nvme_init_i...ng_ctrl_list(9)

💅 nvme_init_i...ng_ctrl_list(9)

okay so bestie, welcome to the libnvme API manual — yes that's the manual name, we're in libnvme land now, buckle up 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

nvme_init_identify_underlying_ctrl_list — Initialize passthru command for Get Underlying Controller List 🦋

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void nvme_init_identify_underlying_ctrl_list (struct
libnvme_passthru_cmd *cmd , __u16 cntid , struct nvme_ctrl_list *cntlist
);

✨ ARGUMENTS ✨

• cmd — the command data structure you're gonna initialize. it's the main character here, we're setting it up 💅
• cntid — the Starting CNTLID that gets returned in the list. yes, starting, as in where the party begins 🎀
• cntlist — the user space destination address where the data gets transferred. it's giving "drop-off point" ✨

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

So what does this actually do? It initializes the passthru command buffer for the Identify command, with the CNS value set to NVME_IDENTIFY_CNS_UNDERLYING_CTRL_LIST. that's it, that's the whole vibe 🔥

ngl it's a small function but it ate, and honestly? sometimes that's all you need 🫶

that's the whole page bestie 💜 — this was the libnvme API manual, swiped straight from the October 2026 release, and the footer was doing the absolute most with nvme_init_identify_underlying_nvme_init_i...ng_ctrl_list(9) but we got there 😭✨ slay, go initialize something 💅