvme_passthru_cmd *cmd , __u8 tas ,
void *data , __u32 len );

no cap, that's the exact signature, copy it character for character or it's not gonna work, iykyk 😭

💖 ARGUMENTS 💖

  • cmd — the passthru command you're gonna use, bestie. this is the thing getting filled in 🫶
  • tas — the Task field of the Command Dword 10 (cdw10). yes, precisely cdw10, don't come at me with a different dword 🙈
  • data — a pointer to the DIM data buffer 🌈
  • len — the length of data. the size. the amount. the whole vibe check for how much data there is ⭐

🔥 DESCRIPTION 🔥

so what does she actually do? she initializes the passthru command buffer for the Discovery Information Management Send command. that's it. that's the tea ☕

not me being obsessed with a function whose entire personality is "set up the buffer so the DIM Send command can go do its thing" — but fr fr, that's exactly what the manpage says and we're not adding anything extra to it 💀

🧚 lowkey reminder: cmd gets initialized, tas goes into cdw10, data is your DIM data buffer pointer, and len is its length. every one of those details matters, so don't skip any of them, bestie 💜

and that's the page!! 🎀 this was the nvme_init_dim_send page from the libnvme API manual, dated October 2026, and yes the footer said nvme_init_dim_send and nvme_init_dim_send(9) like it was hyping itself up twice — deserved, honestly 👑💖 slay.

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