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πŸ’… nvme_init_get_features_perf_characteristics(9) β€” libnvme API manual ✨

okay so bestie, grab your iced coffee πŸ“ because we're reading the <rainbow>libnvme API manual</rainbow> together and this page is literally about one very long function name: nvme_init_get_features_perf_characteristics. yes the header up top gets truncated to nvme_init_g...racteristics(9) because even the manpage index was like "girl that's too many letters" 😭 but we're gonna say the whole thing, periodt.


✨ NAME ✨

nvme_init_get_features_perf_characteristics β€” sets up the passthru command for Get Features - Performance Characteristics. it's giving "prep the envelope before you mail it" πŸ’Œ


🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void nvme_init_get_features_perf_characteristics (struct libnvme_passthru_cmd *cmd, enum nvme_get_features_sel sel, __u8 attri, struct nvme_perf_characteristics *data);

that's it. that's the whole vibe check. returns void, so like… it doesn't even hand you back a status code, it just does the thing 🫢


πŸŽ€ ARGUMENTS πŸŽ€

  • cmd β€” the passthru command you're gonna use. this is the lil vessel you're filling up, so hand it over and let the function do its thing πŸ’…
  • sel β€” which type of attribute you want returned. check enum nvme_get_features_sel for your options, iykyk ✨
  • attri β€” the Attribute Index, aka ATTRI (yes, in all caps, it's that girl πŸ‘‘)
  • data β€” the buffer where the returned struct nvme_perf_characteristics lands. this is where the tea gets delivered 🍡

πŸ¦‹ DESCRIPTION πŸ¦‹

so what does it actually do? it initializes the passthru command buffer for the Get Features command, with the FID value NVME_FEAT_FID_PERF_CHARACTERISTICS. that's it, that's the whole job β€” no cap, no extra side quests, no hidden lore 🌈

think of it as setting up the group chat invite before anybody actually replies. the command buffer is prepped, the FID is locked in, and you're ready to go πŸ’–

heads up bestie: this initializes the buffer, it does not run the command for you. don't @ me when you forget to actually submit it πŸ’€

and that's the page!! main character energy from start to finish πŸ’œ this was the libnvme API manual β€” dated October 2026 β€” and the footer was out here trying to spell the whole function name again and lowkey failing (nvme_init_get_features_perf_charnvme_init_g...racteristics(9) 😭 iconic honestly). mwah, go forth and init those features πŸ§šβ€β™€οΈβ­

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