nvme_mi_adm...ify_ns_descs(2)
β¨ nvme_mi_admin_identify_ns_descs β¨
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" π no cap.
πΈ NAME πΈ
nvme_mi_admin_identify_ns_descs β Perform an Admin identify Namespace Identification Descriptor list command for a namespace π
π SYNOPSIS π
int nvme_mi_admin_identify_ns_descs (nvme_mi_ctrl_t ctrl , __u32 nsid ,
struct nvme_ns_id_desc *descs );
π¦ ARGUMENTS π¦
ctrlβ the Controller you want to process this identify command on. like, who are we asking, bestie πnsidβ the Namespace ID. which namespace are we snooping on β¨descsβ the Namespace Identification Descriptor list you want populated. it's empty rn and we're about to fill it, main character energy π«Ά
π DESCRIPTION π
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 π
β RETURN β
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 atenum nvme_status_fieldfor the tea π got nothing back? it's-1, anderrnois carrying the explanation. check it, fr fr.
and that's the whole page, bestie π this was the libnvme API manual, dated July 2026 β go populate those descriptors and slay πβ¨π
π¦ where this page comes from
- ubuntu stonking: libnvme-dev 1.16.2-1build1 Β· LGPL-2.1-or-later
- π girlified by deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash on : a language model's rewrite of the original, under its terms