nvme_mi_adm...ify_ns_descs(2)

✨ nvme_mi_admin_identify_ns_descs ✨

okay bestie, this one lives in the libnvme API manual and it's giving "let me ask the controller politely what this namespace actually is" πŸ’… no cap.


🌸 NAME 🌸

nvme_mi_admin_identify_ns_descs β€” Perform an Admin identify Namespace Identification Descriptor list command for a namespace πŸ’–


πŸŽ€ SYNOPSIS πŸŽ€

int nvme_mi_admin_identify_ns_descs (nvme_mi_ctrl_t ctrl , __u32 nsid ,
       struct nvme_ns_id_desc *descs );

πŸ¦‹ ARGUMENTS πŸ¦‹

  • ctrl β€” the Controller you want to process this identify command on. like, who are we asking, bestie πŸ‘‘
  • nsid β€” the Namespace ID. which namespace are we snooping on ✨
  • descs β€” the Namespace Identification Descriptor list you want populated. it's empty rn and we're about to fill it, main character energy 🫢

πŸ’œ DESCRIPTION πŸ’œ

Perform an Identify namespace identification description list command, setting the namespace identification description list in descs. so we run the command, and the descriptor list lands right there in descs. simple as that, periodt πŸ’…


⭐ RETURN ⭐

The nvme command status if a response was received (see enum nvme_status_field) or -1 with errno set otherwise.

so like β€” got a response? you get the status, peek at enum nvme_status_field for the tea πŸ’€ got nothing back? it's -1, and errno is carrying the explanation. check it, fr fr.

and that's the whole page, bestie 🌈 this was the libnvme API manual, dated July 2026 β€” go populate those descriptors and slay πŸ’–βœ¨πŸŽ€

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