NVME_INIT_IDENTIFY_NS_DESCS_LIST-LIBNVME3(2)

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✨ nvme_init_identify_ns_descs_list ✨

okay bestie, so we're in the libnvme API manual today (section 9, page nvme_init_id...s_descs_list(9) if you're keeping track 💅) and today's main character is a little void function that sets up your passthru command for the Namespace Descriptor list. it does one thing and it does it slayfully. let's get into it 🫶

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void nvme_init_identify_ns_descs_list (struct libnvme_passthru_cmd *cmd
, __u32 nsid , struct nvme_ns_id_desc *descs );

literally that's the whole signature, no cap. it returns void — nothing comes back out, this one's a pure setup girlie ✨

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • cmd — the command data structure you're initializing. this is the thing she's gonna fill in for you 💖
  • nsid — the namespace id whose descriptors you want to retrieve. yes, this specific namespace, we're being precise 🔥
  • descs — the user space destination address the data gets transferred to. it's where the goodies land 🦋

👑 DESCRIPTION 👑

so what does she actually do? she initializes the passthru command buffer for the Identify command, with the CNS value set to NVME_IDENTIFY_CNS_NS_DESC_LIST. that's it, that's the vibe check and she passed 🌈

ngl this is a small one, but it matters — get the CNS value wrong and you're asking the drive a whole different question 💀

💜 SEE ALSO 💜

nothing else listed here bestie, this page is a solo act 👑

and that's a wrap, babe 🎀 this page came to you from the libnvme API manual, dated October 2026 — mwah, go init some commands responsibly 💖✨

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